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Originally Posted by twalla  O-M-G I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I have been teaching Ollie to ring the bell when to go potty. Well he comes close but never does it. Soooo just a bit ago, he needed to go potty. We were at the door and I rang the bell and said "potty". Then I told Ollie, Ollie ring the bell if you need to go potty. He didnt do it so I rang it again, said potty then took his paw made him do it and said potty. THENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN HE DID IT ALL BY HIMSELF!!!!!!!!!! HE RANG THE BELL!!!!!! Now granted he will probably never do it again bc I scared the beejesus out of him when I hollered from excited |
Mine does that as well.. but sometimes when he is bored, he rings it just to go outside and lick snow and hop around..lol.. he tries to ring it 4 times in an hour.. i know when he does it to go play.. hopefully your dog doesn't pick that up and make you let him out so often!
The secret it to physically take his paw and make him swipe it each and every time before you open that door. After a few times he will look at you wanting you to open the door but look at him and take and hit is paw several times in a row before you let him go out .. i make my dog repeat it and he smacks it like a punching bag so i can hear from upstairs or in any room, sometimes he does it for a minute straight...lol
You can buy bells at craft shops.. they are like the ones you see on christmas wreaths. Just hang it from string from the craft shop or a shoelace from the knob low enough so that your dog and swipe it with their paw.