Help!! Baby gate problems!!
Please help. Our house is a split foyer. Our corgi is potty trained and she goes down the first flight of steps and sits by the front door when she has to go to the bathroom. It works well. We now have a baby that is 8 months old. Our son started crawling last week and tonight we finally had to get a baby gate to put at the top of the stairs so that the baby doesn't fall down the stairs. However, now our corgi can't get down the steps when she needs too. Help!! I'm really worried about this. Any suggestions?
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Permalink Reply by Christen & Bentley on
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Hi Katie, I dont know if these would work for you but something to look into.
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755235
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755234
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755238
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Permalink Reply by Monica, Orion, and Laika on
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http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-0930PW-Extra-Wide-Walk-Thru-White/dp/...
This gate is amazing, we have it to divide off the house so there's a cat area. We don't use the pet gate but Orion at 16 weeks can still get through it. We got it because the cats can jump over and it has a door. We used to have just a cheap baby gate but my sister-in-law is pregnant and we didn't want her to have to hurdle the baby gate every time she went between rooms so the door is great. If you get it, buy it from amazon because its like half the price it is everywhere else. I don't know at what point your corgi will stop being small enough to fit through the door though
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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on
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How about bell training? Hang a bell at the gate and teach Foxy to ring it to alert you.
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Permalink Reply by Rachelle Criscera on
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I have tried bell training and it works perfectly. I trained Lilly easily using a bell attached to our front door. We use a jingle bell that has a longer string so she is able to reach it. Every time we would go outside to 'potty' I would say ' Do you have to potty?' and I would take her paw and ring the bell with it before we went outside. After a few times, I would start to ask her 'Do you have to potty?' and see if she would ring the bell by herself. She eventually caught on and now every time she needs to go outside to do her business, she lets us know by ringing the bell. We have been accident free for months now. =) I hope this method helps if you try it out.
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Permalink Reply by Holiday Thomas on
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Ditto on the bells! We did this with our first corgi Truman and he got so good at it that he would even ding the bells when the cats wanted out. Our new corgi Olive is just getting the hang of it but we are soooo proud when we hear that "ding". Good luck.
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Permalink Reply by Renee on
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I have a gate that has a people gate and a doggie door. Wegot it at petsmart but I'm sure there are others
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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on
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I too would go with the bells. Beware however, Corgis are so smart that Rocky will ring the bells if he just wants to go out to play!!!! What a stinker!
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Permalink Reply by Kevin and Buddy! on
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We bell trained Buddy and he does the same thing! We will come back inside after he does his thing, and two minutes later he is ringing the bell again!
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Permalink Reply by Kari & Quin on
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I do the bell also. It is the best thing I trained her to do. But just like Karen says they will ring it just to go outside:)
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Permalink Reply by Mallory Smith on
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Is there any way to train against this (abusing the bell)? I've been housebreaking my 11-week old with a bell (wind chimes in fact). We've had her for a week, and she's started doing it on her own, when she needs to go out and we're in a different room. But yesterday she started ringing it every time she wanted to go outside, even rings it a minute after we've just gone out! Do I respond to this by taking her out, to keep her bell training consistent? Or should I only take her out when she rings the bell closer to her scheduled potty times? Sometimes I think she may just be playing with the chimes, trying to chew on them (seeing as how she chews everything!)
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Permalink Reply by Sunni A. on
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I would think she would just start sitting by the gate instead of the door. Eddy also sits by doors to be let out. But if he doesn't know where the "outside" door is, or if there's something blocking, he just sits as close as possible to it, or he sits by like a closet or bedroom door and does the same routine.
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