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Permalink Reply by Hannah and Stoli on March 17, 2011 at 9:04pm

I was wondering if Stoli would do that.. lol

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on March 17, 2011 at 9:22pm

Hang the bell low enough so that your dog can nose it or paw at it, ring the bell yourself first, then guide him to ring it with his nose, as soon as it makes a sound, act excited, reward him with a treat and proceed to go outside. Repeat every time you go out. Good luck! (Yes, they will abuse it, but you need to be consistent and take him out every time the bell rings)

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on March 17, 2011 at 9:43pm

Hi there, i have started that with my corgi also, not to ring a bell but use their nose to touch it. I hang to like jingle bells on a string from the door handle to where they can reach it. He's catchin on.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy (corgi is Hercules) on March 17, 2011 at 10:29pm

I have trained 2 dogs with a bell. It works, makes it easier to know when they want to go out. They will want to go outside just for fun sometimes. Do just as Sam wrote, they usually catch on pretty fast.

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Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on March 18, 2011 at 12:39am

I trained Waffle to use a bellhop bell!  I used a clicker, and I picked his paw up and made him touch the bell to start-- clicking when he did it, of course.  It was a work in progress to get him to ring it reliably, but it works wonderfully now.  He used to ring it all the time, but now it's just when he has to go outside.

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Permalink Reply by Edison on March 18, 2011 at 1:13pm

That is too adorable for words!

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Permalink Reply by Don on March 18, 2011 at 4:54am

Hi,

This one is pretty easy, when you go outside, ring the bell. Repeat for a day or so...you'll notice the pup will start doing the same, click and treat...then take him/her outside.

Remember to associate the " Ring the bell" with " Outside" otherwise you'll get the constant ringing of the bell as it becomes a treat dispenser.

The pup will learn rather quickly actually with positive reinforcement, longest I've seen was about a week for reliable bell ringing. Its especially convient for me as I sleep during the day at that wakes me up.

Hope this helps,

Sincerely,

Don and Crew

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on March 18, 2011 at 9:56am

I tried it once with my corgi, Buffy. It scared her so much the sound of the bell made her pee so we gave up. Our friends used it with their westie and she quickly figured out that when bored it was fun to ring it and see everyone jump up to let her out over and over and over...

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Permalink Reply by Jen on March 18, 2011 at 11:53am

We tried it with Ginger.  We have a bell hanging from the back door and everytime we were getting ready to go outside we would ring the bell and say "outside".  She's spotty at best using it.  Her preferred method is still to come bark at us.  But she figured out a new use for the bell last night.  She went in the kitchen and rang the bell, even though she had been outside not 5 minutes earlier.  We went in the kitchen to find her water bowl was empty.  She didn't want to go outside, she watned to some water.  It cracked me up!  But at least she was communicating her need :)

 

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Permalink Reply by Hannah and Stoli on March 18, 2011 at 1:47pm

Love that!

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Permalink Reply by LaRissa L. Head on March 18, 2011 at 12:25pm

I had to forgo the treat. Roslyn understood the bells meant "outside" but Oona used them as a "treat factory". I'm not sure which one is more Intelligent... but it's not me. :/

(two herding breeds... what was I thinking!)

 

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Permalink Reply by Krystle (Luna & Twinkie!) on March 18, 2011 at 12:47pm

I trained Luna to do with with jingle bells low enough to the door where she could nose it or paw at it.  I associated it with the word "potty" because I wanted her to understand that it was a "I need to go out to pee/poo" not a "I want to go out and breathe in the air".  Everytime I would take her out I would guide her nose to the bells and have her ring it, say something like "Need to go potty?" and then take her outside.  When she would do her business I would overly praise her.  It didn't take her too long to realize the bells' purpose, but she did already know to go to the door when she needed to go.

 

It's beneficial because now I can hear the bells throughout the apartment, whereas before I felt like I needed to be somewhere I could see her to make sure she didn't have an accident.

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