pennywise,
that is a good sign that ur dog does not want to do his biz within his area of comfort. try to confine him at bigger space
caging might not always help. we never cage our dogs just confined them after meal and release after they do their biz in newspaper. then when they grow older especially when their bladder can hold it, like our June (female maltese abt 9 months old) she knows very well where is the place to do and the house area is really huge. only Trump we confined now. even in my gf's room he wont pee/poo. either on newspaper that is near to her door or if he really cannot hold to it he'll go to the washroom

hohoho!! i just realized when i went on this thread! how's your dog?

i stopped on puppy.com for a while now. heehehe... went on lowyat to find solution to my PSP problem.

she's fine, including her son

ppcom too messy at times

any website tati can view different types of dog skin problem? mine seems having it....at it's belly...

Wahhh.. Your dog is now a mother!!! Hahaha... Too bad, Snoopy is spayed, so she can't have kids. I want to get a 2nd JRT..

As if 1 not enough, must get another 1.. haha

Mate, best to google for an answer.

Anyway, can describe or post a pic of how the skin looks like? Could be a range of problems like mange or scabbies.

my gawd... 2? You're working abroad and you want another one for your father to take care?

I live in a double storey terrace so I dont have that much space to confine him now. I am currently looking for someone to buy my piano for cheaps, say around RM500 and then I will have more space for Casper. I will give him a runway within his play pen.

Couldnt find the time to accompany him yesterday, feel so sorry for him this morning. Poor thing but he still hasnt learn to potty on the newspaper yet. Hope he learns soon though.

Hahahaa.. I will assist my Dad, of course!

Anyway, I plan to come back to M'sia for good and so, might be possible to get a 2nd JRT.

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

How long does it take for you to get your puppy to be obedient to you? Whenever I reach out to him, 60% of the time, he walks away from my palm. When I reach out to catch him, he runs. 40% or when he's tired, he will come to me and sleep with me.

Penny,
same with Trump. he'll run if i i raised my voice especially if he knows he did something wrong. most of the time he will come. the best is to give your dog confidence in you. u just have to scold him only to discipline and dont put emotions to it ( i know at times they can be really frustrate you ). treat them like a child, they will learn from you and u have to learn from him too. spend more time with him as what WP said. dont give up easily.

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.

Well, here's the idea. Dogs are supposed to be like wolves; they are pack animals - animals that have hierarchy upon who is the boss, the second man and so forth. If there are cases where the pup actually barks back at you, snatches toy from you or doing something that is "disrespectful" then you should be careful. Cause at the end of the day, you may not be treated as the "boss" (aka pack leader) and as expected - your training would go onto dumb ears.

Love for your dog is one thing but getting them to respect you is another. You should be able to give instructions to your pup and ensure that they are strictly adhering to it otherwise they will just think that you are not serious all of the time. Here's a phrase from the e-book I had read

"if you don't establish YOURSELF as the leader, your dog will feel compelled to assume the role himself. This is when you will start seeing all those rude and
disrespectful behaviors. Your dog, of course, isn't actually being rude or disrespectful. He is simply carrying out his role as pack leader. He figures that since YOU haven't assumed the role, HE has to do it."

Damn it, this is why I use the slipper to hit the floor when I train him on leash. Now he can follow me using leash liao. I only took 2 hours to intro him to the leash. But other stuff like Come and Sit command, he still wont. Sometimes Sit, we have to push his backside, so he sits, for 5 seconds he gets up. Thus can conclude its not really working.

When I ganas, I feel bad. When I nice, he becomes nasty. I use a plastic clothes hanger once, hit the floor one time, hancur kecai. I need to get something else like a baseball bat or something. The slipper I hit the floor also become senget liao... Sister slipper, kena scold!

hi
i have problem training my pup to pee poo as well.

do u know how much does a rubber mat cost??
and where can i get it??

y do dogs like to do its business on carpet anyway??

This post has been edited by slsl: Jan 21 2007, 12:08 AM

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.

it didn't do its business on the same spot... lunch time pee at corner1 of the carpet.. dinner time pee at corner2 pula...
and there's a stray cat treat my house as hotel... sometimes we feed the cat if there's leftovers so she stick around sometimes...
since the pup does its business on the carpet... the damn cat follows its act... but now the cat stop d.. dunno y...

Everytime I reach my hand out to Casper, he tries to bite it. When I try to pat his head as he approaches, he turn his neck to try to bite it still. Behtahan, I took his paw and I bite him back (gentle oni but he can feel my teeth la)... Hahaha...

Earlier this evening, he pee-d on the floor near my bicycle. Then he run away as I approach him. My gf tells me that he's challenging me. He knows he pee on the wrong spot, thats why he runs away. Kwai-lan with me... I think I am going to whallop him liao.

A dog trainer tell me that if cannot tahan, dont use anything hard to hit him. Dont use wood or etc thats mudah pecah, then he will eat the remains and die. He tell me that if he pee / poo on the floor again to test my patience, whack him with the leash. I have a small puppy leash, very short about 1m nia... Should I?

Lastly, please share with me how you teach your dog the COME command. Use treats? Come 100x = 100 treats?

This post has been edited by Pennywise: Jan 21 2007, 01:59 AM

The rubber mats are those mats where you keep in the bathroom to avoid the slippery floor. It's usually comes in a few small pieces in which you can attach and become a single big piece. Initially it was used in the bathroom at my home but now had been a toilet itself for my pup ! Price wise, I am not too sure though (We bought it quite sometime ago); try check out tesco, giant or makro under the toilet accessories section.

My dog also have the tendency of doing it on carpet if there are no newspapers around. I think it's because they assumed that the carpet are the "carpet grass" hence it's a good spot for "his business"

Erm... for a start, I think you were using those plastic clothes hanger right ? Well, I had broken mine as well. Now it's the iron type in which I doubt it will scatter no matter how hard I hit on the floor.

If your pup had done something wrong, don't try to chase it - instead try to track it down and get him. A chase is more like a game to the pup itself though...

To award the pup; yes you need treats but then again don't overdo it. You may combine a few actions before giving treats as a final praise for your pup. For instance,

1) Ask your pup to SIT
2) Ask it to WAIT
3) Ask it to COME
4) Ask for it to SIT before you hand over the treat

But all in all, you need to ensure that you are teaching your pup the commands in stages;

NO! -> GOOD BOY! -> SIT -> WAIT -> COME

From SIT, you can also branch into HAND, ROLL, FETCH and so forth ! But if you're really serious about training your pup, then you better be more strict and with a stern voice. Puppies are like kids; they can be distracted easily hence you need to tell them that you are serious about what you want/expect them to do (aka "Da Pack Leader")

This post has been edited by MOUSEY: Jan 21 2007, 02:24 AM