I watched the video, we did it a little different, Lola did not know any tricks at the time.
Each time we went out I would ring the bell and say lola go potty, Lola go potty. after about three days of doing this myself, I started lightly lifting her paw to the bell, after about two days, I started moving her paw to ring the bell, always saying Lola go potty, Lola go potty. Of course each time she went potty there were treats and praise. Finally after about a week she did it herself. I only have her to do this to go potty, if we go out to play or for a walk it's through a different door and no bells are involved. I do not want to get to the point that she rings it just to go out and play. So bells, leash, and out the front door, means potty only and we do this quick, it's out on a short leash, I never let her walk me around and we come right back in afterwards. In the summer, we often head right back out but through another door for a walk, but I Like to take her out first so she does her business at home. Lola went through a phase of ringing the bells for the heck of it, but I got wise pretty to that pretty soon so I started wrapping them up after we would come back in for a few hours. Now they are down all the time and since she knows ringing the bells only means potty (no fun playing) she only rings them when she has to go. Another reason I like the bells is when I travel to visit family I bring a set along, as soon as Lola sees where the bells are hung you can almost see relief like yeah I know where to go when I need to potty. Good luck with the training. |