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Bell Training Rosie goes to the door when she needs to go, but want to teach her to use the bell. It takes a while to put her harness, coat, and leash on. Should I ring the bell when she goes to the door or wait until after I put everything on her? Do I ring the bell or get her paw and have her ring the bell? I tried the peanut butter way that I read about, but she just licked the bell and didn't ring it. Any suggestions? |
hhmm.. Forest, one of my other dogs always jumps and hits the door with his feet so I just hung a bell from the door handle long enough for his feet to hit it where he normally jumps. Slowly I was able to bring the bell up higher and now he just reaches up and snags it so it rings. Ok, that wasn't much help. I would keep trying to use the peanut butter and as soon as she actually makes it ring take her out. |
Ive posted on this before-Im not a trainer, but I read about bell training here on YT, so I decided to train LillyBelle-she learned it quite easily. I just hung a bell from the door, used teeny tiny pieces of turkey-took her up to the bell and said go "ding-ding" and rang the bell with her paws, gave her turkey and praised her a huge amount, did that about 10x, waited, repeated the process a couple times over an afternoon, did that the next day-and after about 2-3 days when I would say "go ding-ding" she would go ring the bell-I would give her turkey, praise...after a couple days I would say "go ding-ding" she would ring it, I would praise, give turkey, then we would go out and I would say go potty and started the ding-ding, go out, go potty process. She was about 5mos old at the time. Thats how I did it-hope it helps. Reward...lots of praise. |
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For some reason you will get an error message when you click the link above- just click "back to photos" and start the clip. you'll like it. |
it doesn't work ther is no link for back to photos |
Totally frustrating-I dont know-I just did a search "Lillybelle ring bell" on a previous YT topic and the link works there-but you have to click a few times...if you want to go to the trouble-really sorry |
ok I will keep trying |
I am very interested in training my yorkie by the bell method I was just wondering where can you buy the bells that would attach to a patio door? Any infromation will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Lisa |
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oops! sorry, now it's on there twice. |
how long does it take to bell train them cause I'm getting another female yorkie ??????????? |
Thanks AMD-that photo/videoclip thingy is a little complicated for me...its a cute videoclip though-if I dont come right away-LillyBelle-really-really rings her bell....It only took a few days to teach the ringing (ding-ding)-she was 5mos old-probably another week or two to associate going ding ding-means go out and potty-after she learned that - she was fairly consistant but still having accidents, --she was not 100% potty trained until a year of age-which seems to be pretty consistant with alot of yorkies that I have read about here. I do realize now that she needs to go out every 2-3 hours, in the begining I thought it should be 4hrs or so-if I would have realized her schedule I might have been successful sooner. |
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thanks so much for the information on the bells. |
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thanks so much for the information on where to buy the bells |
Thanks to those who put Lillybelle's link on here for me. As far a the bell itself-think I spent about 2-3 dollars. I bought a 1 inch bell and a strand of pink fur rope from hobby lobby-(or any craft store) and just hung from my door. This training was SO worth it and not that difficult AT ALL. Just getting her to be accident free did take time. Oh and my boys told me---mom-we cant take much more of this "pink"-she has pink everything. Even a pink chair that she sits in at the table and at the computer and while Im cooking-anytime I cant hold her. |
Bummer I cant see the video....Snapfish doesnt work with Macs:( |
We bought a desktop bell,I call it a bellhop bell,at an ofifce supply place. we put it on the floor by the door and he taps the top of the bell when he wants to go out. he learned real fast!!:D |
So ring the bell with her paw and she will eventually get the hang of it? With the peanut butter, she just licks the peanut butter and doesn't ring the bell. Is that going to work? |
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Every time we took him outside,we would ring the bell and say ring the bell!!we would stop at the bell before going out ,and he would look at it. then at us,.one day he looked at us waiting for us to ring,when we didnt ,he touched it! .it only took a few days.I could never put peanut butter on it! he would be licking it off too!!:D |
4 Attachment(s) mistyinca-dont mind if you highjack--ha!-cuz is so fun to talk about our babies!! I was having a first bd party for LillyBelle and needed something for her to sit at the table (it was her party!), so I put together a seat for her. That was back in August and she just absolutely loves her chair...I attached ribbon underneath so its ties to a bar stool-I just pull it over to the computer, or by the kitchen counter, or at the table if we are eating---NO she never, ever jumps out...she just sits and feels like she should be there-or just curls up in a little ball and lays there. I made one for the bathroom counter as well-because she is always, jumping up-pawing at me to pick her up while Im getting dressed, she knows they are HER sofa chairs. Im attaching a couple photos. |
2 Attachment(s) Seriously-Im getting carried away!!--forgive me-but here are a couple more- And **back to the topic at hand** (the bells)--if you cant see the video- heres a photo of when she was six months-ringing her bell. |
I got my bell at Petsmart. Its lot larger than the one on the pink boa, lol. I couldn't find it there, and had to ask an employee to find it. They knew they had it, but took 3 of them to locate it in the store. Venus, even after 3 months of having this bell, still waits till I tell her to "ring the bell".. I think I have a slow learner here, lol. But you know I love her anyway! |
I posted this a while ago. I use wireless door bell. See below http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65789 |
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