Joey and Ralphie absolutely go nuts when the doorbell rings. Gathering them up at that point and putting them in a room is very difficult, they are already hyper. I found an electronic doorbell chime that has many different sounds and thought I’d give it a try. It’s called ichimes, and just installs where your regular chime/bell was installed and works with your doorbell. It has dozens of different sounds as well as a recording device and even the capability to download songs. If there is someone at the door and the dogs don’t know it, I can round them up pretty easily and put them in a safe spot.
Right now, I have it on Christmas music and every time I go by it I press the button, so that they are accustomed to hearing the doorbell many times a day and they don’t associate it with the front door. You can have it play one sound over and over or go through a group of sounds. So far this is working great and the cable guy was here an ½ hour before they even knew it!