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Focus on house-training using the crate
if a couple works long hours
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
Date:
03 May, 2010 |
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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:36 PM,
...yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
Hi Dr Sing,
I’ve been reading up your toilet
training blog and find it very
useful when toilet training my
puppy. However, I still have a few
queries. I’m a first timer raising
up a puppy and hence has been
quite stress up. I’ve accompanied
my puppy for the
first 3 days (almost
keeping him within my sight) and
observed the following:
My puppy is a mix breed of
Chihuahua and Pomeranian, 3 months
named XXX. He was with us since 24
Apr 10.
The pet shop owner came with a
crate with wire flooring
and a pee pan below. Initially I
try to carry XXX to the bathroom
after nap/food with newspapers
laid on the floor but was
unsuccessful. Cookie usually poos
twice a day, 1 in the early
morning and another one in weird
timing. I realized that he only
pees in the middle of the crate; I
supposed it’s due to the urine
smell. He
pooed everywhere though.
XXX IS USED TO THIS WIRE FLOOR
SYSTEM. HE WAS IN THE PET SHOP
WITH SUCH A SYSTEM. AS TO POOPING
EVERYWHERE, ARE YOU SURE? Where is
his sleeping area? Is the crate
too small?
Qn 1: Do you think XXX
will poo in the middle like where
he used to pee if I spray those
anti-pee/anti-poo spray (given by
my friend) on those area that I
don’t want him to do pee/poo? The
spray has a strong smell and I'm
contemplating to use it.
YOU CAN TRY. THE BEST IS TO ENSURE
THAT HIS SLEEPING AND EATING AREAS
ARE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE POOPING
AREA AND THE MIDDLE OF THE CRATE.
Qn 2: It seems like he’s
trained to pee/poo in the crate.
Is that a good idea? It’s ideal
for us since we are working.
However, if we bring XXX out eg.
to a friend’s place, will he
pee/poo everywhere since there’s
no crate?
YOU MAY NEED TO BRING YOUR CRATE
ALONG. XXX WILL PEE AND POOP
ANYWHERE IF LET ALONE FOR THE
FIRST 2-4 WEEKS as he is not fully
house broken.
Qn3: XXX seems to be stepping
hard on his own poo when all of us
are asleep. He’s also seems to be
shifting them around. I can see
portions of it at different areas
of the crate. We also caught him
eating his own poo once. How do we
prevent such action from happening
especially when we are all asleep?
EATING STOOLS IS A COMMON
COMPLAINT. YOU MAY NEED TO REMOVE
STOOLS PROMPTLY. IF NOT PRACTICAL,
YOU MAY NEED OTHER METHODS I had
mentioned in my blog. These are
not guaranteed to succeed.
Qn4: When I let him out to play
in the living room, will it be
better to leave the crate door
open and let him run to the crate
to pee/poo?
YES. HOWEVER, MONITOR HIM CLOSELY
SO THAT HE DOES NOT PEE/POOP
OUTSIDE THE CRATE. KEEP ALL DOORS
OF BEDROOMS CLOSED.
Or will it be better to lay
newspapers on a pee pan (given by
my friend) with Cookie’s urine
smell at a corner so he can
pee/poo when he’s out playing and
need not rush back to the crate?
DECIDE ON ONE METHOD - CRATE WITH
WIRE FLOORING OR NEWSPAPERS FOR
THE NEXT 2-4 WEEKS IF YOU WANT
EARLY SUCCESS. In the Crate
method, your dog will then use the
Crate as the toilet area and
outside as his den in 2-4 weeks,
in most cases. So, you just clean
the crate. Later, you can buy the
GRATE + PEE PAN which is actually
the same as the lower half of your
present crate, without the
enclosed vertical walls.
I've let him out of the crate
twice on 26 Apr and surprisingly,
he climbs back to his crate when
he's thirsty after running a few
rounds. I see that as a good sign
of recognising his own den?
FOCUS ON CRATE TRAINING FOR
THE NEXT 2-4 WEEKS, SINCE YOU ARE
WORKING AND HAVE NO TIME. IF YOU
START PAPER-TRAINING, YOU WILL
NEED TO FOCUS ON PAPER TRAINING.
The puppy gets confused as to what
you want.
E-MAIL REPLY FROM DR SING DATED
APR 28, 2010
Thank you for email. The answers
are given in capital letters
above.
It is best that you email 2-4
pictures of Cookie's crate + pee
pan with the positioning of water
bottles, bowls and sleeping area
as every puppy is housed
differently. Two pictures are
shown below.
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