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Originally Posted by Sugarfied827  Thanks for all of the wonderful advice! Maximo I'm going to try crating her for longer periods of time and see how that works out. She loves her crate so I know she won't mind! She does have free roam of the house however is watched like a hawk. If she leaves the room I follow her to see what she is investigating or try to lure her back in with her squeaky skunk toy that she loves so much. I like the idea of the bell ringing system. Although I think she would just play with the bell haha. It sounds self explanatory but I'm guessing you ring the bell as you take her out to potty? As anyone else had success with this method? And I'm not sure why the pic links aren't working for some (they won't even work for me) I'm uploading from my iPhone. I have a very cute video I'd like to share but I better master pic uploading first lol! And thanks for all the kind comments....I think she's pretty cute too  |
Ringing the bell for fun and to go outside, not just for potty, is a bit of a challenge. I think for training most people demonstrate for the pup how to ring the bell each time before going out. You can use your pup's paws to ring the bell each time before you go out. Use keywords and phrases to mark the behavior: ring the bell, and then say "Potty time!" or "outside" or whatever you like. Using keywords really helps with any training.