At what age was your fur baby potty trained?

[SONYSW]

For those who trained the yorkie with the bell, do you mind to share your training method ?

[stephluvsangel6]

mine is almost 5 months and he is still learning i just started with him last week, but he caught on quick when it came to leaving him in the bathroom for a couple ourstill he used the potty on the pee pad but he will not go outside, he comes rightback in and pees on the floor but ive been cathcing him and putting him right back in the bathroom and he goe sin there,

[Erin]

Originally Posted by SONYSW

For those who trained the yorkie with the bell, do you mind to share your training method ?

Loki knows how to touch a target, so that helped. Target training is easy to teach. He was kind of afraid of the bells for the first day so I just took his paw and swatted them and then said OUTSIDE! and shoved a treat in his mouth. Then we went outside. Every time he went to the door I asked him to ring his bell and as soon as he did I opened the door (they are hanging on a suction cup on the window next to the door) Anyway, after a few days he started ringing them on his own and I would make sure to praise him and come running to let him out. We did that for a while and now I can just acknowledge him and he will wait at the door for a few minutes until I get to him.

[Jaxon's mom]

I LOVE the poochie bells and am thankful I trained Jaxon with them. He was a bit stubborn for training and still has pee pads inside for those 'just in case times'. I started out by having the bells inside and I'd ring them each time we were going out. Eventually we built a gated area off our deck and moved the bells to the patio door. Again, I would ring them each time I was putting him out and say 'Outside'. One day he just started ringing them himself so we'd say 'good boy, Outside' and let him out, then give him a treat when he came back in (we'd spy to make sure he was actually going and he's a total treat piggy). Now it's a regular thing.

The ONLY downside - sometimes he rings them when he wants attention and doesn't actually need to go out.

[Pietro37]

I made a game out of it the first couple of days. My husband would hold Scout on the other side of the room, and then I'd stand by the bells and yell "COME!!" She'd run to me and I'd get her to ring bell (manually at first), then I'd shriek "GOOD GIRL!" give her a small treat and then the door would fly open. We kept repeating this until she understood that bell ring = open door.

Keep repeating this for 5-10 min (just like any training session) and treat it like a fun game and they should learn quickly.