Do your dogs go nuts when the doorbell rings?

[Nancy1999]

Joey and Ralphie absolutely go nuts when the doorbell rings. Gathering them up at that point and putting them in a room is very difficult, they are already hyper. I found an electronic doorbell chime that has many different sounds and thought I’d give it a try. It’s called ichimes, and just installs where your regular chime/bell was installed and works with your doorbell. It has dozens of different sounds as well as a recording device and even the capability to download songs. If there is someone at the door and the dogs don’t know it, I can round them up pretty easily and put them in a safe spot.

Right now, I have it on Christmas music and every time I go by it I press the button, so that they are accustomed to hearing the doorbell many times a day and they don’t associate it with the front door. You can have it play one sound over and over or go through a group of sounds. So far this is working great and the cable guy was here an ½ hour before they even knew it!

iChime the Digital Play Anything Doorbell -...

[Lil rascals mom]

Ours go nuts even when the doorbell on TV rings or someone knocks on TV...ug...lol

[lazimazi]

That's a clever idea! Luckily, Acorn hasn't gotten accustom to any barking - but we don't have a doorbell yet! The knocking gets her a little. She does it more when she's around other dogs (when we visit my parents, they have a beagle...enough said!). We move the 16th and get a new puppy the 18th, hopefully she doesn't start showing off and barking at visitors!

[dawn27]

Mine would if we had one. But a knock at the door is just as bad. I know what you mean about trying to rally them away from the door.

I remember having a door bell/chime like that when we were kids. It was pretty neat especially during the holidays.

So, does it work to calm your pups down when visitors come ?

[JuliannaB]

What a great idea! Bailey does bark when someone knocks at the door, or even walks by for that matter. If he gets too excited about the door knocking, I get him to calm down, sit, and wait until I have opened the door, said my hellos to whom ever came in, then give him the command to say hello himself. It's too funny to see him sitting, or should I say trying to sit, with all the excitement going through his body and he just shakes. Such a welcoming committee all in one small package. Personally, I don't mind him barking when he hears something, as it alarms me (and hopefully an unwanted visitor/possible B&E) that we are aware they are there. Thinking on getting a 'Beware of dog' sign to post on my door. As a foot note here, to eliminate door to door sales or anyone I don't know, I have put a sign on my door that says 'I don't respond to people I don't know'. I started this last time this year when there are unscrupulous people looking to do a B&E for Christmas gifts. I thought it a good sign, as they don't know if we are home... or not.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by lazimazi

That's a clever idea! Luckily, Acorn hasn't gotten accustom to any barking - but we don't have a doorbell yet! The knocking gets her a little. She does it more when she's around other dogs (when we visit my parents, they have a beagle...enough said!). We move the 16th and get a new puppy the 18th, hopefully she doesn't start showing off and barking at visitors!

Oh lucky you! How true, multiple dogs are worse, when one dog barks, it's like them telling even the quiet ones, that something is wrong. My Ralphie use to be pretty good, but Joey was a bad influence.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by dawn27

Mine would if we had one. But a knock at the door is just as bad. I know what you mean about trying to rally them away from the door.

I remember having a door bell/chime like that when we were kids. It was pretty neat especially during the holidays.

So, does it work to calm your pups down when visitors come ?

Oh wow, they had something like this years ago, lol, I'll bet it wasn't named "Ichimes"! Put an I or E in front of a word and it sounds so new! Yes, it does work, because the doorbell itself triggered their anxiety, most of the time the doorbell is used by strangers, but occasionally my grown kids would use it if the door was locked and even though they usually never bark at my kids, they got uber anxious when they used the bell and would bark, but not as bad as when the cable guy comes!

[misskate]

Mine bark at every one and every thing. I wish I could train them to sit and wait but haven't had much luck. Actually, the fact that they bark so ferociously may be a good thing as we live in the country and there is always the danger of break-ins. I don't have an alarm but I do have dogs, and one bites

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by misskate

Mine bark at every one and every thing. I wish I could train them to sit and wait but haven't had much luck. Actually, the fact that they bark so ferociously may be a good thing as we live in the country and there is always the danger of break-ins. I don't have an alarm but I do have dogs, and one bites

So true, I feel so much safer even though they probably couldn't save me. In the past, if I heard a noise at night, would be frightened, but now I know if I hear something, and they don't bark, it's really nothing.

[SWHouston]

I encourage ALL my guys to go into high Alarm, anytime anyone comes to the door. Praises and Treats for each event regardless of who's there !

There have been so many "kick ins" around here, that I just can't take a chance on allowing anyone to think they're not noticed. Given my guys are larger, I'm sure that their hearty voices is advantageous.

[TxVicki]

Oh good grief the door bell rings here and you would think I live in a doggie kennel. It seems their barks amplify when the door bell rings. LOL

I think this device would cause just as much barking. LOL

[nanahas3]

Mine are the same way. We have tried everything to stop this behavior and nothing has worked. I have to have one of those. Thanks Nancy for the great idea.

[Maximo]

Very good idea, Nancy. I did this with my phone, changed it to some horrible music, and the boys ignore it. (the nice iPhone ping doesn't phase them either, so I should get one, lol).

The boys go nuts when the doorbell rings. We have baby gates to keep them out of the foyer, so no rounding up necessary.

[mimimomo]

OMG, my guys all barked @ the fun sound w/the duck loll! They bark @ door bells on tv & even run to the door...& we don't have a door bell here!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Maximo

Very good idea, Nancy. I did this with my phone, changed it to some horrible music, and the boys ignore it. (the nice iPhone ping doesn't phase them either, so I should get one, lol).

The boys go nuts when the doorbell rings. We have baby gates to keep them out of the foyer, so no rounding up necessary.

That's my problem, I can't get to the front door before they do, and I worry about them running out, so I have to pick them up, open the door, and try and talk to the person, while they are barking their heads off. Now I can just close the office door, because they are usually sleeping in there.