sweedy

hello i'm a new pet owner. an adult shitzu. wat should i do? as in bring it to the vet? for checkup and stuff? and also, it's difficult to paper train him cos he was grass trained(and now everytime i bring him out, he gets ants on his fur!): ) yeah so i'm tinking of paper training him so that he wun get bitten by animore ants): can someone help me?

"i know my sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones" -Laura, 4-

diamond_coast

Perhaps you would like to say the age of your shi tzu?

May I know where you got the dog from? because if you got it from someone... only the previous owner will know if the dog has any medical record eg. injection or sickness

sweedy

the dog is about three years old. and my friend found it along the road injured. he wanted to keep the dog but he's doggy was jealous. ha so in the end, he had to give it away and i took him in. if i bring him to the vet, will the vet know if he had his injection and stuff? and wats the price like visiting a vet? haha

"i know my sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones" -Laura, 4-

diamond_coast

Oh I see... I suggest you bring him to the vet for check up since he was once injured? I think the vet should know if he has got injected.

Regarding about the cost I am not so sure but as a pet owner you must be willingly to be committed to the dog and spend the necessary effort to take care of him.. one aspect is money...

As for toliet train... it would be ideal to teach the dog when he was a puppy but since thats not the case... I guess you have to bring him to a cleaner grass spot to answer his calls... So sorry I cant help much

sweedy

Okie THANKS ALOT!(: :mellow3:

"i know my sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones" -Laura, 4-

wish_mistress

found dog...have u check whether he's a lost dog? if confirm no...then the

next step is to bring him to the vet for a check up...charges will range from

$35 onwards depending on wat he is being tested...as for the jab thingy...u

can arrange the vet to give him a yearly jab since u dunno abt the dog's

history...regarding about paper training....u will have to confine him (using

playpen) and lay the floor with newspaper (fully covered)...take note dat if

he starts to pee or poo at the papers...praise him with excited voice and let

him know he have done the right things...do not let him out if he did not pee

or poo on the papers....if u happen to see him doing his business on

papers...praise him then let him out for awhile...if while outside u caught him

peeing/pooing on the floor...bring him to the mess and give a firm "NO" then

confine him back to the playpen...repeat till he got it right...remember the

playpen must be big enough for him to move about...a total of 8 playpens will

be ideal as dogs dont like to dirty their sleeping area de...good luck!

wish_mistress

by the way...the newspaper on the floor will be reduce lesser and lesser as

the days pass (maybe after every 2 weeks reduce 1 piece)...if after reducing

and he manage to get it right...u have succeed...if not...continue spreading

the newspaper fully till he got it right ...