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KIDS<br />
Are you a child?<br />
Can you write<br />
interesting stories?<br />
Do you want to be<br />
part of the Kata<br />
Kata Creative Club?<br />
Please send us your<br />
story (not more than<br />
one page) with your<br />
e-mail contact details.<br />
Perhaps your story<br />
may be published with<br />
your photo or you<br />
may win a prize for<br />
your creative talent.<br />
Send your story to:<br />
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Puppies are sensitive, therefore you<br />
need to build a strong, loving and<br />
caring bond between the two of you.<br />
Your attitude towards them matters<br />
a lot.<br />
Basically, it takes 4-6 months to be<br />
fully trained, but some take a whole<br />
year, depending on the age, learning<br />
history and how they were previously<br />
bred. Patience and persistence are all<br />
that one needs to train a puppy as well.<br />
The puppy should be trained when he<br />
is between 12 weeks and <strong>16</strong>weeks old.<br />
Confine the puppy to a room or a<br />
crate. According to the experts, the<br />
feeding should be broken into three<br />
small meals because they have an<br />
immature digestive system, therefore<br />
they can’t handle a lot of food. Take<br />
him outside after every meal and<br />
every hour after.<br />
You should take him to the same spot<br />
to eliminate. The quicker you convey<br />
the idea that there is an approved<br />
place to potty and place that is off<br />
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limits, the quicker you’ll be able to put<br />
the messy chapter behind you.<br />
The following steps should be<br />
followed:<br />
Don’t punish him for having an<br />
accident because he will fear you.<br />
If just in case you catch him in the<br />
act, clap loudly so he knows he<br />
has done something unacceptable.<br />
Then take him outside by calling<br />
him or taking him gently by the<br />
collar. When he is finished praise<br />
him or give him a small treat by<br />
walking with him around the<br />
neighbourhood.<br />
Don’t yell at him. They aren’t<br />
intellectually capable of connecting<br />
your anger with their accident.<br />
Stay outside longer with him to<br />
help curb accidents. He may need<br />
some extra time to explore.<br />
Clean up accidents with an<br />
enzymatic cleaner rather than<br />
an ammonia-based cleaner to<br />
minimize odours that might attract<br />
him back to the same spot.<br />
If he’s still soiling the room/crate,<br />
follow the following steps :<br />
Assess how well he can control his<br />
bladder and bowel when not in the<br />
room/crate.<br />
Control his diet and schedule. Take<br />
away his food between meals.<br />
Give frequent trips outside after<br />
every meal; first thing in the<br />
morning and last thing in the night.<br />
Take him to the same spot each<br />
time to do his business. His scent<br />
will prompt him to go.<br />
Clean everything so there is no<br />
odour left.<br />
Signs that your puppy needs to<br />
eliminate :<br />
1 Whining<br />
2 Circling<br />
3 Sniffing<br />
4 Barking and scratching at<br />
the door. Take him out right<br />
away.<br />
Written by<br />
Khadija Mohammed<br />
NOV <strong>2017</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> <strong>16</strong> Kata kata cartoon magazine<br />
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