1. Dr Sing's Toilet Training Secrets (Singapore Puppies) - Contents

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction. Research into the over 400 case studies of puppies at Dr Sing's Veterinary Surgery and interviews of the breeders, pet shop operators and the puppy sellers in the Singapore pet industry from 2003 - 2006 are presented in this book.

2. What is Toilet Training?
2.1 Definitions - housebreaking, housetraining, toilet training, toilet learning.

3. Equipment needed for Toilet Training -
3.1 Playpen
3.2 Playpen & Aluminium Pee Pan
3.3 Crate with Open Top and Pee Pan
3.4 Crate with Door and Pee Pan
3.5 Crate with Wire Flooring and Pee Pan
3.6 Crate with Wire Flooring and Aluminium Pee Pan
3.7 Leash
3.8 Pee Pan

3.9 Puppy Urine Spray
3.10 Urine Neutralisers, Fragrance, Baking Powder
3.11 Puppy Diapers
3.12 Newspapers
3.13 Wood Shavings
3.14 Flushing Puppy Potty

4. Who Toilet Trains the puppy?
4.1 The Owner --- The First-Time Puppy Owner.
4.2 The Children --- Less than 8 years old. Pre-school child. Toddler.
4.3 The Parents --- The Harrassed Mother.
4.4 The Working Couple.
4.5 The Maid --- Foreign Domestic Worker.
4.6 The Siblings and other Family Members.
4.7 Advices from friends.
4.8 Advices from the veterinarian, puppy seller and others.

5. When to start Toilet Training?
5.1 The First Night.
5.2 The First 2 Weeks.
5.3 The First 4 Weeks.
5.4 Wakened up after midnight.

6. When to stop Toilet Training?
6.1 Success defined.

7. Where should the puppy pee and poop?
7.1 Outdoors. Garden grass yellowed. Bag up poop.
7.2 Indoors. Balcony, kitchen, living room, utility room, bathroom.
7.3 Indoors & Outdoors.
7.4 Big breeds in High-Rise Apartments.
7.5 Second Piece of Newspaper.
7.6 Plastic Sheet, Floor mat. Shredded.
7.7 Puppy Diapers --- Puppy Training Pads or equivalent.
7.8 The Crate with Wire Flooring and Pee Pan.

7. How to Toilet Train the puppy?
7.1 A Daily Routine --- feeding, water, exercise, sleeping.
7.2 Feeding 2 times per day. Water restriction.
7.3. How the puppy talks to you --- Elimination Signs, Clean den, Gastro-colic reflex, N-1 formula. Supervision, Persistence, Breed difference.
7.4 Hand signals for deaf puppies.
7.5 Confinement and Training --- Room by Room method.
7.6 The Leash Method.
7.6 How to Crate Train the puppy?
7.7 How to Toilet Train 2 or more puppies? Same age, Different ages.

7. What benefits do the puppy get?
7.1 The Mind is a blank slate. Rebellious stage. Incorrigible (not able to reason).
7.2 Positive experiences --- Positive Reinforcement Training.
7.3 Negative experiences --- Negative Reinforcement Training.
7.4 Carrot and stick method --- Time Out, Scruff of Neck.
7.5 The Puppy has a "Guilty Look".
7.6 The Puppy is a "Cleanliness Freak".

8. How to Handle Accidents?
8.1 Shifting and collapse of the Playpen.
8.2 Neutralisers, Floor cleaners, Enzymatic cleaners, Masking Fragrances, Baking Soda.
8.3. Clutter --- The Aluminium Pee Pan behind the Door.
8.4 The Smelly Mop.
8.4 Please Beat/Shout at me --- Negative Experiences is better than no attention.
8.5 Discipline within a few seconds.

9. Time Management.
9.1 Taking leave for 7 days.
9.2 The Home-alone puppy.
9.3 Crate Training Method.
9.2. Most puppies want you to be his boss. Some wants to boss you.
9.3 Seeking professional help.

10. What Benefits to You?
10.1 Smelly house. Family members upset. Nose sensitised. Visitors complain. Selling the house.
10.2 Clean companion and best friend.
10.3 Goes to new home if you are unable to care for him.
10.4 Homeless puppies are like homeless men?

11. Common problems.
11.1 The dominant male. Growling, biting, food aggression. Respect.
11.2 Health problems - Diarrhoea, Vomiting, Coughing, Skin itchiness.
11.3 Behavioural problems - submissive, excitation urination, separation anxiety.
Paper shredding, Eating poop, Drinking pee.
11.4 Eye injuries due to spanking.
11.5 Canine laws for the HDB apartment puppy.

12. Learning from experiences of others.
12.1 Regression? --- Urine marking Miniature Schnauzers.
12.2 The Chocolate Labrador Retriever from the 20th floor.
12.3 The Army Boy and the Imprisoned puppy.
12.4 The Poop-eating Shih Tzu.
12.5 The Howling Siberian Husky.
12.6 Each puppy is different.
12.7 Advices from the veterinarian?
12.8 The Yorkshire Terrier and the Professional Dog Trainer.
12.9 The Mother Pestered the Pet Shop Operator.
12.10 E-Mail Advices for a Silkie Terrier to a Vet.
12.11 The Two Cavalier King Charles
12.12 The Golden Retrievers hop out of the Play Pen.

13. More information.

14. Glossary

15. Index