Bella is currently pad trained...she does VERY good at home, but is pretty confused about where she's supposed to "go" other places, especially other homes with dogs or places where a lot is going on. Because of that we are in the process of just getting started re-training her to go outside instead. I really wanted to use bells for her to let us know when she needs to go out, soooo I made some SUPER SUPER cute ones today and hung them on the door because we're going to start tomorrow taking her out at intervals to begin the transition. (Pics below because I think they're so cute!)
Ok, so here's the problem. I didn't have to even show her how to use the bells.....she LOVES to jingle them!
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I think she likes to play with them, which may end up being counter-productive. As soon as I hung them, I rang them and then took her out. Just a bit after we came in, she rang them on her own, and since I wanted her to understand that when she rings them, she goes out, I took her out. Well, she has since rang them 4 more times all within 5-10 min of coming back in from being out. And she's growling and biting and barking at them.....truly having a ball playing!! I think it's cute, but I don't want her jingling them ALL the time to play and then never understand that she's supposed to jingle them when she needs to go out...or end up being the pup who cries wolf, sort of speak
Sooo, anyone else encounter this problem? What do I do?? I hung the bells higher for now so that I can jingle them when I take her out, but so that she can't reach them until I figure out how to correct the playing. Please help!