Plus, don't bath your dog too frequently. Use proper pet shampoo. If not you will end up stripping the natural oils from their hair.


RedBox

This post has been edited by RedBox: May 11 2006, 09:56 PM

Not much else.. clean ears, cut nails, brush teeth,...


RedBox

I am quoting questions from littlegreen here which was posted at the Pets Picture thread since this Pets Kopitiam will be more appropriate.

Yes. St. Bernard will drool.. a lot as I have been told. It is their nature so I don't believe you can train them not to drool. Even with my St. Bernard at a young age currently, I keep some napkins/cloth on hand to wipe their mouth, especially after drinking so it doesn't get all over me.

Training a dog to do his/her 'business' takes some time and a lot of patience. You can search the Internet and you will see many 'crate training' advice. When your dog is in the puppy stage, keep him/her in a crate when you are not around them. This is to prevent them from 'going' when you are not around. A dog inherent instinct is to keep their sleeping place or 'safe' place clean so they will try not to do their 'business' there. I say that only if you follow a schedule to take them out or they will be force to go when they cannot hold it.

To those that want to scream that it is cruel to keep your dog in a crate, it is not true. You are actually doing your dog a favor by keeping it safe as well while it is still young. You can adjust once your dog has learnt where to eliminate. You must of course take them out often as your dog will need the company.

Time your feeding times so you will know when your dog will want to do 'big business' and the 'small business'. Your puppy will want to eliminate after eating, drinking and playing in general. If you know where you want them to eliminate, always take them to the same place all the time and also use words like 'go pee', 'go potty', etc so your puppy can associate those words with eliminating.

Depending on your puppy's age, you may need to take them out often. I take mine out every 2hours 30mins even during the night (so yes I need sleep now.. hehehe ) If you take them outside the house and not to a specific spot in your house, be sure to use the same door as well. Your goal is to associate your action, your 'go pee'/'go potty' instructions and timing with their need to eliminate.

Once done, take them in immediately. You do not want to confuse them with 'eliminating time' and 'playing time'.

There will be 'accidents' where your puppy will eliminate at the wrong spot. If you catch them in the act, quickly make a loud noise to distract them (I usually say in a stern voice - 'NO!') and quickly take them to their designated eliminating spot. What you are doing is teaching them to associate their action at the correct spot.

DO NOT GET ANGRY with them if you find their 'accidents' after the fact. Contrary to what many will tell you especially in Malaysia, do not scold them, hit them or god forbid, 'stuff' their face in their urine or feces. All you're telling them is that you're angry at the urine or feces but not the incorrect spot. Just clean up the 'accidents' and keep doing the above.

All the best!


RedBox

I think this idea is still tough to make it fly for now. Most dog owners I know in Malaysia cook their own food for the pets, do not take it for grooming and rarely take it to actual training classes. It's how the thinking is rather than the government.

Maybe start with a one stop pet shop with food supplies, toys, grooming, training classes, etc. But it may be tough like what crazymouse_yyh said, no support means it will close down very soon.


RedBox

This post has been edited by RedBox: May 17 2006, 10:07 PM

Mine loves to dig too. Currently I sternly keep telling her no! Hoping she would learn soon. They can easily get hook worms by eating soil.


RedBox

Now I wish for the same thing too!!

That is good advice. I will try it. Thanks.

I started participating in the Pets Wonderland forum late. How old is Fala? What breed is she?

Very playful!! Just like mine... I tell her no and she pretends to run away and lie down... then she will come back, sniff and try to dig again! If I take a step forward, she knows to run away immediately!! Kinda like testing me... hahahah...


RB

Heheh... frenchkiss... Slurp!


RB

Click on the quote sign and wait for it to turn into a red color quote sign with the minus. Do this on the posts you want to quote. After you have done that, click on 'AddReply' button, rather than the 'Reply' to the last post or any particular post.


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This post has been edited by RedBox: May 20 2006, 02:09 AM

Yeah. If you are doing multiple quotes, use the ADDREPLY button. The one that is on the same line as:

FASTREPLY | ADDREPLY | OPTIONS | NEWTOPIC


RB

Heading out tomorrow morning for a one week vacation. I sent Mika to a boarding provided by a clinic here. Brought her toys and food for her as well. I am so gonna miss her!!


RB

Ahh... back from my vacation. I wasn't not able to get an Internet connection so I missed some of your posts while away.

About 3 1/2 months old now. She is a St. Bernard. I posted her pictures at the pets picture thread if you are interested to see what she looks like.

Yay! You got the quote thingy!!

I checked out a few places and finally settled on a clinic/boarding center. Price is US$11 per day for dogs under 25lbs. I didn't ask the price for over 25lbs but I know next time when I take it for boarding again.


I am in US. It's a local pet clinic here.


RB

Pure Malaysian 'lah'... living in US currently.


RB

Some pictures to share with you dog lovers. A big pet store finally opened where I'm at! I used to pick up dog stuff at another store about 1 hr away so this will be a nice place to have in town. Pictures taken during the grand opening and sales.

Picked up a few free toys, 2 20lb free dog food and bought a bag of treats, some additional toys and treated my St. Bernard to a special spa day (bath, brush, ear cleaning, cut nails, and hair cut). She has a nice coconut smell to her now.

Rawhide bar and treat bar for dogs!


Biggest Dog and Longest Tail winner. My St. Bernard tail was about 2 1/2 inches shy of third place.


Halloween Costume Contest








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Halloween Costume Contest - continue










This post has been edited by RedBox: Oct 31 2006, 12:05 AM

It's in Oklahoma US so I didn't think anyone would be near here.
Yeah, the competition were held during the grand opening. Biggest dog, longest tail, best bark, best costume, best trick, pet owner/pet lookalike, etc.

My dog was the biggest until 4 great danes walked in. She immediately retreated to a corner. Heheh...


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This post has been edited by RedBox: Oct 31 2006, 12:45 AM

Getting participation will be equally as hard. Everyone is at different locations.


RB

Found a lost dog yesterday! Was about to head out for lunch and found a dog around the front of my house. I looked around but did not see anyone on the street. When the dog saw me, she immediately head over to me and wanted to follow me in the house.

It was getting cold outside so I took her in and gave her food and water. She looks a little dirty so I am not sure how long she has been out. No tags on the collar and I am not sure if it has a microchip. I think it probably belongs to someone around the area so I made 100 flyers with my contact information on it which I will distribute to all the houses in this neighborhood. Hopefully someone will contact me.

Here are some pictures. What type of dog is this?




RB

This post has been edited by RedBox: Nov 5 2006, 09:43 PM

I thought that was it but wasn't too sure. Thanks for the info. I googled it yesterday and thought it looked a little different. Probably because the ears were down when I took the pictures.

http://www.terrificpets.com/dog_breeds/Border_Collie.asp

Well I do hope it belongs to someone. I had to work yesterday so I just kept it in the house. It's early morning now so I am getting ready to go around posting flyers. The dog seems trained. She jumped on the couch yesterday and immediately sat there like she has done this many times! I took her out this morning and she went potty in the yard so seemed potty trained as well.


RB

Whew... got it on maybe 20-30 houses, some community mailboxes and lamp post when it started raining... heavily! Gotta come back and wait the rain out. I also need more flyers. Underestimated the number of houses here. I think I'm gonna need 500 - 600 flyers!


RB

The BC is fine. I think I may have to take it to a shelter or something. I have to use Mika's crate to hold her in as I am don't want her to run around an unfamiliar house. That means Mika will not have a crate and I think she is just a tad jealous. I usually put Mika in her crate when I am not home so she can be safe.

I'll keep posting the flyers just the same and inform the owner if he/she calls.


RB