Abby was scared of the big bell hanging from the doorknob. (she is scared of just about anything) So I trained her by playing with two larger christmas bells on a string- when she consistently rang them on command (treat- treat -treat!), I thumb tacked them to the baseboard near the garage door.Then we trained again by opening the door when she rang them. It was step by step and took about ten days of 10 minute practice twice a day. It was actually a lot of fun! 5 years later she will still give them a kick when she needs to go off schedule. |