LITTER TRAINING
OUR YORKSHIRE TERRIER PUPPIES
I now litter train my puppies with lots of success. I use wood pellet litter made by “Pinnacle” it can also used in cat boxes. There are other brand names that would be the same. The wood pellets for animal litter is longer than what is used in the pellet flame stoves.
I use wood pellets because puppy feet have hair on the bottoms and the normal cat litter would track too easily and make for a great mess. I have also found that the wood pellets contain the odour more readily that any other cat litter product.
Cleaning the wood pellet litter is easy. Just remove the faecal matter and then use a litter scoop to remove the pellets. As the wood litter gets wet it turns to sawdust and the sawdust is easily and naturally disposed of in your regular trash bin. I would put it in a plastic grocery bag that can be knotted so that as the sawdust dries it stays contained.
By the time you get your puppy he/she will be well on the way to being house trained which makes life with a new puppy so much easier.
When you first get your puppy keep the puppy in a small area it is easy for him to remember to use the litter box. Food, water and their crate or bed can be kept in the same area while you are working or away from your new puppy.
Another option is the purchase of a second hand playpen and equip it with food, water, bed or crate and a litter box. Both these options keep the puppy from any accident from being too far from the litter. As he grows it is easy to move the litter box out of doors.
Once the puppy become accustomed to his new surrounding, a week or two then you can decide if you want him to continue with the litter box or to replace it with the great outdoors. The puppy can be trained to go outside by slowly moving the litter box outdoors and the puppy will soon learn to ask to go out.
For further information about my puppies you can email : Roxanne
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