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| Sunday, August 06, 2006 |
| Pooping for your new puppy |
House training is seen as one of the biggest challenge when you bring back that little cute puppy home.
Like small children, puppies do not control their bladders as well as adults so the moment they need to relieve they need to do it almost immediately too!
You can house train the new puppy the moment you brought her home. You can bring her out to the garden for those living in semi-d, private properties. Or to the corner of your HDB unit like near to the toilet or under the basin. Patient is the key word from now on.
Establishing a define routine will help her learn quickly to be clean indoors. House training may take several weeks and sometimes slighly longer depending on how fast she learns too. Do note that for young puppies do not expect them to hold on for long periods while they are under 6 mths old too.
Toilet spot
To ensure that your puppy always do her business at the same spot, always bring her to that spot and if necessary temporarily fence off the places you do not want her to use too. Ideally the spot should not be too far from the garden or the human toilet.
Toileting is a scented related activity so although you shouldn't allow numerous little piles to build up, leaving a single poo will also help encourage your puppy to relieve herself there.
The routine
House training is simple to teach but you will need to take your puppy out frequently to do her business so that she will be familiar with the timing and the spot to relieve herself.
Continue to take her out to the same spot at least every 2 hours during the day and also after her meals, playing waking up after a nap too. Also as a puppy gets excited she may feel the need to relieve herself too when there is visitor to your house, take them to the same spot too.
When she is doing her business avoid direct eye contact so you dont' put her off.
After your puppy relieved herself praise and offer a treat.
Note that during the day when she is eating, drinking and being more active she will need to relieve herself more frequently than at nite. Take her out last thing before you go to bed and then set your alarm so you can try taking him out every 3 hours too. However if she soiled herself inside instead, shorten to 2 hours instead.
Extract from 'Your Dog' magazine.
Note: For new puppies owners, you must have a clear understanding what your puppies can or cannot eat overtime. Some puppies are allegry to certain food and may need to do its business more often. Take note of the no. of times and adjust according its diet or even change it to a natural diet too. (see Natural pooch)
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