SINPETS'
Be Kind To Pets Series
--- Growing up with your puppy -Mums and their Children ---Dr Kong Yuen Sing, BVMS, MRCVS
Introduction. At Dr Sing's Veterinary Surgery, around 500 Singapore puppy owners were interviewed from 2003 - 2007. Important findings useful for puppy owners are recorded in this book. The knowledge in this book will enable the first-time puppy owners to know how to use the puppy equipment, learn from the experiences of other owners how to successfully toilet train their own puppies. This may be one book to encourage reading by the primary school students and newly graduated veterinarians.
CONTENTS
1. Miscommunication.
1.1 Who's the boss? Dominance
1.2 You are my subordinate - I bite you. Attitude Problem?
2. What's in it for me?
3 Positive Reinforcement training.
3.1 The puppy pees a bit, wait for food treats, pees again.
3.2 The puppy enjoys lavish praises.
3.3 The puppy is motivated by special reward - going outdoors.
4. Negative Reinforcement Training.
4.1 Spank backside, face.
4.2 Slap face.
4.3 Cane.
4.4 Make puppy smell the urine.
4.5 Rolled up newspapers hit the floor to frighten the puppy.
4.6 Time out - Put puppy in the dark room for 15 minutes. Is it effective?
4.7 Written contract?
4.8 Restricted zone?
5. The Carrot and Stick Training.
Cane when misbehaved and reward when the puppy pees and poops in the correct toilet area.
6. Time management.
6.1 The pre-school girl has no knowledge.
6.2 The teenaged girl has no time for the puppy.
6.3 The young adult working couple has evenings and weekends for the puppy.
6.4 The time-pressed working girl has no time.
6.5 The frustrated mother is angry that the puppy dirties the house.
6.6 The foreign domestic worker (FDW) has no knowledge.
6.7 Taking 7 days' leave to toilet train her puppy.
6.8 Fixed schedule for food and exercise.
6.9 After-midnight whining/door scratching.
7. Puppy management.
7.1 Pees a lot.
7.2 Poops 3-4 x for 8-12 weeks old. Garbage in, garbage out.
7.3 The N-1 formula for crate training.
7.4 The Older Puppy --- 6 months and above are harder to toilet train.
7.5 Two puppies out-pooping each other.
7.6 Regressive behaviour. Male territory urine marking.
7.7 Free roaming before 14 days.
7.8 The sick puppy. Itchiness, diarrhoea, coughing.
7.8 The gastro-colic reflex.
7.9 Feeding 2 times per day.
7.10 The finicky eater.
7.10 Doc, how much to feed my puppy?
7.11 Approved toilet locations.
7.12 Smell of stools.
7.13 Smell of urine.
7.14 Smell of newspapers.
7.15 Smell of puppy diapers.
8. Housing and equipment.
8.1 The Playpen (Exercise pen).
8.2. The Playpen & Aluminium Pee Pan.
8.3 The Crate + Pee Pan.
8.4 The Room.
8.5 The Pee Pan.
8.6 The Grating with The Pee Pan.
8.7 The Leash.
8.8 Artificial turf.
8.9 Newspapers.
8.10 The Puppy Diapers or substitues.
8.11 The Puppy toilet training aid. smelly liquid.
8.12 Neutralisers --- vinegar:water, enzymatic cleaners, floor cleaners, spray, fragrances,baking soda.
9. Surfaces
9.1 Soft surfaces--- carpets, rugs, grass.
9.2 Hard surfaces --- Wired flooring.
10. Social distractions.
10.1 Children plays with the puppies the whole day.
10.2 Aged parents and maids upsetting the routine.
10.3 Neighbours visits
10.4 Poops six hours later.
10.5 Not enough sleep, gets stressed and diarrhoea/passing gas, dies.
10.6 Eating poop puppies.5.6 Drinking pee puppies.
10.7 Nipping, chewing, biting the girls.5.8 Whining, barking, howling. Noise nuisance. Food aggression.
10.8 The Dominant Male puppies - Cocker Spaniels, Jack Russells.
11. Special attention.
11.1 The Secret that the Vet does not know.
Hypoglycaemia in the Chihuahuas, Mini-maltese, Pomeranians and Yorkshire Terriers.
12. Meeting Celebrities.
12.1 No outing till 2 weeks after the 3rd vaccination?
13. Handling 'Accidents'
13.1 Make a fuss.
13.2 Guilty look. Runs to hide.
13.3 Neutralising the urine smell - vinegar:water, baking soda on carpets
13.4 Clutter behind the front door.
13.5 No fixed schedule.
13.6 No neutralisation of urine smell.
13.7 Puppy taking revenge for being home alone? Separation anxiety.
14.
14.1 20 Real Case Studies by Dr Sing.
15. Puppy development.
15.1 Blank slate.
15.2 Rebellious mind. Talking back. Rebelliousness.
15.3 Seeking professional help.
16, Common Problems in the first 2 weeks.
16.1 Diarrhoea, loose stools, blood in stools, vomiting.
16.2 Whining, barking
16.3 Not eating, much inactive.
16.4 Fainting and dies.
16.5 Coughing like an old man.
17. Best practices.
17.1 Confine 2 weeks.
17.2 Full-time training for 1 week.
17.3 Sleeping with the puppy.
17.4 Separate toilet area, sleeping area, eating area in daytime. Bedroom at night.
17.5 Crate training. N-1 formula.
17.6 Success in paper-training.
17.7 Convert to outdoor grass.
17.8 Responsible pet ownership.
17.9 Persistence, consistence, perseverance.
17.10 The gastro-colic reflex.
17.11 With-holding water after 8 p.m.
18. Where to find more information?
19. How Dr Sing research this book? National library, internet, puppy toilet training blog reports at http://www.toapayohvets.com/, digital photography, interviewing pet shop operators and breeders and feedback from over 400 puppy owners in the past 3 years.
20. Glossary
21. Index.
Be Kind To Pets Series
--- Growing up with your puppy -Mums and their Children ---Dr Kong Yuen Sing, BVMS, MRCVS
Introduction. At Dr Sing's Veterinary Surgery, around 500 Singapore puppy owners were interviewed from 2003 - 2007. Important findings useful for puppy owners are recorded in this book. The knowledge in this book will enable the first-time puppy owners to know how to use the puppy equipment, learn from the experiences of other owners how to successfully toilet train their own puppies. This may be one book to encourage reading by the primary school students and newly graduated veterinarians.
CONTENTS
1. Miscommunication.
1.1 Who's the boss? Dominance
1.2 You are my subordinate - I bite you. Attitude Problem?
2. What's in it for me?
3 Positive Reinforcement training.
3.1 The puppy pees a bit, wait for food treats, pees again.
3.2 The puppy enjoys lavish praises.
3.3 The puppy is motivated by special reward - going outdoors.
4. Negative Reinforcement Training.
4.1 Spank backside, face.
4.2 Slap face.
4.3 Cane.
4.4 Make puppy smell the urine.
4.5 Rolled up newspapers hit the floor to frighten the puppy.
4.6 Time out - Put puppy in the dark room for 15 minutes. Is it effective?
4.7 Written contract?
4.8 Restricted zone?
5. The Carrot and Stick Training.
Cane when misbehaved and reward when the puppy pees and poops in the correct toilet area.
6. Time management.
6.1 The pre-school girl has no knowledge.
6.2 The teenaged girl has no time for the puppy.
6.3 The young adult working couple has evenings and weekends for the puppy.
6.4 The time-pressed working girl has no time.
6.5 The frustrated mother is angry that the puppy dirties the house.
6.6 The foreign domestic worker (FDW) has no knowledge.
6.7 Taking 7 days' leave to toilet train her puppy.
6.8 Fixed schedule for food and exercise.
6.9 After-midnight whining/door scratching.
7. Puppy management.
7.1 Pees a lot.
7.2 Poops 3-4 x for 8-12 weeks old. Garbage in, garbage out.
7.3 The N-1 formula for crate training.
7.4 The Older Puppy --- 6 months and above are harder to toilet train.
7.5 Two puppies out-pooping each other.
7.6 Regressive behaviour. Male territory urine marking.
7.7 Free roaming before 14 days.
7.8 The sick puppy. Itchiness, diarrhoea, coughing.
7.8 The gastro-colic reflex.
7.9 Feeding 2 times per day.
7.10 The finicky eater.
7.10 Doc, how much to feed my puppy?
7.11 Approved toilet locations.
7.12 Smell of stools.
7.13 Smell of urine.
7.14 Smell of newspapers.
7.15 Smell of puppy diapers.
8. Housing and equipment.
8.1 The Playpen (Exercise pen).
8.2. The Playpen & Aluminium Pee Pan.
8.3 The Crate + Pee Pan.
8.4 The Room.
8.5 The Pee Pan.
8.6 The Grating with The Pee Pan.
8.7 The Leash.
8.8 Artificial turf.
8.9 Newspapers.
8.10 The Puppy Diapers or substitues.
8.11 The Puppy toilet training aid. smelly liquid.
8.12 Neutralisers --- vinegar:water, enzymatic cleaners, floor cleaners, spray, fragrances,baking soda.
9. Surfaces
9.1 Soft surfaces--- carpets, rugs, grass.
9.2 Hard surfaces --- Wired flooring.
10. Social distractions.
10.1 Children plays with the puppies the whole day.
10.2 Aged parents and maids upsetting the routine.
10.3 Neighbours visits
10.4 Poops six hours later.
10.5 Not enough sleep, gets stressed and diarrhoea/passing gas, dies.
10.6 Eating poop puppies.5.6 Drinking pee puppies.
10.7 Nipping, chewing, biting the girls.5.8 Whining, barking, howling. Noise nuisance. Food aggression.
10.8 The Dominant Male puppies - Cocker Spaniels, Jack Russells.
11. Special attention.
11.1 The Secret that the Vet does not know.
Hypoglycaemia in the Chihuahuas, Mini-maltese, Pomeranians and Yorkshire Terriers.
12. Meeting Celebrities.
12.1 No outing till 2 weeks after the 3rd vaccination?
13. Handling 'Accidents'
13.1 Make a fuss.
13.2 Guilty look. Runs to hide.
13.3 Neutralising the urine smell - vinegar:water, baking soda on carpets
13.4 Clutter behind the front door.
13.5 No fixed schedule.
13.6 No neutralisation of urine smell.
13.7 Puppy taking revenge for being home alone? Separation anxiety.
14.
14.1 20 Real Case Studies by Dr Sing.
15. Puppy development.
15.1 Blank slate.
15.2 Rebellious mind. Talking back. Rebelliousness.
15.3 Seeking professional help.
16, Common Problems in the first 2 weeks.
16.1 Diarrhoea, loose stools, blood in stools, vomiting.
16.2 Whining, barking
16.3 Not eating, much inactive.
16.4 Fainting and dies.
16.5 Coughing like an old man.
17. Best practices.
17.1 Confine 2 weeks.
17.2 Full-time training for 1 week.
17.3 Sleeping with the puppy.
17.4 Separate toilet area, sleeping area, eating area in daytime. Bedroom at night.
17.5 Crate training. N-1 formula.
17.6 Success in paper-training.
17.7 Convert to outdoor grass.
17.8 Responsible pet ownership.
17.9 Persistence, consistence, perseverance.
17.10 The gastro-colic reflex.
17.11 With-holding water after 8 p.m.
18. Where to find more information?
19. How Dr Sing research this book? National library, internet, puppy toilet training blog reports at http://www.toapayohvets.com/, digital photography, interviewing pet shop operators and breeders and feedback from over 400 puppy owners in the past 3 years.
20. Glossary
21. Index.
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