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My husband and I just bought a Shih Tzu puppy. He is four weeks old and we will be taking him home in a month. I have two questions:
1) We live in a luxury high rise on the fourteenth floor. I’m a little apprehensive re: house training Fenway (his name). Does anyone have any advice on house training a puppy when you live in an apartment with no immediate access to outside?
2) My husband has a bearded dragon lizard that mostly stays in his tank. I’m wondering if they will get a long. Fenway is tiny (he’s only going to weigh in at about 7 lbs, he is an imperial Shih Tzu). I’m wondering if I should allow them to interact, or keep them separate?
The apartment is very large, around 1200 square feet so it wouldn’t be a problem to keep them separate.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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1) You can try making an area in your apartment for his potty. Like place a puppy pad in the bathroom or a room you don’t enter and let him see it and sniff around where it is. Like make sure there’s a designated spot for him. Don’t just give up or think there’s nothing else to do so you put a diaper on him or think I’ll just suck it up and clean it up. Also, when he first arrives expect him to mark his territory.
2) Well, since the dog is a brand new pup and has never been exposed to much if you have im meet the lizard now they’ll get along good. Make sure his meeting with the lizard is good and he is not doing anything bad. You don’t want him jumping on the lizard to be a habit. Make sure whenever they are in contact you’re watching %100 of the time. No exceptions.
Remember those first 3-4 months of your puppies life is so important with socializing him. So start asking around for puppy play groups and friends who have dogs. Make sure it’s okay with your vet when he doesn’t have all his shots yet though.
well when he goes poop, try placing that on the newspaper or puppy pads to show him where to go. If you want to fence off a certain place for his own bathroom, do it there. Everytime he goes off the pad, put his nose in it and spank him. They’ll get the idea quickly.
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maybe use a cat litter box the lizard may be fine with the dog but keep an eye on that!
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i know it may sound weird but try to train him or her to go in a litter box
i think you should keep them separated because my dog will eat anything
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Maybe you should train him to use a litter box. No one else will know.
I don’t know anything about bearded dragons.
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i will answer all of the questions
1) Little dogs like shih tzus can be house trained like a cat. Buy a litter box and put Fenway onit every hour.
2) I would put this question inthe reptile area. But i owna bearded lizard so i would say no. They dont like each other and it may causethe lizard stress.
well i hopethat helped
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well u shuld train him 2 scratch on the door so u culd take him outside i think if u raise the puppy around the bearded dragon they will be fine but i also think they shuld just keep their distance
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umm maybe even though its a dog maybe so you don’t have to go down stair and upstair all the time ,even though he is a dogg!!! you can teach him to use a litter box in your apartment because during the night he might need to use the bathroom and you don’t want to have to go outside while ur sleeping,so maybe teach him how to use a litter box. If the tank has a lid it will take sometime always when you get a new pet to interact will another animal so i suggest for the first couple weeks to keep they a away from each other but i think it should be alright. If it doesn’t have a lid and you have to leave sometime during the day or to work and you don’t know if it is going to be ok then i would suggest they don’t mind this channing the dog up so it doesn’t get into anything or get the other animal.
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Please separate the two!! A dog will eat anything!!!!!! Even a lizard. Also, Shih-tzu are easy to train. Try taking him to classes though. To make sure he doesn’t pee in the house. A good place for training is PetSmart. My pup goes there. Its great. They will tell you just what to do. If you are not up for that try wee-wee pads. They are these cloth materials you put on your floor. It has a special smell that tells the dog to pee there. Good Luck and Congrads!!!!
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The dog wont really bother the lizard and just make sure the dog knows what you want him to do. It is easy to house train a dog.
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Congrats on the new member!
1) You can try making an area in your apartment for his potty. Like place a puppy pad in the bathroom or a room you don’t enter and let him see it and sniff around where it is. Like make sure there’s a designated spot for him. Don’t just give up or think there’s nothing else to do so you put a diaper on him or think I’ll just suck it up and clean it up. Also, when he first arrives expect him to mark his territory.
2) Well, since the dog is a brand new pup and has never been exposed to much if you have im meet the lizard now they’ll get along good. Make sure his meeting with the lizard is good and he is not doing anything bad. You don’t want him jumping on the lizard to be a habit. Make sure whenever they are in contact you’re watching %100 of the time. No exceptions.
Remember those first 3-4 months of your puppies life is so important with socializing him. So start asking around for puppy play groups and friends who have dogs. Make sure it’s okay with your vet when he doesn’t have all his shots yet though.
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Dogs are a lot like children. If you wouldn’t shove your child’s face in an accident, you shouldn’t shove your dog’s nose in it. Otherwise, I’ve had great luck with litter boxes and small dogs. I live in a high rise apartment too and right now I have a 60lb husky. She lets me know when she needs to go out. We’ve only had 2 accidents and I have NEVER shoved her nose in it.
Remember that corrective action only works when you catch a dog in the act of doing something undesirable. If you wait even seconds, the dog doesn’t understand what he did wrong.
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