jacng
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Mar 31, 2003, 6:08 PM
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Re: [eccc] help!my 2mth shihtzu crying wholenite!
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hi eccc I can relate to your experience. I have a 9 week old Shihtzu bichon mix. When I brought him home at 7 weeks, he was also the same. I was unable to sleep for the first 2 nights as i locked him in his cage at night and put him in my living room. He bising the whole night and I was unable to sleep. After 2 days, from advice in the various post in the forum, I realise that my pup was just confused with the change to a new place and therefore needed some sort of routine in his life. Therefore after considering many options, in the end I decided to let him loose in my kitchen only during the day and lock him up in his cage during the night. This is because I go back to my mum's place every weekend and my mum does not like a puppy running about in the house. Therefore to prevent as many disruptions as possible in my pup’s daily routine, I have to train and keep him in his cage at night. I also moved his cage to the kitchen permanently. While getting use to this routine, my pup still cry and whine in the night. To discipline him, I roll up some newspaper and hit the side of his cage or the floor to make a loud noise and said “Quiet” in a stern voice. After 2 more sleepless nights. He finally got used to the idea and did not make any noise until morning. Last weekend when i brought him back to my mum's place, he was also very good. He only woke me up twice in the night(considering it's a new place). I only need to say "Quiet" and ignore him and he will go back to sleep. To toilet train him, I decided to use newspaper as he is a small breed. His pee and poo will not be too much to overflow from the newspaper. Moreover, I have decided to keep him indoors and therefore to me newspaper is the best choice. In the first week whenever I see him sniffing around on the floor in circles, I will immediately bring him to the newspaper for him to pee or poo. After a week, 7 out of 10 times he will go to the newspaper and do his business. Now at 9 weeks, if he is in the kitchen where the newspaper is, then he will make use of the newspaper. Otherwise, if I let him run loose in the house he will just pee and poo everywhere. I am still trying to train him to go to the kitchen where his potty is. I hope that my experience will help you decide on how to train your pup. Do share with us on your progress. Regards Jac
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