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Originally Posted by MorkieMomii  I would really like to do this with Eva. How high did you hang the bell? Eva will just play with it if I hang it low at first i am sure. Should I hang it high for me to ring first then lower it later on?
She is 6 months old and just stairs at the door right now, sometimes wimpers. Do you think she is too old bother? |
Sorry for stepping in here, but we trained Gracie on a bell when she was 8-9 months old. Really out of frustration when she was doing well and then regressed and I thought she'd never be trained!
I had seen the bells for sale but I figured she'd never use it. So, I took a bell (I have a small collection) and tied it to a wide ribbon and tied it to the door knob. Just high enough for her nose to reach. She immediately went over and "nosed" it and it rang. We immediately jumped up and said, "You need to go potty? Good girl" and hustled her outside. We did that consistently every time she rang the bell. It only took a couple of days before she "got it".
We now have a bell on our bedroom door (she sleeps with us now that she's 100% trained!) that she rings in the morning. That's when we roll out of bed!
Now, she will sometimes ring it just to get our attention (we know because we just had her out recently) or because she's bored and just wants to go out and check out the neigborhood. But when she really needs to go, she will stand by the bell and continue to ring it until we come take her out.