18*. Best Practice ---Golden Retriever sibling paper-trained and on target in 3 weeks.
BEST PRACTICE - 3 WEEKS TO SUCCESSFULLY PAPER-TRAINED
It was one of those coincidences to get to see the sibling of Case No. 17. This male Golden Retriever was purchased 1 week ago from the same pet shop compared to 2 weeks for the female.
The young man and his wife, in their early thirties know what to do, it seems to me.
"I bought the Alumimium Pee Pan as it is unbreakable," the young man told me. "I put newspapers on top of it and spray the commercial urine training aid spray." The puppy is inside the bathroom. A baby gate at the door allows the puppy to see people."
The puppy actually uses the Aluminium pee pan and newspapers to pee at one half and poop at the other half. This is the correct method in that the puppy does not want to soil his sleeping area. The sleeping area is just a small area between the pee pan and the shower room.
"We work around 9 hours. After work, we clean up the paws."
That is good.
Poops - after breakfast, afternoon 2x, after dinner. Poops almost immediately after eating. The puppy has no choice but to step onto the soiled papers and onto his pee.
However, his paws and body are cleaned by the young couple every day. The sleeping area is thoroughly mopped and cleaned in the morning and in the evening after work.
This puppy is also in an excellent skin condition. 2 or 3 areas of bacterial skin infection were seen. I gave them a shampoo to apply.
I feel rather sorry for the puppy. But then, he is pee-panned and paper-trained within 7 days. There is no space for him to mess around.
SOLUTIONS
What is the next step? Should the shower room be open for the puppy to use as a den? What will happen if the puppy is given a larger space?
As the couple is working, I advise larger floor area to be covered with new newspapers so that the puppy need not soil himself and get into a bad habit of being dirty.
I don't know whether this recommendation will work?
FOLLOW UP ON MONDAY DEC 18, 2006
Today, the puppy came in for vaccination. A happy couple in their thirties.
Paper-trained in 3 weeks. The procedure was as follows:
Week 1. Strictly confined in the master bathroom. Baby gate to see the owners who are both working. A radio is switched on so that the puppy can listen to human voices.
The trick in not peeing outside the pee pan is to spray the commercial spray at the far left corner of the tray. "In this case," the owner answered by question of off-target elimination, "the retriever has his body inside the pee pan. He will not be off-target. Always pee and poop onto the newspapers." Many owners spray the urine smell in the centre of the newspapers. So, the bigger breed puppy smells the spot and eliminates outside the newspapers.
Week 2. Master bedroom only. The puppy will go to the pee pan to eliminate and will not dirty the bedroom.
Week 3. Living area. Still he needs to be strictly supervised so that he will not regress. Is he 100% paper-trained? Yes. The puppy pees and poop on the newspaper in the friend's house.
Fed 2x/day. Bowl removed within 10 minutes of feeding.
Poops At week 3, he poops 5x per day compared to 6-7 times earlier.
Wake up, 5 minutes after eating, afternoon, before dinner and after dinner (major poop). Pee - unknown number of times.
Sleeping area. Still the bathroom floor as before.
Outdoors Prefers to eliminate on drain grating. Or grass.
SUCCESSFUL? Yes. At a friend's house, he pees and poops onto the newspapers.
It was one of those coincidences to get to see the sibling of Case No. 17. This male Golden Retriever was purchased 1 week ago from the same pet shop compared to 2 weeks for the female.
The young man and his wife, in their early thirties know what to do, it seems to me.
"I bought the Alumimium Pee Pan as it is unbreakable," the young man told me. "I put newspapers on top of it and spray the commercial urine training aid spray." The puppy is inside the bathroom. A baby gate at the door allows the puppy to see people."
The puppy actually uses the Aluminium pee pan and newspapers to pee at one half and poop at the other half. This is the correct method in that the puppy does not want to soil his sleeping area. The sleeping area is just a small area between the pee pan and the shower room.
"We work around 9 hours. After work, we clean up the paws."
That is good.
Poops - after breakfast, afternoon 2x, after dinner. Poops almost immediately after eating. The puppy has no choice but to step onto the soiled papers and onto his pee.
However, his paws and body are cleaned by the young couple every day. The sleeping area is thoroughly mopped and cleaned in the morning and in the evening after work.
This puppy is also in an excellent skin condition. 2 or 3 areas of bacterial skin infection were seen. I gave them a shampoo to apply.
I feel rather sorry for the puppy. But then, he is pee-panned and paper-trained within 7 days. There is no space for him to mess around.
SOLUTIONS
What is the next step? Should the shower room be open for the puppy to use as a den? What will happen if the puppy is given a larger space?
As the couple is working, I advise larger floor area to be covered with new newspapers so that the puppy need not soil himself and get into a bad habit of being dirty.
I don't know whether this recommendation will work?
FOLLOW UP ON MONDAY DEC 18, 2006
Today, the puppy came in for vaccination. A happy couple in their thirties.
Paper-trained in 3 weeks. The procedure was as follows:
Week 1. Strictly confined in the master bathroom. Baby gate to see the owners who are both working. A radio is switched on so that the puppy can listen to human voices.
The trick in not peeing outside the pee pan is to spray the commercial spray at the far left corner of the tray. "In this case," the owner answered by question of off-target elimination, "the retriever has his body inside the pee pan. He will not be off-target. Always pee and poop onto the newspapers." Many owners spray the urine smell in the centre of the newspapers. So, the bigger breed puppy smells the spot and eliminates outside the newspapers.
Week 2. Master bedroom only. The puppy will go to the pee pan to eliminate and will not dirty the bedroom.
Week 3. Living area. Still he needs to be strictly supervised so that he will not regress. Is he 100% paper-trained? Yes. The puppy pees and poop on the newspaper in the friend's house.
Fed 2x/day. Bowl removed within 10 minutes of feeding.
Poops At week 3, he poops 5x per day compared to 6-7 times earlier.
Wake up, 5 minutes after eating, afternoon, before dinner and after dinner (major poop). Pee - unknown number of times.
Sleeping area. Still the bathroom floor as before.
Outdoors Prefers to eliminate on drain grating. Or grass.
SUCCESSFUL? Yes. At a friend's house, he pees and poops onto the newspapers.
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