Ring the Bell?
 

Hello friends.......my puppies are now 7 months and 5 months and when I stepped in 2 puddles on my freshly cleaned floor, I finally decided it was time to get serious about the potty training.

I ordered the book "How to Housebreak Your Puppy in 7 days" yesterday, and now I am on a mission to find the bell that goes by the door. Does anyone use this method? Where can I find the bell?

My husband, my floors and I will be a'thanking ya!!

there is a few on here that does use the bell, there is even videos off their babies doing it but i not sure were they are, i hope u get the answers as i am interested on how aswell and was wondering if u cud still tain a 1 and 3 and 12 years old lol:)

i use small wind chimes at the back door, i rang it everytime we went outside and chanted ''outside pee pee outside''.. now both Bella and Sofia will ring the chimes with their nose when they want to go out. and i give a good girl treat when they come back in. small wind chimes are easler to move than a big bear or cow bell. hope this helps it sure helped us.

I am training mine to use the bell too. Just get any bell or bells from the hardware store. I'm using 3 med size Christmas bells tied on a thin rope. It hangs from a nail next to the door.
They are catching on. All you do is ring the bell everytime you take them out to pee. I say "lets go outside"...they come running to the door, when they are at the door (don't open it yet) ring the bell, then open the door. Say whatever you say to have them go pee. I say "hurry up, hurry up" and as they are peeing, I say "good hurry up, good hurry up". My old dog would pee on command...I hope these babies will learn it too. That's how I'm doing it...hope it helps.

I use a bell with my older dogs- it's wonderful. I need to lower it so Rhett can join in. Just a hint though, don't hang it directly on the door- otherwise, every time you open it, they think they should go out! Hang it on the wall next to the door.

As for finding the bells- Do you have a Michael's or JoAnn's around you? They carry bells in all different sizes year round.

I want to do this also, I had a link from an earlier topic but I can't find it.

i think its brilliant training ur babies that, is it to late to train older ones:)

Well not sure if others experience this but Razz is very good about ringing his bell to wee wee, how-ever he now knows that bell=out and so anytime he wants out in the backyard he rings the bell. Depending upon how many birds, n squirrels are travelling through the backyard the bell can be pretty busy.:)

lol im sure it does get pretty busy, i will look out for a bell and give it a go;) sure no harm in tryin,

I made my own bells for the door I got ribbon and bells from the craft store. They work great...if the dogs want them to :rolleyes: and it cost me like $5

I could do that. The only thing I am concerned about is I don't think DH will want me to put a nail in the wall or door. But I could use a small thumbtack.

just loop the ribbon around the door handle

Good grief!! Great idea.......so simple.

We use a desk service bell - just put it on the floor by the door. Bailey paws at it to tell us that she wants out. $5 at office depot.

just wanted to let you know about Command 3M brand hooks. They stick on the wall and when you are done you can remove them with no damage to the wall. They are fabulous and strong enough to hold Christmas wreaths, bathrobes, etc. I once decorated an entire school with them(for their Christmas fair). I would use them on the wall next to the door versus hanging the bells on the door, this way you won't have confusion when just opening the door. You can buy them at any drug store, Target or Walmart.
Good Luck!

My older dog is bell trained, we are still working on the new one! We went to Michaels and got a large bell and used thin ribbon to hang it with. We only take the dogs out of one door, so we put the bell by that door. Basically, here is what we did...

We put a little peanut butter on the bell and waited for Jaxon to go up to it. I put him in the area and he went right to it and made it ring. After he rang it, we immediately scooped him up, told him "potty outside" and then took him out. When we came back in, we cleaned off the bell. Anytime he rang it, he went out. He quickly realized that the bell means outside. You really have to be consistent though, every time it rings for the first week or so, take them out.

There is only ONE problem with the bell, and I saw another poster wrote this. If your dog loves to be outside they'll link the bell with outside, or as mine does, link it with attention. What we do, is as soon as Jaxon rings the bell, we take him out. If he doesn't potty we bring him in and crate him. He learned that ringing the bell is for potty only.

We've had good luck so far with him, but our little girl prefers to just come tell us she has to go potty!

Good Luck!!

I love this idea but what happens if Diji has to be alone at home while I'm at varsity? Do I leave him in my room with his paper and hope he uses them? All he seems to
be doinging lately is tear them up while I'm out. I understand he is distressed when I am away but what can I do? Sorry for hijacking the thread. :)

Mine is bell-trained. I wouldn't trade them for the world.:)

Our doggy bells are the best thing that ever happened to Lucas' potty training. Lol. They hang on the door knob, and since he learned how to shake a paw long before we got them, we trained him to hit them with his paw and it works soo well. :thumbup: Definitely recommend to train this way :)

Bailey outgrew pee pad chewing at 8 mos. Not sure all dog do - but that's been my experience.

Here are some videos if someone new wants to see:

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Does this REALLY work? I have tried EVERYTHING to get my lil girl to tell me she has to go out! She is my first Yorkie! Well first small dog ever! We have a Boxer Pit mix and she can hold it for hours on end but Henesey and I are at a battle and I think Im losing! I thought potty training was easy! It took us two weeks with Princess! I have had Henesey for 7 months and I feel like im getting no where! How does this work? Im willing to try anything to get her back on track!

Of course, it works!:confused: Consistency is the key. It's a lot easier for those who are home with them or have someone in the house all or most of the time.

found this!
 

Does that work?

Yes. For some. Go read post #15.

Yep, the service bell works for us. I introduced it to Bailey while potty training. Whenever we caught Bailey in-the-act of peeing in the house - we scooped her up, took her paw to the bell and said 'outside'.

It gets a ton of laughs when we have company - ppl can't believe that it works!

Good luck!!

in case you haven't gotten a bell yet...I've seen them at walmart in the pet section..i'm not sure how they hook up, but i'm pretty sure you don't need to nail it into the wall or anything...it sorta looked like there could have been a little stand for it or something.