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How To Paper-Train
a 6-month-old Westie
Dr Sing Kong Yuen,
BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
First written: Nov 22, 2009.
--- On Wed, 11/25/09,
...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: Picture of my pet cage-
requested by Dr Sing
To: judy@toapayohvets.com
Date: Wednesday, November 25,
2009, 6:38 PM
Dear Dr Sing,
Attached please find the pictures
of the cage where I put my pet
dog, Westie
Pic 1 shows cage with 2 handles on
the top. Top lid can be flipped
open. Bottom Tray is like a
drawer. My pet was sitting on the
steel grating, which can be
removed. Front door of the cage
can be opened.
Pic 2 shows the steel grating can
be removed. Pet is now sitting on
newspaper put on the tray
Pic 3 shows the steel grating with
side hooks, put atop the tray
--- On Thu, 26/11/09, David Sing
wrote:
Subject: Re: Picture of my pet
cage- requested by Dr Sing
To: ...@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, 26 November, 2009,
5:40 AM
Thank you for your pictures. I
will be emailing you some pic of
your 6-month-old Westie soon.
Please let me know how long it
takes to grate-train her
successfully (i.e. 100% pee and
poop on the grate), starting from
yesterday, Nov 25, 2009 and how
you do it.
Best wishes.
E-MAIL REPLY NOV 26, 2009
Dr Sing,
I think mine would take a long
time to toilet train. Yesterday
she was quite dull. I think it was
because of the vaccination. I
would try to put her outside of
the cage tonite, in the balcony
and then put the grating atop the
tray just to try it. Will let you
know the good news next time. She
had refused to take the
Antibiotics liquid as well as the
Multi-vit. Refuses to open her
mouth, so I have to mixed the
multi-vit together with water in
her drinking bowl.
Maybe u can ask other people also
to try the same method of toilet
training which you had recommended
for my dog, so that in case the
other dog owners might have an
earlier success. Presently she
would
bark whenever she pee or
pass motion, which means she
wanted people to change the soiled
newspapers in the tray. See
you again next week.
Regards
XXX
SUMMARY
The adult Westie is communicating
with the owner to change soiled
newspapers below the grate and on
top of the pee pan. In this
situation, the owner should just
have 2 pee pans with newspapers.
One inside the crate. Place this
pee pan with newspapers in the
balcony when the Westie is
confined there. Change soilded
newspapers promptly. The Westie
should be paper-trained within 14
days, in my opinion. Home
situation differs for each puppy.
In this case, my proposal of grate
+ pee pan training may not be
ideal as the Westie barks for
fresh newspapers when inside the
crate (I presume, with the floor
grate taken out). Will ask the
owner when he comes next week.)
UPDATE. E-MAIL TO DR
SING. DEC 2, 2009
Nov 28, 2009
Dear Dr Sing,
I had
put the grating atop
the tray for the dog
to urinate and poo, on
26/11/09. The result was
quite encouraging,
although only once did
she urinate outside on the
floor of the balcony. I
had to tap her on the
cheek and teach her not to
do that. This morning, she
was OK, urinating into the
newspaper and also pooed
on the
steel grating. I
will increase her floor
space gradually till let
her have the whole
balcony.
Thanks
indeed for the great help
in
toilet training
her. I still check her
right eye and wonder if I
could take out her
E-Collar. Still using the
Anti-fungal shampoo for
her legs and anal and
vagina area. Have not use
the anti-fungal shampoo
for bathing her whole
body.
Will
bring her to see you on
Tuesday, i.e. 2nd Dec
2009, for a check-up
again.
Regards
XXX
COMMENTS Grate
+ Pee Pan method seems to be
working. The owner must give a
verbal command before the dog
has accidents. In this case, the
Westie seems to understand "tap
on the cheek". It is cleaner and
prevents the Westie from
shredding newspapers. The Westie
was housed in this type of
flooring at the Pasir Ris Pet
shop. So she already knows what
to do, especially if there is
urine smell at the bottom of the
grate.
TOA
PAYOH VETS
