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Finland's Helsinki Airport debuts toilet facilities for pets – more than 10,000 dogs travel through the international airport every year

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    mrbig
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    How to train my pet to do his business in the airport toilet is the million-dollar question.

    How to train my pet to do his business in the airport toilet is the million-dollar question.

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    1. nacho
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      The US has attempted to solve this by standardizing their fire hydrants as "this is where your pet does its business." Consequently both in dog parks, in airports etc. there are often fake fire...

      The US has attempted to solve this by standardizing their fire hydrants as "this is where your pet does its business."

      Consequently both in dog parks, in airports etc. there are often fake fire hydrants (sometimes with fake grass) for this very purpose where the animal toilets are.

      Is it worth the cost of actual fire hydrants falling in under this too? I have no idea.

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    2. mat
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      Same way you train your pet to do anything else. Pick a command and train it. It's not too hard, I had one of my dogs able to piss on command for a while. Then we moved and it become less...

      Same way you train your pet to do anything else. Pick a command and train it.

      It's not too hard, I had one of my dogs able to piss on command for a while. Then we moved and it become less important so I stopped doing it. He might still know it, but it's been nearly ten years and he's getting quite old now, so maybe not.

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