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12-29-2005, 12:10 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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| I want litterbox train Can anyone help me? Buddha just doesn't seem to get it.... and advice would be helpful! |
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12-29-2005, 01:37 PM | #2 |
Learn Yorkie CPR! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey
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| Eats It My Baby tries to eat the "litter" everytime I put it on the floor. I got so nervous that I wrote Purina. Below is the letter that I got...just in case anyone else's eats their litter. Thank you for contacting Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. We appreciate your contacting us. Please know that when something new is added to your puppies' immediate environment, he will probably exhibit an unusual interest in this item initially. This behavior, which is often referred to as investigative behavior, is perfectly normal behavior to exhibit under the circumstances. Always provide your dog with appropriate chew toys and make sure you interact with him as much as possible when you are home. While the Dog Litter is non-toxic, if you do observe your puppy chewing on the litter, distract him by using a surprising command such as "Ahhh!" Lower your voice with this command so that your puppy senses your displeasure. As your puppy stops what he is doing, quickly redirect his behavior to an appropriate behavior such as coming to you when called. You may want to give him one of his chew toys and praise him for chewing on it. This method will replace chewing the dog litter with a more desirable behavior. After all, how will he know what is an appropriate chew toy unless you teach him! All of our litter is non toxic, as such, there no ingredients that are harmful to people or pets. If litter is ingested, the person or pet should drink as much water as possible over the next few hours. Please know that while we were performing litter studies at our Pet Care Center ingestion of the litter by dogs or cats was not an issue. We hope this information is helpful and that you will let us know if you have any other questions. Again, thank you for visiting our web site.
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12-29-2005, 04:49 PM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CO
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| Yah, that's one of the reason why we don't use the dog litter anymore. I put newspaper in the litterbox and it work out great with our baby. She is almost 7 months old now and litter box trained. It's hard to get a Yorkie not to eat or chew on dog litter. Once their mind's make up, you got a problem. Even though I know it should be safe to eat the litters since they are paper based, I don't want mine to mess with litters - that's the toilet after all. Sorry, I don't really have the answer for you. But paper in the litter box works out great for us. When we are visiting friends, we would just put down some paper for her and she would go on the paper when she had to go. Maybe someone else here can help you with this issue. Good luck! Last edited by amyann; 12-29-2005 at 04:51 PM. |
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