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Friday, November 27, 2009

474. Paper-training 6-month-old Westie

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--- On Wed, 11/25/09, ...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: Picture of my pet cage- requested by Dr Sing
To: judy@toapayohvets.com
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 6:38 PM

Dear Dr Sing,
Attached please find the pictures of the cage where I put my pet dog, Westie
Pic 1 shows cage with 2 handles on the top. Top lid can be flipped open. Bottom Tray is like a drawer. My pet was sitting on the steel grating, which can be removed. Front door of the cage can be opened.
Pic 5 shows the opening for the bottom tray to slide out.
Pic 11 shows the steel grating can be removed. Pet is now sitting on newspaper put on the tray
Pic 12 shows the steel grating with side hooks, put atop the tray



--- On Thu, 26/11/09, David Sing wrote:

Subject: Re: Picture of my pet cage- requested by Dr Sing
To: ...@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, 26 November, 2009, 5:40 AM

Thank you for your pictures. I will be emailing you some pic of your 6-month-old Westie soon.

Please let me know how long it takes to grate-train her successfully (i.e. 100% pee and poop on the grate), starting from yesterday, Nov 25, 2009 and how you do it.


Best wishes.


E-MAIL REPLY NOV 26, 2009

Dr Sing,
I think mine would take a long time to toilet train. Yesterday she was quite dull. I think it was because of the vaccination. I would try to put her outside of the cage tonite, in the balcony and then put the grating atop the tray just to try it. Will let you know the good news next time. She had refused to take the Antibiotics liquid as well as the Multi-vit. Refuses to open her mouth, so I have to mixed the multi-vit together with water in her drinking bowl.
Maybe u can ask other people also to try the same method of toilet training which you had recommended for my dog, so that in case the other dog owners might have an earlier success.
Presently she would bark whenever she pee or pass motion, which means she wanted people to change the soiled newspapers in the tray
See you again next week.

Regards
XXX








SUMMARY
The adult Westie is communicating with the owner to change soiled newspapers below the grate and on top of the pee pan. In this situation, the owner should just have 2 pee pans with newspapers. One inside the crate. Place this pee pan with newspapers in the balcony when the Westie is confined there. Change soilded newspapers promptly. The Westie should be paper-trained within 14 days, in my opinion. Home situation differs for each puppy. In this case, my proposal of grate + pee pan training may not be ideal as the Westie barks for fresh newspapers when inside the crate (I presume, with the floor grate taken out). Will ask the owner when he comes next week.

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