Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!brett From: brett@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: new puppy Message-ID: <4071@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 11:56:48 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4071 Posted: Mon Feb 25 11:56:48 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 28-Feb-85 20:10:04 EST References: <390@harvard.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 59 > I've had dogs in the past, but while they were puppies I always either > had a yard to leave them in during the day, or a room mate who was > interested in helping house train the animal. I no longer have either > of these options, and I want to get a puppy. > > Is there any way that I can raise a "normal" dog given that I probably > will have to leave the puppy alone for 6 hours a day? I would be willing > to paper train the puppy if that is possible. If paper trained can a dog > be un-paper trained later? or will doing this result in a neurotic dog? > > Obviously, if it would be cruel to the puppy, then I won't even try. > Once I had come home from work, I could spend lots of time with the > puppy. > > -- > Marty Sasaki > Havard University Science Center > sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp} > 617-495-1270 My experiences paper training a puppy have been negative. Although the dog is paper trained, it's a nuisance to clean up the papers 10 times a day, a nuisance to get rid of the soiled paper, a nuisance to get the actual newspaper. If you get a male dog and he doesnt lift his leg, your dog is more than likely going to make a mess on himself urinating. (Same w/ female when she gets older) Both will have puddles big enough that it hits their paws. Newpaper is absorbant - but it aint that absorbant. If a male, hope he doesnt learn to lift his leg, he would probably want to go on a hydrant or something - not a paper. Nontheless, puppies do manage and even male dogs learn how to handle it. Plan to devote no less than 1 hour regularly a day to cleaning your bathroom up. Plan on extra money for cleaning products: your rug, bathroom floor, etc. Also, puppies initially will trod thru their own fecal matter. Plan to have to have the dog bathed quite often. Initially you will probably lock him/her in the bathroom during the day. He/she will probably tear up the newspaper into shreds. Have a dustpan/available for picking up those shreds, a sponge mop and bucket available. One way to handle the soiled newspaper in an apartment is to place the newspaper in plastic garbage bags and leave the bags on your balcony (or in my case fire escape). If you dont have a fire escape you could probably build soemthing to hold those smelly bags until you can run them down to the dumpster. If you have a garbage chute you are better off. Hope these off the cuff comments help. -- Brett Fleisch University of California Los Angeles 3804 Boelter Hall Los Angeles, CA 90024 Phone: (213) 825-2756, (213) 474-5317 brett@ucla-cs.ARPA or ...!{cepu, ihnp4, trwspp, ucbvax}!ucla-cs!brett -------------------------------------------------------------------------