Oh, those normally packed into bottles without brand one actually is "Tactic" if i din spell it wrongly, it comes in a big bottle, so normally vets & petshops will repack it.

What kind of dog food you feeding? Sometimes it might due to allergic towards certain ingredients of a dog food.

It called by products, it is commonly believed that since we human do not eat these internal thingys since it is deemed unhealthy, we should also avoid such ingredients for our dogs.


Me also feeding blackwood, so far so good, satisfied with it.

I would suggest if you are keen to train your dog faster, do spend the whole weekend, stick with your dog whole day long. Then you wont miss the moment he do his business, or some bad habits, or maybe some chances to praise him at the right time. It will be most efficient to catch the right moment which is few seconds & it happens ONLY few times a day. All depends on how much time & effort you spent, of corse patience & love must come too.

This post has been edited by White Palace: Jan 17 2007, 10:11 PM

Well when i get my 1st maltese - Tiffany, im able to train her basic things like pee & poo on paper, sit, hand etc using 3 almost FULL days. Which means i spent the Friday, Saturday & Sunday with Tiffany.

But now i've more dogs, so it takes longer time & cant teach them too many tricks.

That's what i'm trying to say, how fast it is really depends on how much effort & time you put in.

If your dog did it on the carpet previously, the smell will be still there, they tend to pee at the place where there is such smell, hence repeatly do the business there.

You should feed good quality dog food, lack of nutritions such as protein might not help u see, but it is common for puppy ear to raise one by one.

We have to shower the face, for westie which has a longer nose, put your finger across the nose, press the face down then shower, means the water will flow across your hand not towards the nose.

Sometimes hitting might bring negative effect, but doing it at the right time & with appropriate manner might help, though not everybody agrees that it is the best way.

For example if we were to hit a dog when he simply pee or poo, then the dog might misinterpret that it is wrong in your eyes to pee & poo, so they might hide when pee or poo or wait until you cant see him, means more headache.

So always make sure your dog will understand before proceed with any sort of punishment.

While doing all this starings, dont forget to praise a lot whenever your dog did rite! This is much more effective!!

Great to hear that! Such a good girl, goodluck!

If it is possible, feed it at fixed time, then you will find that things are more managable since if the dog used to the same routine, normally he will do the same thing at the same time, then you can arrange your time appropriately.

I suppose your shih tzu is a pup? So it is common he cant hold his bladder, when he is in his playpen, he can easily find the newspaper, when he is roaming out there, he will feel too happy & when he wants to pee, he cant hold it, & he cant find the newspaper nearby, so he will juz pee or poo as it is. So maybe you can slowly increase the area for him to roam around.

If you are worry your dog will step on the pee, you can use the pad for dogs to pee & poo rather than newspaper, it cost a little more but it is much more hygenic, currently i'm using it & i'm very satisfied with it.

Besides showing him what you does not like, at the same time you have to show him what do you like him to do by praising him a lot, after sometimes, he will understand & will tend to do things that you will praise him rather than those that you will say NO!

Regarding feeding, leave the food there for 5 mins, if Casper din finish it, take it away, feed him at the next seesion.

Gradually, he will learnt that he has to appreciate what is given, or else he will lose it.

To me, it really depends on the particular dog, some of my maltese will feel very geli if they touch slightly on pee but some juz step all over! So i've decided to use the pads as it can absorbs effectively. You can also refer to others' suggestions which i feel they are very good too!

Treats for my dogs will be their own dog food, special treats juz once in a while.


Is it all around the face or is it due to tear stain? These are what you can do:

1) Use a drinking bottle instead of bowl to contain water.

2) Clean up the ears EVERYDAY.

3) Wash the dirty area everyday & make sure you dry it up, not dry enought will cause more stains.

4) Apply cornstarch on the stain area.

5) Provide filtered water & food without colorings!


May i know what are the brands? Please list all here if possible, i'm intersted in quite many range of products, i do own many dogs.

How old is Casper currently? And what brand of milk you are feeding? If Casper's teeth already grown out, you should start letting him to chew on kibbles instead, to encourage healthy building of teeth.

Yah he does sleep, but i'm sure your dog is very alert. If your dog never sleep, then he cant tahan la.

Good to hear that Syrian.

Most importantly, purchase from the breeder, pay them a visit, screen through the condition, if you feel you are satisfied, then DONT BUY YET. Visit few more, and make the best decision.

But of corse, before you make any decision, you have to be prepared & do lots of research regarding the breed, as well as how to train a puppy. Gooluck on your search for another family member which will stay with you for another 10 or more years to come.

Friendster Cafe, In fact, we are going to meet up there this Saturday.

You can refer to this link for details:

http://homeapet.com/viewtopic.php?t=501

Regarding shampoo, there are testimonials even from show breeders that some of human shampoos suits their dogs well.

Personally i would prefer dog's shampoo, as i believe the ph is appropriate but i would choose good brands.

Anyway, it is still depends on you, if a particular shampoo suits your dog well, why not?

Any of you guys tried "Acana" dog food? I was told the ingredients are very good, plan to give it a try on my doggies.

wow, so many postings has to catch up, MIA for long since CNY, eat eat eat all day long!

Hello digitral, how's ur doggy? CNY got get angpao?