Bell training?

[Dzbabykel]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

I personally don't think that's too young. I think that's about the time I trained Cooper. Some dogs take longer than others. Give it a shot. It's ironic that I was able to train my dog to ring a bell to go potty, but he doesn't come when I call him

Haha aww that's funny Well good to know, I might just give this a try!!

[MlssOcean]

We found a bell at Home Goods with a big button at the top that would be easy for Dharma to hit, but I think it's still too difficult. We are going to switch to hanging bells. Is it better to hang it on the door knob so she associates the sound of the bell when the door opens to go outside, or is it better to hang it next to the door. Would the bells hanging on the door knob confuse her if we are opening the door just to go outside?

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by MlssOcean

We found a bell at Home Goods with a big button at the top that would be easy for Dharma to hit, but I think it's still too difficult. We are going to switch to hanging bells. Is it better to hang it on the door knob so she associates the sound of the bell when the door opens to go outside, or is it better to hang it next to the door. Would the bells hanging on the door knob confuse her if we are opening the door just to go outside?

What is too difficult to Dharma? Has she tried to hit the bell?

[yorkieusa]

I started mine off at 3 months ringing the poochie bells and after an interim period of ringing the bell just for fun or getting me to come in there to play with her, she was trained in no time. I still love them!

[MlssOcean]

I just started today. But she seemed scared. We are going to start with doing the touch training and hitting the bell ourselves as we go outside. Then we'll replace our hand with the bell. We'll see how she goes. I took her paw and hit it and she seemed scared but we'll see how she goes with the touch training first.

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by MlssOcean

I just started today. But she seemed scared. We are going to start with doing the touch training and hitting the bell ourselves as we go outside. Then we'll replace our hand with the bell. We'll see how she goes. I took her paw and hit it and she seemed scared but we'll see how she goes with the touch training first.

I'm no expert but I think you should start with her hitting the bell. Maybe I don't understand exactly what you are saying.

[Saved43]

We started using the bells at the door for Max to associate going outside with the bells. Tis is the second day and he has gotten it down pat. Although he is still focused on the treat, I wait until he does something and then give him a good boy or a treat.

[AprilLove]

Originally Posted by MlssOcean

I just started today. But she seemed scared. We are going to start with doing the touch training and hitting the bell ourselves as we go outside. Then we'll replace our hand with the bell. We'll see how she goes. I took her paw and hit it and she seemed scared but we'll see how she goes with the touch training first.

I think that's a good idea. When I started training AprilLove, I would ring the bell myself and say the potty command, and open the door, she would go and I would treat. This was just to associate ringing the bell with the door opening. After a few days of doing it myself, I started touching her paw to it, treat, then taking her out, and treat again after potty.
She caught on quickly, and used it for awhile to just make me jump up every few minutes, lol.
But after that got old, she would use it for potty only. And she would ring it real loud if she had to go real bad

YouTube - bell.avi

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by AprilLove

I think that's a good idea. When I started training AprilLove, I would ring the bell myself and say the potty command, and open the door, she would go and I would treat. This was just to associate ringing the bell with the door opening. After a few days of doing it myself, I started touching her paw to it, treat, then taking her out, and treat again after potty.
She caught on quickly, and used it for awhile to just make me jump up every few minutes, lol.
But after that got old, she would use it for potty only. And she would ring it real loud if she had to go real bad

YouTube - bell.avi

That video is too cute.

[citygirl123]

Love this thread. I just started with a bell also. Copper goes out a sliding glass door. I made his bell from a large plastic cat play ball. It cost me a dollar for two at the Dollar Tree. I threaded 3/4 inch ribbon through it and hung it from a cup hook I put in the wall beside the door. In one day, Copper got "ring the bell" when I pointed to it. He will ring it on command. And then I open the door. A couple of times he has rung it and looked at me. I let him out. I'm not sure we have made the total connection with potty everytime, but we are off to a great start. It has only been a week!

I had heard yorkies weren't the sharpest, but I think learning the command in such a short time is pretty good. We'll see about the potty connection!!!

[BellaNean]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

Give it a shot. The Tell Bell is a little bit costly, but there's a video and very concise instructions included.

Where did you buy this at? Their website says amazon but the item isnt for sale on amazon :-/

[MlssOcean]

Here are two sites that have the tell bell:

Order Here!

or

Tell Bell Puppy & Dog POTTY TRAINING Door Bell - WHITE - eBay (item 180525824824 end time Jul-26-10 12:12:26 PDT)