Thanks for the suggestions so far!
Newproudmom, I got the bell from a petstore - it's meant to go in a parrot cage. It's a bell with a rubbery round green cage that goes around the bell. I've hung the whole contraption from a nail in the framing around my door, a few inches off the ground. Other people have used those "service" bells that you sit on a counter (or floor, in this case). At first, Nikko was very afraid of it... but we kept at it, first ringing it ourselves every time we went out, then making him ring it with a paw every time we went out, then mixing it up a little, and finally one day a few weeks later he just decided to do it on his own. That was right around the time we were about to give up because we thought it was pointless because he acted so afraid of it, lol! Good luck if you try it. :-)
Lauren & Nikko |