When i was around 13 - 14 yrs of age... my dad bought me my 1st puppy ( beagle )

when i 1st got her , she was 3 months old. We treated her very well by providing her a

comfort enviroment ( although mine is a 2 stories house ) provide her high end dog food

like pedigree, sent her to the vet and get a few treatments for anti virus. We never cage

her much, except for rainy days ( always play in the rain ) , at nite ( sometimes simply

bark at nite, but we placed her cage in to my house ).I bath her from time to time.

played wit her , no doubt she s cute

But, we gave her away after spending 8 months with her, why? if u asked...

TOILET PROBLEM =.=

my mum could nt stand it as she simply poo / pee in the house ( she doesnt really love

pets, but she did the cleaning when i am attending school ) soon her frus acumiliate

and we have no choice but to send her away.

So lately i am convincing my mum to let me off with another chance for rearing a

puppie, but under 1 condition is to toilet train the pup....

So i am asking for help here to enquire the needs and ways to toilet train dogs...

hope u guys cud help me out


Thanx in advance have a nice day

This post has been edited by MariMo: Oct 31 2006, 03:16 AM

Ok, what I did for my pet is whenever it pees in the house, take some newspaper and soak it up. Then take the newspaper outside to the garden or where ever and leave it there, the dog will instinctively want to go outside to pee when this is done for a couple of weeks (for my GR, it's 2 weeks)

For the poo, first you need to understand a dog's shitting habits. Dogs will always shit after they eat. So the best way to train the dog is to lock the dog outside of the house after it eats, and only let him/her in after shitting. That way, the dog will understand that he/she can come in after shitting and only shitting outside is permitted.

But if you take notice of your pet nicely, the dog has got a pee/poo pattern. Meaning that the dog will only poo/pee suring specific times of the day and make sure to let him/her out during this time.

This post has been edited by Peanutz: Oct 31 2006, 03:43 AM

You definitely need to train your dog the correct place to pee/poo or she will not know what is wrong and what is the right place. I assume you have a yard that you can take your dog out.

When your dog is still small, bladder control will not be very good in that, your puppy will pee very often. You first need to establish a schedule. Puppy pee often, after playtime, after eating/drinking, etc. Set a schedule like

7am - feed
8am - take your dog out to eliminate
10am - take dog out again to preferably the same spot for eliminating
12pm - feed if you divide into 3 feeding a day.
1pm - take dog out to eliminate
etc.

I am listing the above as an example. It will obviously change as your dog gets older. You also need to learn your dog behavior. Some puppy can wait longer after eating and drinking. Use a schedule that fits you and your dog. Why a schedule? When you establish a schedule, you let your dog have confidence in you that you will be there for her and she will start trusting you. It also helps her know when the right time is.

Aside from the schedule, always remember to NOT hit your dog or 'stick' her face in her pee/poo. She WILL NOT understand why you are doing this. The best thing is to catch her in the act of peeing/pooping. Immediately use a stern loud voice and tell her 'NO!' to distract her. Scoup her up immediately and take her to the correct spot for eliminating. If she eliminate then, praise her! Have some treats ready for her. Let her know she did a good thing. As you do this, your dog will slowly associate her action with your behaviour as well. 'NO!' means eliminating at the wrong spot is bad; 'praises' as she eliminate at the right spot is good.

Learn to read your dog wanting to eliminate signs. Some dogs circle around a spot, some sniff a lot. When you see that, take her out immediately to the correct spot. Keep her leashed and wait for a while with her outside. Give the command 'Go pee' or 'pee pee' or something short. I use 'Go potty'. What you are doing here is you are associating her eliminating action with your command. You will be surprise at how easy this is.

Use a crate to assist in the training. Keep her in the crate when you are not watching her instead of letting her roam around the house. You want to avoid her eliminating in the wrong spot. I hear this a lot - 'DO NOT SET YOUR DOG UP TO FAIL!'. Keeping her crate while you are not watching her will not let her have the opportunity of eliminating in the wrong spot. Dogs by nature will try to keep their sleeping place/home (which is her crate) clean by not soiling it.

Just keep doing the above and your dog will learn in no time. You will be surprise at how quickly your dog will learn to hold it in until she has a chance to go to the right spot. As it grows older, you find that the toilet problem becomes non-existence. Remember, your dog success depends on you. You need to be consistent.

Good luck.


RB

This post has been edited by RedBox: Oct 31 2006, 03:45 AM

For the record, Pedigree is not a high end dog food. You want high end? Go for Nutri Edge or other super premium brands.

Pedigree... the lowest quality of dog food here.

For me, i will start paper train my pups when they are 1 month old. We must understand that most pups cant hold bladder very long or at least not as long as adults, hence we should confine them in a smaller area so that they wont pee or poo at the wrong spot due to the right spot is too far away.

Normally what i will do is to place them in a big crate, inside there i will make it confortable, at one of the corner i will place a tray with newspaper on top, most of the time the puppy will know newspaper is the right spot to pee & poo, it might be due to instinct but i realise that it helps if you make the place confortable like placing clothes & toys inside. They wouldnt dirty the place normally, they will choose to pee & poo on the newspaper instead.

Until they know where they are supposed to pee or poo on, try let them roam a bigger space while you are around, this time you may try all the methods thought you here, praise & punishment ON THE SPOT, be consistent & you need lots of patient, after a week or two, i believe that your pup will be trained properly.

BTW, it is true that pedigree and brands like ALPO is too commercial to be good, i would recommend Blackwood since im feeding personally.

This post has been edited by White Palace: Oct 31 2006, 07:44 PM

yeah remember to praise ur dog when they do the right thing. read from somewhere that we need to remind them from time to time cause dogs have short term memory.

maybe for u all it s low quality and not so high ended... but to be honest i am not as rich as u guys to provide high class food for ur dogs... sometimes simple things make life happy as well

whitepalace
Ooooo ic ... my fren uses cane wo -.- isit bad? zzz some of my fren uses slippers to wack the butt...

babymilki
ok... u mean like giving treats la haha

how much is pedigree?

Pedigree was once taken off the shelf coz quite a number of dogs died from eating it. LIver and Kidney disease from eating Pedigree. It is so commericialized... no meat protein but is meat by products....

At least go for Nutro, just pay a bit more only....

ya dats why i never encourage dog owners to feed pedigree to their dogs

dint know... tat time pedigree was quite popular ... 5 yrs -6 yrs never rear a dog .. dint stick to dogs issues anymore

i consider dog food like alpo and pedigree as rubbish....to me its worst than feeding your dog "zhap fan" (economy rice)

but seriously, if u cannot pay abit more for your dog's meals then u might as well not rear a dog....after all, when ur dog falls sick u still have to spend money on vet bills ma

i totally agree with ynneb25. u might not see the effect now, but when the furkid grows older..

erm tat time was my 1st time rearing a dog? how i know which dog food it s good for it? -.- at least she ate it evry meal last time , stay healthy and active then can liao? =.=

erm i did pay like few hundred bucks for every vet visit?

chill marimo it's not too late to know now right

so wat dog food u all reconmend ? anyway can stick to the topic hahah

erm advice has been given. Did u try?

Yah, the advice already there.... there is no different ways... just try those. If unhappy, go get a dog training book.

wait a... let me try few weeks 1st then get back to u....

anyway... the dog food is the vet give de... duno wat brand... custom made by the vet it self =.=