25. A friend said "newspaper + puppy urine" will train the Jack Russell

Young man in late twenties with gold ear stud in his left ear.
Jack Russell, Male, 3.5 months old.
Bought: Crate with pee pan.


A friend said, "Soak newspapers with the puppy urine, you will be successful in paper-training him."

But this Jack Russell shreds newspapers, pees in 3 corners in his bedroom and occasionally went to the crate with pee pan to pee. The puppy poops inside the crate and does sleep on one side last time.

"The problem is not with the puppy," I explained. "He has been given too much space and so cannot hold his urine in time to go to the appropriate toilet location. That is the crate. After peeing on the bedroom floors, he is attracted by the urine smell to go to the same 3 corners.

"If this puppy is not trained now, he will never be toilet trained at all."

"How to paper-train him?" the young man asked. "He just chews and shreds all the newspapers."

SOLUTIONS

1. Neutralise all urine smells in the bedroom with vinegar:water 1:2.
2. Confine the puppy inside a small area for 2 weeks at least.
For example, put the crate inside the master bathroom. Cover the bathroom floor with newspapers. Change soiled papers often.

Allow him sufficient space but not too much to sleep on the floor. Most likely he will sleep in a corner (cleanest) near the W.C. He will go inside the crate to poop and may sleep there.

3. A baby-gate at the bathroom door permits the puppy to see the owner but not come out.

4. Watch for signs of circling, turning and squatting when letting the puppy out of the bathroom. Carry him into the bathroom immediately. Praise and reward when he pees on the papers.




Is there another solution? How about the Pee Pan with Wired Flooring (PPW), the young man asked.

The PPW is not what he wanted. He wanted to paper-train, not to PPW-train the puppy.

How successful he will be will be known in 3 weeks' time.