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E-MAIL NO. 1 FROM OVERSEAS TO DR SING

On 1/23/08, ...com> wrote:

Hi,

I read your notes on paper training more than one dog at a time.
I have a 6 month old American Eskimo who is paper trained in my daughter's room, she also has access to kitchen and my work area in the basement I noticed when she needs to use the bathroom she goes back to my daughters room upstairs and use the paper. She also shows signs of going to the door to go out.

Last week we purchased a Pek-a-poo, 3 months old male, however, he does not want to use the same paper even when cleaned and dry, he wants to do his business around the paper, on the floor under my daughter desk. He is confined to her room. I work from home part-time or 3 days a week. Any suggestions?

REPLY FROM DR SING TO E-MAIL NO.1

Subject: Re: Paper training more than one puppy

Thank you for your e-mail. I just read it today Jan 29, 2008 and hope it is not too late to reply to you with some tips.
Pl e-mail to judy@toapayohvets.com as I seldom access the gmail.com

Pek-a-poo 3 months, male puppy.
1. Do you know where he eliminates in the previous residence? Was his toilet area the tiled floor? If that is the case, he is conditioned to the feel of the tiled floor and
so he avoids the newspaper no matter how clean. Newspaper may feel not right to his paws as a toilet area. He has had never eliminated on newspapers before.

If you want to paper-train him, you will need to confine him in an exercise pen/small area in the daughter's room. Cover the tiled floor with 100% newspapers for around 2-4 weeks. If he does not shred the newspapers,
observe which corner he eliminates. You may also place the 2nd piece of a soiled newspaper with the Pek-a-poo urine to attract him to go to the newspapers in a particular corner.
Reduce the newspapered area to that corner where he eliminates. His clean area will be his sleeping and eating/drinking area which may occupy
50% of the tiled floor exercise pen.

Use white vinegar:water 1 part to 3 to neutralise all urine smell on the tiles of the floor of the exercise pen except for the area he is supposed to eliminate.
Feed him regularly and let him eliminate or poop before you allow him out. No distraction. Success in paper training varies from 2 - 8 weeks in Singapore. Much
depends on the owner being there to change soiled newspapers often and to praise and reward with treats when he eliminates.

Do let me know if you receive this e-mail and also your success result.
Best wishes.

E-MAIL NO. 2 FROM OVERSEAS TO DR SING

To: judy@toapayohvets.com
Sent: Monday, 28 January 2008 11:54:24
Subject: Re: Paper training more than one puppy

Hi Dr Sing, I really appreciate you getting back with me.

After reading several of your articles and suggestions, I realized that my daughter and I needed to replace the soiled newspaper more often. Ginger our White Eskimo has been with us for over 3 months, she is 6 months old and my daughter was a bit lazy cleaning behind her so the Pek-a-poo decided to go elsewhere on my wood floors. So now that we replace the paper as soon as soiled, the paper is now on a first come first served basis.

My daughter has a extra desk in her room, the Pek-a-poo prefers to go under the unused desk and we don't have a problem. Thank you for your suggestions. Pek-a-poo has only been with us a week this past Saturday.

CONCLUSION

I hope this case write up will be of use to other owners with 2nd puppy.

All puppies by instinct want a clean toilet area to pee and poop.

In some single-puppy house-holds, the puppy may be extremely clean (cleanliness freak?) and will bark till the owner changes the soiled newspapers. Or the owner is aware of the need to change the soiled newspapers after elimination.

In the case when a new puppy is introduced and need to share the same toilet location, the puppy dislikes going to the soiled toilet area no matter "how clean the newspapers look after the urine has evaporated" as the puppy can smell the other dog's urine. Some owners just remove the poo from the newspapers but the puppy does not want to use the same newspapers again.

The puppy just eliminates "outside the edges of the newspapers". He is frightened by the possibility of spanking by the owner if he eliminates elsewhere and so, does it outside the paper edges. If the owner is not around, he may do it behind the sofa or some corners.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

129. New pup avoids peeing on newspapers of older dog