Page 12 - Palm City Spotlight - September '23

Page 12, Palm City Spotlight

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Puppy ‘Potty’ Training Tips then slows down. Also have your pup go in the crate for naps Having a puppy is fun but is a serious commitment. The potty

throughout the day and go through the same process as in the training process requires, above all, patience and consistency. It
morning each time he or she is taken out. will be well worth it to have a fully house trained pup!
This rigid routine should be continued for several months Established in 1981, Palm City Animal Medical Center is
before he or she is officially “potty” trained. Just remember dedicated to providing the best possible care for your pets. With
that even the most diligent owner should expect accidents and focuses on compassionate care in surgery, physical therapy and
should not get upset. If you happen to catch your pup in the act, rehabilitation, preventative medicine, extensive diagnostics, and
just startle him or her to make them stop and take them out right emergency service, Palm City Animal Medical Center combines
away to allow your pup to finish and then offer a treat. If you exceptional medical care with a caring philosophy for pets and
punish your pup you could cause them to be scared. This can their owners. For more information, call (772) 283-0920, visit
lead to him or her sneaking off to go potty in the house where www.palmcityanimalmedicalcenter.com or find us on Facebook
you cannot see them instead. at www.facebook.com/PalmCityAnimalClinic.
Like infants and toddlers, young puppies require an
extensive amount of time, planning and energy – usually
much more than one predicts. Potty training a puppy, one Club News from page 11 firm with over 9,500 titles in print. A professional
of the most trying tasks, can be difficult. You can make this genealogical and historical researcher for more than
process easier by understanding your puppy and the tricks Discover The History Of 35 years, he specializes in military records, problem-
that will help you train him or her. solving, Quakers and publishing. The author of 17
First, you should get a crate for your puppy. A crate is a place Genealogy With The Martin books and several articles in the National Genealogical
where your dog can feel safe and secure. It’s important that they Society Quarterly (NGSQ), he hosts the YouTube “Just
have their own space in which they can go when they need to be County Genealogical Society Genealogy” channel. Scott serves on the editorial board
alone – it is their den. The crate should be big enough for them to of the NGSQ and is a member of the Company of Military
stand up and lie down in comfortably, but small enough so that From Roman times Historians. He has been a faculty member or research track
they don’t have room to pee or poop on the floor of the crate. If until today, the world coordinator in the Institute of Genealogy and Historical
you’re using a plastic crate, make sure it has ventilation holes so of genealogy has been Research, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and
that your puppy doesn’t get too hot or too cold inside of it. Do like a rollercoaster. At the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. Currently, he
not use the wire cages because they will feel exposed. When the the October meeting coordinates the Salt Lake Institute Genealogy Guided
pup wakes up, take him directly outside and stand there, do not of the Martin County Research and Consultation Track, helping students solve
distract him or her. You can use the cue word “potty” just once so Genealogical Society their brick wall problems.
he or she associates the word with the action. Once he has gone (MCGS), professional Free and open to the public, the meeting will be at the
to the bathroom, both pee and poop, reward him or her with a genealogist Craig Roberts Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart, from
treat. If he or she has not done both pee and poop then put him or Scott will delve into the 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11. Note: This meeting date
her back in the crate and try again in 15 minutes. Once he or she ups and downs of this is different than the usual third Friday of the month. To
has done both then you can feed and have a play session. Keep world in his presentation participate via Zoom, go to mcgsfl.org/events and register
your eyes on your pup at all times. Watch for signs of sniffing “The History of Genealogy.” According to Scott, “From by Oct. 10.
the ground, wandering off away from the play area. If these signs centuries of work by genealogists with varying agendas, The Martin County Genealogical Society offers a
are noticed, then take outside immediately. If less than 12 weeks to the recent creation of genealogical societies, standards variety of services at the genealogy room in the Blake
of age, take him or her outside every 30 minutes until he or she and peer-reviewed journals, that world has changed – and Library including an extensive research library, access to
begins going potty outside consistently. Then extend the time so have the agendas.” several genealogy websites and assistance from MCGS
to one hour, then two hours and so on until no accidents occur. Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is president and volunteers. For more information about membership,
Always take him or her out about 15 to 20 minutes after eating CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing activities and services go to mcgsfl.org.
or drinking, wakes up from a nap or has been playing hard and

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