21. Case study - Follow-up on Case 20. Pom toilet training behaviour

On 6/25/08, David Sing wrote:

3 pictures much appreciated. Is the Pom paper-trained 100% now?

--- On Tue, 6/24/08, <....@gmail.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: Paper training a Pom
To: drsing_98@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 6:00 AM






--- On Wed, 6/25/08, ...@gmail.com> wrote:


Subject: Re: Paper training a Pom
To: drsing_98@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 1:05 AM

Hi Dr Sing,

My pom is still not totally trained. He is quite mischievious. While in the crate, he knows that he need to shit & pee in the newspaper. But he will purposely do it on the tray w/o newspaper. Moreover, if i let him out & he feels like peeing, he will just do it on the floor.
I can see that he can control his bladder really well as once i brought him to a friend's house, he control his bladder for 3 hrs.

He is still the same. I need to bring him to the crate & ask him to pee before he does that. He won't go there on his own.
Still trying to train him.

Regards,
Name of owner





Re: Paper training a Pom
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:54 PM
"David Sing"
To:
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You are progressing quite well. Remember it takes 2-4 weeks of training. Since you don't train full time, toilet-training may take as long as 12 weeks. But I believe that you should achieve success within 4 weeks. You just can't vary your routine e.g. bringing the puppy to your friend's house as it gets distracted and of course, confused.

You just need to give the puppy a same daily routine. I think it is hard for you but it is just like "focus" to succeed in life. For example, many successful business people/top students focus on their activity. They also work very hard (perseverance).

We see them very wealthy/top in their cohort of students. Behind their wealth/academic excellence, there is much hard work (time spent in learning etc) and focus (no distractions).

If you do not focus, it may take as long as 3 months to get the puppy toilet-trained as from my interviews with some dog owners. If you want fast results, spend time and focus. No other way unless the puppy is very intelligent and knows what it takes to make you very happy.

I thank you for a most beautiful picture of the Pom looking at the camera. That is the best of the 3 pictures. I notice there is a ramp for the Pom to come down from the crate. That is where you make a mistake of buying a high floor crate.

To answer 2 interesting and common complaints of yours (in bold letters):

1. If you were a puppy, will you want to climb a steep ramp to get into the crate to pee and poop when it is so difficult and steep to do it? This is a common complaint of other owners with such a crate. There is no solution except to change to a low floor crate.



2. It is good that I see your puppy's housing from your picture.
Most likely, the puppy considers the newspapers as his bed. Now all puppies want to be clean. Why pee and poo on his own bed inside the crate? So, he does it on the other half of the crate, onto the wire floor and into the tray!

That means your paper-training is very difficult as the puppy now eliminates on the wire flooring. Most likely a grate + pee pan set will be needed. See such cases in my website.

Thank you once again for your pictures.