My Ziva makes a little throat clearing noise at the door- easy to miss- so I taught Abby to ring two little jingle bells tacked to the baseboard (the big overhead bells hung from the doorknob scared her) I taught her in steps- 1st we played with the bells on a string if she kicked it I gave her a treat we only played for a few cheerios a day. Then I tacked them to the wall and we continued to play once or twice a day- then I started opening the door when she kicked at the bell- It took about 10 days alltogether. It is still her favorite show off trick- I tell her to "Ring the Bell" and she runs over and gives it a good kick!( we did go outside for a lot of unproductive trips at first but 4 years later it works well) |