My dad is a puppy toilet trainer
PUPPY TOILET TRAINING BOOK
Thursday, November 02, 2006
1. Dr Sing's Toilet Training Secrets (Singapore Puppies) - Contents
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Jan 11, 2009
CONTENTS
1. Introduction. Research into the over 600 case studies of puppies at Dr Sing's Veterinary Surgery and interviews of the breeders, pet shop operators and the puppy sellers in the Singapore pet industry from 2003 - 2006 are presented in this book.
2. What is Toilet Training?
2.1 Definitions - housebreaking, housetraining, toilet training, toilet learning.
3. Equipment needed for Toilet Training -
3.1 Playpen
3.2 Playpen & Pee Pan - with legs, with encircling pan.
3.3 Crate with Open Top and Pee Pan
3.4 Crate with Door and Pee Pan
3.5 Crate with Grate and Pee Pan
3.6 Grate + Pee Pan
3.7 Leash
3.8 Pee Pan.
3.9 Puppy Urine Spray
3.10 Urine Neutralisers, Fragrance, Baking Powder
3.11 Puppy Diapers
3.12 Newspapers
3.13 Wood Shavings
3.14 Flushing Puppy Potty
4. Who Toilet Trains the puppy?
4.1 The Owner --- The First-Time Puppy Owner.
4.2 The Children --- Less than 8 years old. Pre-school child. Toddler. DISTRACTIONS. NO PEACE.
4.3 The Parents --- The Harrassed Mother.
4.4 The Working Couple.
4.5 The Maid --- Foreign Domestic Worker.
4.6 The Siblings and other Family Members.
4.7 Advices from friends.
4.8 Advices from the veterinarian, puppy seller and others.
5. When to start Toilet Training?
5.1 The First Night.
5.2 The First 2 Weeks.
5.3 The First 4 Weeks.
5.4 Wakened up after midnight.
5.5 Older dog.
6. When to stop Toilet Training?
6.1 Success defined.
6.2 Urine and poop marking.
7. Where should the puppy pee and poo?
7.1 Outdoors. Garden grass yellowed. Bag up poop.
7.2 Indoors. ROOMS. Balcony, kitchen, living room, utility room, bathroom. PRIVACY AND PEACE.
7.3 Indoors & Outdoors.
7.4 Big breeds in High-Rise Apartments.
7.5 Second Piece of Newspaper.
7.6 Plastic Sheet, Floor mat.
7.7 Puppy Diapers --- Puppy Training Pads or equivalent.
7.8 Crate + Grate + Pee Pan.
7.9 Grate + Pee Pan.
7.10 Newspapers. Shredding. No urine smell. Newspapers & Crate + Pee Pan problem.
8. How to Toilet Train the puppy?
8.1 A Daily Routine --- feeding, water, exercise 3x/day for first 7 days (to make him tired), sleeping (awake past midnight, barking). Know the history.
8.2 Proposed Routine. Sleep at 11 pm. Wake up at 7am. Eats 8 am, 6 pm. Exercise 10 min 3x/day. First 7 days. Watch for signs of elimination. (See Accidents).
8.2 Feeding 2 times per day except small breeds. Water restriction after 8 p.m.
8.3. How the puppy talks to you --- Elimination Signs, Clean den, Gastro-colic reflex, N-1 formula. Supervision, Persistence, Breed difference.
8.4 Hand signals for deaf puppies.
8.5 Confinement and Training --- Room by Room method/Playpen/Crate+Pee Pan/Combination.
8.6 The Leash Method.
8.7 N-1. Every 3 hours.
8.8 Clicker method.
8.9 Electrical shock.
8.10 How to Crate Train the puppy?
8.11 How to Toilet Train 2 or more puppies? Same age, Different ages.
8.12 Motivation. What is it in for the puppy? Food treats, praises, play-time. Wacking newspapers, smacking. Guilty conscience.
8.12.1 The Mind is a blank slate. Rebellious stage. Incorrigible (not able to reason).
8.12.2 Positive experiences --- Positive Reinforcement Training.
8.12.3 Negative experiences --- Negative Reinforcement Training.
8.12. 4 Carrot and stick method --- Time Out, Scruff of Neck.
8.12.5 The Puppy has a "Guilty Look".
8.12.6 The Puppy is a "Cleanliness Freak".
9. What benefits do the puppy get?
9.1 CLEAN DEN OR TOILET AREA IF CONFINED.
9.2 Attention. Food treats, praises and play fun from the leader of the pack.
9.3. Most puppies want you to be his boss. Some wants to boss you.
9.4 Seeking professional help but hard to advise as each owner is different.
9.5 Re-homing.
10. Time Management.
10.1 Taking leave for 7 days. Purchase over the weekend.
10.2 The Home-alone puppy.
10.3 Crate Training Method.
11. What Benefits to You?
11.1 Saving labour. Smelly house. Family members upset. Nose sensitised. Visitors complain. Selling the house.
11.2 Clean companion and best friend.
11.3 Goes to new home if you are unable to care for him.
11.4 Homeless puppies are like homeless men?
12. Common problems.
12.1 The dominant male. Growling, biting, food aggression. Respect.
12.2 Health problems - Diarrhoea, Vomiting, Coughing, Skin itchiness.
12.3 Behavioural problems - submissive, excitation urination, separation anxiety.
Paper shredding, Eating poop, Drinking pee.
12.4 Eye injuries due to spanking.
12.5 Canine laws for the HDB apartment puppy.
13. How to Handle Accidents?
13.1 Shifting and collapse of the Playpen. Escape.
13.2 Neutralisers, Floor cleaners, Enzymatic cleaners, Masking Fragrances, Baking Soda.
13.3. Clutter --- The Aluminium Pee Pan behind the Door.
13.4 The Smelly Mop.
13.5 Please Beat/Shout at me --- Negative Experiences is better than no attention.
13.6 Discipline within a few seconds.
14. Learning from experiences of others.
14.1 Regression? --- Urine marking Miniature Schnauzers.
14.2 The Chocolate Labrador Retriever from the 20th floor.
14.3 The Army Boy and the Imprisoned puppy.
14.4 The Poop-eating Shih Tzu.
14.5 The Howling Siberian Husky.
14.6 Each puppy is different.
14.7 Advices from the veterinarian?
14.8 The Yorkshire Terrier and the Professional Dog Trainer.
14.9 The Mother Pestered the Pet Shop Operator.
14.10 E-Mail Advices for a Silkie Terrier to a Vet.
14.11 The Two Cavalier King Charles
14.12 The Golden Retrievers hop out of the Play Pen.
14.13 Diarrhoea
15. Conflicts.
15.1 Dirty paws and body.
15.2 Dirty floor. Continual mopping.
15.3 Peeing in front of the playpen - dual drinker/newspapers.
15.4 Aged mum and urine-marking. Daughter and urine-marked beds.
15.5 Gripping legs. Bites.
16. More information.
17. Glossary
Pee, poo, poop.
17. Index
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Monday, September 10, 2007
12. Rules for the Hardy Boys Series
Books always been beloved by YOUNG readers for adventure, action and humour.
RULES FOR THE HARDY BOYS SERIES
No sex, profanity or serious violence.
Every episode ends with a cliff hanger.
By blending mystery, suspense and humour with a mimum of introspection, the Hardy Boys bring the genre of adventure story to a new level.
Exciting plots, fast-paced action, evocative atmospher and cliff-hanging suspense.
Lelise McFarlane died in 1977.
Insouciant attitude towards authority (police).
crisp dialogue & fresh descriptions.
ordinary boys performing extraordinary feats --- longeivity as literary characters for reluctant readers.
teens solve mysteries, defeat bullies, driving fast cars, act without adult supervision, characteristics that attract children. Evil always defeated. +ve stance towards moral issues.
IN REVISION OF THE FIRST 38 BOOKS character of Frank and Joe changed dramatically:
18 yrs Frank is rational and careful. He weighs all options before taking action.
17 yrs Joe is impulsive and passionate, never pausing to consider the consequences. Athletic Hardy, gym to boxing. Constantly falling in love.
Days filled with mysteries & pulse-pounding excitement (mundane school days). All American boy next door. Every boy wishes he could be a Hardy.
KSHEE - sixtyish spinster with an acerbic manner but a heart of gold. Figure beloved by most readers of the novels.
DS 20 yrs
JS 18 yrs
Juliet constantly worried about her sons
RULES FOR THE HARDY BOYS SERIES
No sex, profanity or serious violence.
Every episode ends with a cliff hanger.
By blending mystery, suspense and humour with a mimum of introspection, the Hardy Boys bring the genre of adventure story to a new level.
Exciting plots, fast-paced action, evocative atmospher and cliff-hanging suspense.
Lelise McFarlane died in 1977.
Insouciant attitude towards authority (police).
crisp dialogue & fresh descriptions.
ordinary boys performing extraordinary feats --- longeivity as literary characters for reluctant readers.
teens solve mysteries, defeat bullies, driving fast cars, act without adult supervision, characteristics that attract children. Evil always defeated. +ve stance towards moral issues.
IN REVISION OF THE FIRST 38 BOOKS character of Frank and Joe changed dramatically:
18 yrs Frank is rational and careful. He weighs all options before taking action.
17 yrs Joe is impulsive and passionate, never pausing to consider the consequences. Athletic Hardy, gym to boxing. Constantly falling in love.
Days filled with mysteries & pulse-pounding excitement (mundane school days). All American boy next door. Every boy wishes he could be a Hardy.
KSHEE - sixtyish spinster with an acerbic manner but a heart of gold. Figure beloved by most readers of the novels.
DS 20 yrs
JS 18 yrs
Juliet constantly worried about her sons
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Bobby. Whining and being noisy upset neigbhours.
Whining and noisy past midnight for 3 nights
If the first-time owner knew how to handle a whining puppy, life would be so much different and better for him to stay in Singapore, but...see story below...
Extracts from a letter to Dr Sing
Bobby was born on August 9th, 2005, the (Singapore) National Day in the side house facing the fishing pond. He was the only survivor out of 7 puppies. The rest of the puppies just disappear within weeks after they were born.
We first saw Bobby on August 21, 2005. That was our first trip to the fishing pond. We adopted Bobby when he was only 6 weeks old as this was the only way to save him. But at my apartment, he often cried and made a lot of noise for 3 nights until our neighbour complained. We had no choice but to return Bobby back to the fishing pond.
By June 2007, the military wanted the land and the fishing pond back by not renewing the tenancy. The old couple's daughter-in-law went to check with the SPCA about rehoming the dogs. SPCA told her that the dogs especially mongrels would not be put up for adoption. SPCA has limited kennel spaces and there are too many of these dogs in Singapore. The solution is that SPCA will come and pick up 6 dogs at at time for a few times. The dogs will be put to sleep.
It was by chance that I only know about NANAS (Noah's Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary) on February 24, 2007 at the SPCA. A Schnauzer Cross entered my apartment. My door was open. It was the first day Chinese New Year and my relatives were around. I asked neighbours upstairs, downstairs and nearby blocks but had no luck finding its owner.
It was on February 24, 2007, that I surrendered the dog to the SPCA. The dog was not friendly to the SPCA staff. It peed and pooped on me as I was carrying it. SPCA said that this dog would be put to sleep within 24 hours or earlier if it bit any of the SPCA staff.
Some members of the public viewing the dogs for adoption at the SPCA came to check why this Schnauzer Cross was howling away and struggling when the SPCA staff tried to scan it to detect a microchip. A couple heard my talk with the SPCA and mentioned NANAS. That was how I managed to find Lynda Goh for help.
(The write spent past 2 years with Bobby at the fishing pond. The family went there to fish. Bobby would rush to welcome them.
After Bobby's tail was hacked and then amputated, the writer took him home. But the Schnauzer Cross barked all the time when Bobby there. Another dog did not bother about Bobby. So, Bobby had to join his pack at NANAS).
HOW TO HANDLE WHINING PUPPIES FOR FIRST 3 NIGHTS?
As there is no way to turn back the clock, I write the following for those who adopt puppies and face noisy ones for the first few nights. The following tips may be useful:
1. Ignoring the puppy is one way. But that has to be done by all family members.
2. Crate the puppy and put in your bedroom. Cover the crate with a blanket.
3. If not possible, switch on the light, radio or put a clock next to the puppy at night. This may or may not work.
4. Sleep beside the puppy at night for the first few nights.
If the first-time owner knew how to handle a whining puppy, life would be so much different and better for him to stay in Singapore, but...see story below...
Extracts from a letter to Dr Sing
Bobby was born on August 9th, 2005, the (Singapore) National Day in the side house facing the fishing pond. He was the only survivor out of 7 puppies. The rest of the puppies just disappear within weeks after they were born.
We first saw Bobby on August 21, 2005. That was our first trip to the fishing pond. We adopted Bobby when he was only 6 weeks old as this was the only way to save him. But at my apartment, he often cried and made a lot of noise for 3 nights until our neighbour complained. We had no choice but to return Bobby back to the fishing pond.
By June 2007, the military wanted the land and the fishing pond back by not renewing the tenancy. The old couple's daughter-in-law went to check with the SPCA about rehoming the dogs. SPCA told her that the dogs especially mongrels would not be put up for adoption. SPCA has limited kennel spaces and there are too many of these dogs in Singapore. The solution is that SPCA will come and pick up 6 dogs at at time for a few times. The dogs will be put to sleep.
It was by chance that I only know about NANAS (Noah's Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary) on February 24, 2007 at the SPCA. A Schnauzer Cross entered my apartment. My door was open. It was the first day Chinese New Year and my relatives were around. I asked neighbours upstairs, downstairs and nearby blocks but had no luck finding its owner.
It was on February 24, 2007, that I surrendered the dog to the SPCA. The dog was not friendly to the SPCA staff. It peed and pooped on me as I was carrying it. SPCA said that this dog would be put to sleep within 24 hours or earlier if it bit any of the SPCA staff.
Some members of the public viewing the dogs for adoption at the SPCA came to check why this Schnauzer Cross was howling away and struggling when the SPCA staff tried to scan it to detect a microchip. A couple heard my talk with the SPCA and mentioned NANAS. That was how I managed to find Lynda Goh for help.
(The write spent past 2 years with Bobby at the fishing pond. The family went there to fish. Bobby would rush to welcome them.
After Bobby's tail was hacked and then amputated, the writer took him home. But the Schnauzer Cross barked all the time when Bobby there. Another dog did not bother about Bobby. So, Bobby had to join his pack at NANAS).
HOW TO HANDLE WHINING PUPPIES FOR FIRST 3 NIGHTS?
As there is no way to turn back the clock, I write the following for those who adopt puppies and face noisy ones for the first few nights. The following tips may be useful:
1. Ignoring the puppy is one way. But that has to be done by all family members.
2. Crate the puppy and put in your bedroom. Cover the crate with a blanket.
3. If not possible, switch on the light, radio or put a clock next to the puppy at night. This may or may not work.
4. Sleep beside the puppy at night for the first few nights.
Home Toilet Training
Book: home screen printing Paul Thimou 128 pages
COVER
Home Toilet Training
do-it-yourself techniques for playpen, grates and others
Sing Kong Yuen
BE KIND TO PETS
CONTENTS
Introduction.....8
How to Set Up a Small ...Studio....11
Puppy Equipment
Basic Supplies
Choosing and Using Newspapers
SECTION 1
BASIC TOILET TRAINING METHODS
Project 1
The Playpen
Materials
Basic Toilet Training Guidelines
Project 2
The Crate
SECTION 2
SPECIAL TOPICS
Project 6
Playpen
Materials
Preparing a playpen for toilet training
Choosing a Plan pen design
The playpen in use
WEHRE TO FIND IDEAS AND INSPIRATION
TROUBLESHOOTING: Common toilet training problems and their solutions
GALLERY
GLOSSARY
RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COVER
Home Toilet Training
do-it-yourself techniques for playpen, grates and others
Sing Kong Yuen
BE KIND TO PETS
CONTENTS
Introduction.....8
How to Set Up a Small ...Studio....11
Puppy Equipment
Basic Supplies
Choosing and Using Newspapers
SECTION 1
BASIC TOILET TRAINING METHODS
Project 1
The Playpen
Materials
Basic Toilet Training Guidelines
Project 2
The Crate
SECTION 2
SPECIAL TOPICS
Project 6
Playpen
Materials
Preparing a playpen for toilet training
Choosing a Plan pen design
The playpen in use
WEHRE TO FIND IDEAS AND INSPIRATION
TROUBLESHOOTING: Common toilet training problems and their solutions
GALLERY
GLOSSARY
RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Friday, July 13, 2007
Manga: 60 yrs of Japanese Comics - BOW WOW WATA
By Paul Gravett
"Bow Wow Wata", Kazumi Umekawa, a certified vet, tackles realistic pet problems and medical issus as well as young romance bet pretty dog-loving Misato and Tasuke, a vet's son who has inerited his fox-spirt father's gift for conversing with animals.
Front Cover:
BOW WOW WATA gAUGAU wATA
Episode 1: Wata's Arrival
Boy Girl being pulled by Siberian Husky
JUST ANOTHER DAY AT YASHIRO ANIMAL CLINIC!
Art and story by:
Umekawa Kazumi
Turn pages from right to left
"Bow Wow Wata", Kazumi Umekawa, a certified vet, tackles realistic pet problems and medical issus as well as young romance bet pretty dog-loving Misato and Tasuke, a vet's son who has inerited his fox-spirt father's gift for conversing with animals.
Front Cover:
BOW WOW WATA gAUGAU wATA
Episode 1: Wata's Arrival
Boy Girl being pulled by Siberian Husky
JUST ANOTHER DAY AT YASHIRO ANIMAL CLINIC!
Art and story by:
Umekawa Kazumi
Turn pages from right to left
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Fundraising for NANAS
How to be successful in fundraising for dogs
"Where's the funfair?" I asked the school's security guard as I did not see any notice or banner outside the entrance gate of the Paya Lebar Methodist Secondary School nor the adjoing Primary School. An animal activist invited me to attend the fundraising for NANAS (Noah Arks' Natural Animal Sanctuary). I thought it would be a typical school's funfair with lots of stalls and food. Probably a boring hot but sunny Jun 14, 2007 afternoon.
"You mean the dogs?" the big woman security guard sat on her chair and pointed to the school canteen. At the corner of the canteen, I saw tables with white plastic top and merchandise laid out manned by student volunteers. It was nearly 2.30 pm when a very large crowd of young ladies swarmed round the tables.
During my 1.5 hours' observation, this fundraising was successful in that there were crowds. I will comment on the operational factors for the benefit of any group who does fundraising to help the animals.
1. CREATING AWARENESS
As this is a in-house affair, no external gate notice was put up.
2. WHITE BOARD LAYOUT
The advertisement was a white board to the left side of the sales area. The sales area consisted of a table for the laptop and photo printer and the other tables formed in a L-shaped layout for sales of merchandise.
2.1 "Fund Raising" should be written as "Fundraising". English can be a difficult language to master as I also used two words instead of one in my picture caption.
2.2 The layout of the advertisement is important to provide information efficiently and effectively. Before I took the picture of the white board for this article, the animal painting was covered by a black T-shirt and an A4 paper listing the price of the merchandise.
2.3 I took away the A4 paper and removed part of the tape sticking the T-shirt so that I could take an unobstructed view of the animal painting. This animal painting would be best positioned on the top left corner of the white board. The NANAS pictures and text would be placed on the left 1/3 of the white board so that the reader needed not look for the extreme right hand side of the white board to read the rest of the story.
The A4 paper listing prices of products (I stuck it at the bottom of the white board to take this picture), the "Photo With Dog" price list (near the Canon printer), the T-shirt and other matters would be positioned to the middle and right 1/3 of the white board.
The bottom part of the white board would still have the date and time in large letters as shown. "Help the animals" wordings might be more easily read if the words were in black ink.
3. TAKING PHOTO WITH A DOG. This service was not well publicised as the A4 paper listing the fees were in light blue words. The paper was taped onto the back of the laptop which is used for picture processing. You might be able to see this advertisement in the picture.
It would be better for the service table to be located in between the two tables selling merchandise so that there was greater awareness of this unique service which other fundraising events would not have.
4. The ELECTRICAL WIRE might need to be covered by tape. There was an electricity supply interruption during the printing one photo. The photo had to be discarded.
5. ADULT DOGS USED. Puppies should never be used for fundraising because they usually cannot take the stress of crowds and handling. Certain breeds like Chihuahua puppies are are likely to pass blood in watery stools and die, if they are exposed to crowds, in my experience of some cases.
The adult dogs enjoyed the low work load. They seem to enjoy the attention of posing in the shady garden nearby. One Miniature Dachshund had her beauty nap on a chair while sales business was being conducted. Was she not having sufficient work?
6. INSTANT PHOTOS. The use of an almost instant printing of photo service using the Canon printer belong to animal activist Lynda was a brilliant idea. This saved time and expenses in having to post pictures to prospects.
7. AN EXPERIENCED DOG PHOTOGRAPHER volunteer. Mr Nicholas Lee, a dog photographer was not full time but he took perfect pictures of students and dogs. Without him, the technology would be useless.
8. A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. A variety of merchandise to attract buyers as you can see from the pictures. I bought a writing pad, a T-shirt and a dog picture. I wanted to buy a story book about the work of NANAS rather than a writing pad with pages to be torn out.
What better way to create market awareness than telling newbies what NANAS is all about and its history since its founding in 1995? 12 years had passed by and many achievements would be of great interest to animal lovers.
Overall, I sensed that there was great fun from the noisy secondary school students. Both the dogs and the students including 3 adult teacher assistants enjoyed the fundraising.
I wanted to buy an XL Nanas T-shirt for myself.
"Sorry, the T-shirts are cut and trimmed in size for girls only," Lynda laughed at me. "This is a girls' school you know?" Lynda presumed I needed to fix my eye sight. Or she deemed me an alien from another planet?
I guessed there were no big-sized girls requiring XL and no provision for men's T-shirt in this fundraising but it is always good to BE PREPARED (Scout's motto) when we want to maximise earnings for the fundraising for animals in need of help.
Anyway the student volunteers were persistent. I bought the black L-sized NANAS lady's T-shirt. I now need to tranform to become feminine.
"Where's the funfair?" I asked the school's security guard as I did not see any notice or banner outside the entrance gate of the Paya Lebar Methodist Secondary School nor the adjoing Primary School. An animal activist invited me to attend the fundraising for NANAS (Noah Arks' Natural Animal Sanctuary). I thought it would be a typical school's funfair with lots of stalls and food. Probably a boring hot but sunny Jun 14, 2007 afternoon.
"You mean the dogs?" the big woman security guard sat on her chair and pointed to the school canteen. At the corner of the canteen, I saw tables with white plastic top and merchandise laid out manned by student volunteers. It was nearly 2.30 pm when a very large crowd of young ladies swarmed round the tables.
During my 1.5 hours' observation, this fundraising was successful in that there were crowds. I will comment on the operational factors for the benefit of any group who does fundraising to help the animals.
1. CREATING AWARENESS
As this is a in-house affair, no external gate notice was put up.
2. WHITE BOARD LAYOUT
The advertisement was a white board to the left side of the sales area. The sales area consisted of a table for the laptop and photo printer and the other tables formed in a L-shaped layout for sales of merchandise.
2.1 "Fund Raising" should be written as "Fundraising". English can be a difficult language to master as I also used two words instead of one in my picture caption.
2.2 The layout of the advertisement is important to provide information efficiently and effectively. Before I took the picture of the white board for this article, the animal painting was covered by a black T-shirt and an A4 paper listing the price of the merchandise.
2.3 I took away the A4 paper and removed part of the tape sticking the T-shirt so that I could take an unobstructed view of the animal painting. This animal painting would be best positioned on the top left corner of the white board. The NANAS pictures and text would be placed on the left 1/3 of the white board so that the reader needed not look for the extreme right hand side of the white board to read the rest of the story.
The A4 paper listing prices of products (I stuck it at the bottom of the white board to take this picture), the "Photo With Dog" price list (near the Canon printer), the T-shirt and other matters would be positioned to the middle and right 1/3 of the white board.
The bottom part of the white board would still have the date and time in large letters as shown. "Help the animals" wordings might be more easily read if the words were in black ink.
3. TAKING PHOTO WITH A DOG. This service was not well publicised as the A4 paper listing the fees were in light blue words. The paper was taped onto the back of the laptop which is used for picture processing. You might be able to see this advertisement in the picture.
It would be better for the service table to be located in between the two tables selling merchandise so that there was greater awareness of this unique service which other fundraising events would not have.
4. The ELECTRICAL WIRE might need to be covered by tape. There was an electricity supply interruption during the printing one photo. The photo had to be discarded.
5. ADULT DOGS USED. Puppies should never be used for fundraising because they usually cannot take the stress of crowds and handling. Certain breeds like Chihuahua puppies are are likely to pass blood in watery stools and die, if they are exposed to crowds, in my experience of some cases.
The adult dogs enjoyed the low work load. They seem to enjoy the attention of posing in the shady garden nearby. One Miniature Dachshund had her beauty nap on a chair while sales business was being conducted. Was she not having sufficient work?
6. INSTANT PHOTOS. The use of an almost instant printing of photo service using the Canon printer belong to animal activist Lynda was a brilliant idea. This saved time and expenses in having to post pictures to prospects.
7. AN EXPERIENCED DOG PHOTOGRAPHER volunteer. Mr Nicholas Lee, a dog photographer was not full time but he took perfect pictures of students and dogs. Without him, the technology would be useless.
8. A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. A variety of merchandise to attract buyers as you can see from the pictures. I bought a writing pad, a T-shirt and a dog picture. I wanted to buy a story book about the work of NANAS rather than a writing pad with pages to be torn out.
What better way to create market awareness than telling newbies what NANAS is all about and its history since its founding in 1995? 12 years had passed by and many achievements would be of great interest to animal lovers.
Overall, I sensed that there was great fun from the noisy secondary school students. Both the dogs and the students including 3 adult teacher assistants enjoyed the fundraising.
I wanted to buy an XL Nanas T-shirt for myself.
"Sorry, the T-shirts are cut and trimmed in size for girls only," Lynda laughed at me. "This is a girls' school you know?" Lynda presumed I needed to fix my eye sight. Or she deemed me an alien from another planet?
I guessed there were no big-sized girls requiring XL and no provision for men's T-shirt in this fundraising but it is always good to BE PREPARED (Scout's motto) when we want to maximise earnings for the fundraising for animals in need of help.
Anyway the student volunteers were persistent. I bought the black L-sized NANAS lady's T-shirt. I now need to tranform to become feminine.
Fundraising for NANAS
How to be successful in fundraising for dogs
"Where's the funfair?" I asked the school's security guard as I did not see any notice or banner outside the entrance gate of the Paya Lebar Methodist Secondary School nor the adjoing Primary School. An animal activist invited me to attend the fundraising for NANAS (Noah Arks' Natural Animal Sanctuary). I thought it would be a typical school's funfair with lots of stalls and food. Probably a boring hot but sunny Jun 14, 2007 afternoon.
"You mean the dogs?" the big woman security guard sat on her chair and pointed to the school canteen. At the corner of the canteen, I saw tables with white plastic top and merchandise laid out manned by student volunteers. It was nearly 2.30 pm when a very large crowd of young ladies swarmed round the tables.
During my 1.5 hours' observation, this fundraising was successful in that there were crowds. I will comment on the operational factors for the benefit of any group who does fundraising to help the animals.
1. CREATING AWARENESS
As this is a in-house affair, no external gate notice was put up.
2. WHITE BOARD LAYOUT
The advertisement was a white board to the left side of the sales area. The sales area consisted of a table for the laptop and photo printer and the other tables formed in a L-shaped layout for sales of merchandise.
2.1 "Fund Raising" should be written as "Fundraising". English can be a difficult language to master as I also used two words instead of one in my picture caption.
2.2 The layout of the advertisement is important to provide information efficiently and effectively. Before I took the picture of the white board for this article, the animal painting was covered by a black T-shirt and an A4 paper listing the price of the merchandise.
2.3 I took away the A4 paper and removed part of the tape sticking the T-shirt so that I could take an unobstructed view of the animal painting. This animal painting would be best positioned on the top left corner of the white board. The NANAS pictures and text would be placed on the left 1/3 of the white board so that the reader needed not look for the extreme right hand side of the white board to read the rest of the story.
The A4 paper listing prices of products (I stuck it at the bottom of the white board to take this picture), the "Photo With Dog" price list (near the Canon printer), the T-shirt and other matters would be positioned to the middle and right 1/3 of the white board.
The bottom part of the white board would still have the date and time in large letters as shown. "Help the animals" wordings might be more easily read if the words were in black ink.
3. TAKING PHOTO WITH A DOG. This service was not well publicised as the A4 paper listing the fees were in light blue words. The paper was taped onto the back of the laptop which is used for picture processing. You might be able to see this advertisement in the picture.
It would be better for the service table to be located in between the two tables selling merchandise so that there was greater awareness of this unique service which other fundraising events would not have.
4. The ELECTRICAL WIRE might need to be covered by tape. There was an electricity supply interruption during the printing one photo. The photo had to be discarded.
5. ADULT DOGS USED. Puppies should never be used for fundraising because they usually cannot take the stress of crowds and handling. Certain breeds like Chihuahua puppies are are likely to pass blood in watery stools and die, if they are exposed to crowds, in my experience of some cases.
The adult dogs enjoyed the low work load. They seem to enjoy the attention of posing in the shady garden nearby. One Miniature Dachshund had her beauty nap on a chair while sales business was being conducted. Was she not having sufficient work?
6. INSTANT PHOTOS. The use of an almost instant printing of photo service using the Canon printer belong to animal activist Lynda was a brilliant idea. This saved time and expenses in having to post pictures to prospects.
7. AN EXPERIENCED DOG PHOTOGRAPHER volunteer. Mr Nicholas Lee, a dog photographer was not full time but he took perfect pictures of students and dogs. Without him, the technology would be useless.
8. A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. A variety of merchandise to attract buyers as you can see from the pictures. I bought a writing pad, a T-shirt and a dog picture. I wanted to buy a story book about the work of NANAS rather than a writing pad with pages to be torn out.
What better way to create market awareness than telling newbies what NANAS is all about and its history since its founding in 1995? 12 years had passed by and many achievements would be of great interest to animal lovers.
Overall, I sensed that there was great fun from the noisy secondary school students. Both the dogs and the students including 3 adult teacher assistants enjoyed the fundraising.
I wanted to buy an XL Nanas T-shirt for myself.
"Sorry, the T-shirts are cut and trimmed in size for girls only," Lynda laughed at me. "This is a girls' school you know?" Lynda presumed I needed to fix my eye sight. Or she deemed me an alien from another planet?
I guessed there were no big-sized girls requiring XL and no provision for men's T-shirt in this fundraising but it is always good to BE PREPARED (Scout's motto) when we want to maximise earnings for the fundraising for animals in need of help.
Anyway the student volunteers were persistent. I bought the black L-sized NANAS lady's T-shirt. I now need to tranform to become feminine.
"Where's the funfair?" I asked the school's security guard as I did not see any notice or banner outside the entrance gate of the Paya Lebar Methodist Secondary School nor the adjoing Primary School. An animal activist invited me to attend the fundraising for NANAS (Noah Arks' Natural Animal Sanctuary). I thought it would be a typical school's funfair with lots of stalls and food. Probably a boring hot but sunny Jun 14, 2007 afternoon.
"You mean the dogs?" the big woman security guard sat on her chair and pointed to the school canteen. At the corner of the canteen, I saw tables with white plastic top and merchandise laid out manned by student volunteers. It was nearly 2.30 pm when a very large crowd of young ladies swarmed round the tables.
During my 1.5 hours' observation, this fundraising was successful in that there were crowds. I will comment on the operational factors for the benefit of any group who does fundraising to help the animals.
1. CREATING AWARENESS
As this is a in-house affair, no external gate notice was put up.
2. WHITE BOARD LAYOUT
The advertisement was a white board to the left side of the sales area. The sales area consisted of a table for the laptop and photo printer and the other tables formed in a L-shaped layout for sales of merchandise.
2.1 "Fund Raising" should be written as "Fundraising". English can be a difficult language to master as I also used two words instead of one in my picture caption.
2.2 The layout of the advertisement is important to provide information efficiently and effectively. Before I took the picture of the white board for this article, the animal painting was covered by a black T-shirt and an A4 paper listing the price of the merchandise.
2.3 I took away the A4 paper and removed part of the tape sticking the T-shirt so that I could take an unobstructed view of the animal painting. This animal painting would be best positioned on the top left corner of the white board. The NANAS pictures and text would be placed on the left 1/3 of the white board so that the reader needed not look for the extreme right hand side of the white board to read the rest of the story.
The A4 paper listing prices of products (I stuck it at the bottom of the white board to take this picture), the "Photo With Dog" price list (near the Canon printer), the T-shirt and other matters would be positioned to the middle and right 1/3 of the white board.
The bottom part of the white board would still have the date and time in large letters as shown. "Help the animals" wordings might be more easily read if the words were in black ink.
3. TAKING PHOTO WITH A DOG. This service was not well publicised as the A4 paper listing the fees were in light blue words. The paper was taped onto the back of the laptop which is used for picture processing. You might be able to see this advertisement in the picture.
It would be better for the service table to be located in between the two tables selling merchandise so that there was greater awareness of this unique service which other fundraising events would not have.
4. The ELECTRICAL WIRE might need to be covered by tape. There was an electricity supply interruption during the printing one photo. The photo had to be discarded.
5. ADULT DOGS USED. Puppies should never be used for fundraising because they usually cannot take the stress of crowds and handling. Certain breeds like Chihuahua puppies are are likely to pass blood in watery stools and die, if they are exposed to crowds, in my experience of some cases.
The adult dogs enjoyed the low work load. They seem to enjoy the attention of posing in the shady garden nearby. One Miniature Dachshund had her beauty nap on a chair while sales business was being conducted. Was she not having sufficient work?
6. INSTANT PHOTOS. The use of an almost instant printing of photo service using the Canon printer belong to animal activist Lynda was a brilliant idea. This saved time and expenses in having to post pictures to prospects.
7. AN EXPERIENCED DOG PHOTOGRAPHER volunteer. Mr Nicholas Lee, a dog photographer was not full time but he took perfect pictures of students and dogs. Without him, the technology would be useless.
8. A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. A variety of merchandise to attract buyers as you can see from the pictures. I bought a writing pad, a T-shirt and a dog picture. I wanted to buy a story book about the work of NANAS rather than a writing pad with pages to be torn out.
What better way to create market awareness than telling newbies what NANAS is all about and its history since its founding in 1995? 12 years had passed by and many achievements would be of great interest to animal lovers.
Overall, I sensed that there was great fun from the noisy secondary school students. Both the dogs and the students including 3 adult teacher assistants enjoyed the fundraising.
I wanted to buy an XL Nanas T-shirt for myself.
"Sorry, the T-shirts are cut and trimmed in size for girls only," Lynda laughed at me. "This is a girls' school you know?" Lynda presumed I needed to fix my eye sight. Or she deemed me an alien from another planet?
I guessed there were no big-sized girls requiring XL and no provision for men's T-shirt in this fundraising but it is always good to BE PREPARED (Scout's motto) when we want to maximise earnings for the fundraising for animals in need of help.
Anyway the student volunteers were persistent. I bought the black L-sized NANAS lady's T-shirt. I now need to tranform to become feminine.
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