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Originally Posted by SirRudy  Rudy seems to have picked up on bell training fairly well but I have a few questions.
Does your dog ring the bell when they want something else? Currently our bell hangs by our back door, the one he goes out, but also by the gate that prevents him from entering the front part of our house. I think some of the time he rings the bells because he wants to go in those rooms. Also I think he will ring them when we aren't paying attention to him and he is bored or wants our attention. How do you handle this?
Every once in a while we will have the gate open by his bell because the cat needs to go through and we will forget it is open. He will be in the room with us and it looks like he is going over to ring the bells but when he finds the gate open he goes through. Do you think he is forgetting why he went over to the area in the first place? (Luckily no accident when this has happened.)
Finally, how soon do you think I can trust him to leave the gate open and let him wander the front of the house? Will he remember the bells and ring them like he does when he is confined?
Sorry this is so long but I don't want a set back yet it would really help if I could figure this out so that we are not going outside every 5-10 minutes because he keeps ringing the bells. Thanks! |
Not sure I completely understand, but I think most people only use one bell, and that’s by the door where they go outside to pee. Why do you need two bells, that's the part I'm not clear on? Anyway, if it's possible to get rid of the other bell, I think it would be more likely he will just ring the bell when he wants to go outside. You are trying to link the bell to his need to pee, but you might be linking the sound to his need to "explore". The problem with ignoring his bell ringing is that he will be less likely to inform you when he really does need to go. I open the door every time Joey rings the bell, he usually just wants to bark at some dog because he's pee pad trained, but I open the door anyway.
