656. Toilet training
a toy poodle - wife upset
E-MAIL TO DR
SING DATED OCT 6, 2011
Hi Judy,
I got a toy poodle puppy about 10 days ago. And it has
been peeing and pooping everywhere since day 1.
I keep him in a nice-looking cage which cost me $150,
but without a pee pan. So I bought a toilet about 1/4
of the size of the cage and put it inside.
However, he only peed there twice, which I assume is
random. I immediately praised him and gave him sneaks
after the two times, but then he still messes around.
I tried putting a paper with his urine in the toilet,
which doesn't work.
I also tried using the so-called spray to seduce dogs
to pee, but he never reacted to it.
Then my wife became impatient and started to beat him.
Now my poodle is very scared and confused, he does not
know where to toilet, but cannot hold. So after he
pees, he will wipe it with his paws.
It is even more messed up when he is inside the cage.
Every time when nobody is around, he will make the
urine everywhere inside the cage, except for the
toilet I bought for him.
I completely don't know how to deal with him. Please
help!!!
Thank you!
Best regards,
Name given
E-MAIL FROM DR SING DATED OCT 6, 2011
I am Dr Sing from Toa Payoh Vets. My general advice
is:
1. Get a dog trainer to paper train your dog as it
takes some 2-4 weeks of patience, positive
reinforcement and confinement to train your puppy if
your wife is upset with the need to clean up after the
puppy.
Contact me at Toa Payoh Vets to discuss further as a
book can be written just on how to toilet train a new
puppy in the Singapore apartment based on different
types of housing, history of the puppy, intelligence
of the puppy and the personality of the puppy owner,
spouses and family members.
2. The puppy would likely be from a pet shop. If this
is correct, your new "toilet" area is so much
different from what he is used to. So, he gets
confused. Shouting and beating really frightens him at
this young age. He may be used to grated floor and pee
pan below if he has been sold at the pet shop or
breeder as this is the most common type of housing.
Sometimes, duplicating what the puppy is used to, will
have made life easier for the puppy and your wife.
3. In your situation where one family member (wife or
mother usually as they have to clean up the urine and
stools and bathe the puppy to keep the apartment much
less smelly) is upset over the toilet mess and where
the owner (buyer) does not want to give away the
puppy, based on my experience with 600 cases of puppy
training situations in my research, your better
solution will be to get a puppy trainer to do the
toilet training. Pl make an appointment to see me if
possible as email diagnosis and advices are not as
good as one-to-one discussion and analysis of the real
situation which takes much more time than writing a
reply to you.
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