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Subject: Paper Training 9 month-old whippet
To: drsing_98@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 1:14 PM
Dear Dr Sing,
i have a 9 month-old whippet puppy that stubbornly refuses to relieve and poo on newspaper, so it appears.
She has been previously trained to relieve and poo on 2 sheets of newspaper while she was staying at another caregiver's home. The newspapers were placed in the kitchen area. Due to some reasons, the family is unable to care for her anymore. So, she is currently at my home. I have a 7 year-old dog myself.
When she came over to my place, we laid out the newspaper in the kitchen area and showed her where it was placed. She looked, then ran away. In the very next instance, she peed elsewhere in the flat. we picked her up, chided her and showed her the right place to go, but to no avail. however, she has only peed and pooped at the right place the most 4 times over these past 3 weeks. on one occasion, she copied my dog
She was praised each time she relieved herself at the right place and chided when she did it at any other spot in the flat. She tends to relieve herself wherever she walks, when she feels the urge or when she is excited. She sniffs around a little, then walk away to another spot to pee or poo. I have walked her to the newspaper and pointed it out to her many times over. But she would walk away and relieve herself somewhere else moments later. only when i confine her that she would poo or pee, never both.
Can you advise me how I could retrain her to go on paper? I am at my wits' end, because I have tried every method that worked on my previous dogs but failed on her.
By the way, we bought her from the pet shop when she was close to 7 months old.
With regards,
Name of owner
E-MAIL REPLY FROM DR SING, Oct 26, 2009
Re: Paper Training 9 month-old whippet
Monday, October 26, 2009
Adult dogs are harder to paper train. In your case, I suspect that the other dog is a factor affecting her paper training as the urine scent from the other dog (despite you putting newspapers on the floor) had, based on your description, caused her to "urine mark" or seek new areas to pee and poop. No normal dogs like to eliminate on another dog's soiled area (although you have covered with newspapers).
I need to know more about her management.
How long is she with you since you took over from the care giver?
How many times you feed her?
Is water freely available?
What is her exercise routine? Does she go out?
How many times and when does she pee and when does she poo?
Is she doing urine-marking?
Does she pee when excited?
Is she on heat?
Is she having urinary tract infection or other infections?
In the meantime, try this:
1. Tether the whippet in an area with newspapers covering 100% of the area.
2. Use white vinegar at 1 part vinegar and 3 parts water to wipe the floor of the leashed area neutralise the urine smells of the other dog and this dog.
3. Keep the other dog away from her for the next 2-4 weeks (I don't know how you can do it).
4. Change soiled newspapers promptly.
5. Give firm commands: "Pee here" when you see possible signs of elimination if possible. Use your positive training of food treats rewards and praises on successful performance.
6. You need to tether for at least 2-4 weeks. Persevere and be consistent in your training. 7. A fixed feeding and exercise time table for the next 2-4 weeks.
Let me know if this helps.
E-MAIL OCT 26, 2009
Subject: RE: Paper Training 9
month-old whippet
To: drsing_98@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009,
9:37 AM
thank you for your prompt reply.
really appreciate it.
my other dog pees and poo in the
kitchen toilet while i am training
her to go in the master bedroom
toilet after the kitchen floor
failed. the interesting point was
once she copied the other dog and
peed in the kitchen toilet
straight after he did his. then
she repeated it there once other.
she was praised when we saw her go
in the toilet. then she forgot.
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Questions:</span>
How long is she with you since you
took over from the care giver?
- i have her for about 3 weeks
now.
How many times you feed her?
- i feed her once in the morning
Is water freely available?
- yes
What is her exercise routine? Does
she go out?
- once about 2 days or so. she
does not pee much when she's out.
How many times and when does she
pee and when does she poo?
- Peeing : 1x after waking, 1x
halfway or after eating, 1x in the
evening when i get home, sometimes
out of the blue
- Pooing: 1x after waking, mostly
again after eating
Is she doing urine-marking?
- no, she doesn't
Does she pee when excited?
- yes, most of the time. she only
pees and poops when i get home,
even though there are other people
in the house throughout the day.
- poops when excited too. when she
goes out, she will poop once she
gets out of the house or car.
Is she on heat?
- no
Is she having urinary tract
infection or other infections?
- not that i am aware of
As for your advice, do i keep her
tethered the whole day? should
feeding be done in the area as
well?
E-MAIL REPLY FROM DR SING, OCT 27, 2009
Thank you for more information on
the management of the Whippet.
1. It seems that your Whippet has
this excitation or submissive
urination behaviour. This is a
difficult problem to resolve. Try
not to greet her when you go home
from work and let her gain
self-confidence. This will take
time.
2. As most dogs go to
urine-scented area to eliminate,
it is possible that your residence
is full of urine smells.
Therefore, your new Whippet pees
here and there, puzzling you. You
need to neutralise all areas
promptly. This is one reason why
pet owners who use pee pans so as
not to soil the floor. The puppy
then uses the pee pan to
eliminate.
3. Tethering is a form of
confinement and must be done 24
hours for the next 2-4 weeks.
Feeding and water bowls are within
that area. Newspapers cover the
whole area and get reduced to the
area where the dog eliminates.
This takes time.
Le me know if you need more info
