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Originally Posted by Joeysmom  I'm so encouraged! We just got our Poochi bells about 2 weeks ago. The dogs were scared to death of 'em at first. But they haven't tried to ring them yet.
Thanks!
deb |
Deb - don't get discouraged!! Izzy was afraid of those darn bells to for about a month but I just kept ringing them every time we went outside and slowly but surely she got used to them - I also held her in my arms as I rang the bells too in the beginning without having her touch them at all. Then after she wasn't afraid any more I took her paw (again while holding her) to tap them and say the phrase, and then after a few weeks I actually had her on the floor and took her paw and actually had her touch the bells with her paws. Again - it took us almost 4 months - to finally getting her to do ring them.
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Originally Posted by yorkiepearla my pearla is finally used to going outside to do her biz..but of course im on top of her taking her out she dosent yet notify me of when she actually has to go..on rare ocassion she will go by the door so as time goes on im sure this is how she will let me know..shes 4 mnths and had her for 2 mnths and now am relocating to another apt(darn after i just had her trained in her normal surrondings) i would like to use this potty bell since i do have a patio door and outside of it is where she'll be going..heres the q any certain age she has to be to take on this training to prevent playing with it? |
Izzy never played with the bells - the darn cats did for a while but then that stopped after the novelty wore off.
Also since our furbutts are low to the ground I had our bells on a little suction cup holder and attached to the glass window of our patio.
Don't give up! That's the key to this.
