General Tips
Tip 1: Does your dog have little accidents
indoors or in the crate?
New puppy or dog in the house? Or perhaps the dog was purchased from a pet
store? These dogs are confined to their crates 24/7 so they eliminate in
their crates. It happens at such a young age it becomes imprinted on their
behavior and they think that it's normal to do that. Same with puppy mill
dogs.
- What you can try to do is ignore the bad behavior as best as possible.
- Take the dog outside as much as possible.
- Get a treat that the dog really really likes, such as dried liver
(yuck), and each time the dog eliminates outside you should make such a
huge production out of it. High praise, huggies - "good boy", "atta boy" -
and the dog gets the treat (the neighbors may think you're crazy but it
works). Continue that as much as possible and the dog will eventually get
the idea that when it goes outside it gets a huge amount of attention
showered upon him and really good treats. Little by little it makes a
difference.
- Keep everything positive positive positive. It just takes a lot of
patience and consistentcy.
- What may also help are more walks, especially before bed time.
- Also restricting food and water at night - say two hours before the
last walk, might help for preventing those overnight accidents or needing
to go immediately in the morning.
Tip 2: Pregnant Women and Cat
Litterboxes
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Tip 3:
For Your Pet's Health, No Sweets, Please
Tip 4: How To Remove Ticks From Your Pet's
Coat
A School Nurse has written the information below:
"I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way
to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where
it's sometimes difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the
middle
of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with
the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20). The
tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift
it away. This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was
frequently),
and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging
in any way."
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