I need to go out Penny is housebroken but.....she doesn't bark or signal at the door. We have to keep a close eye on her. She will go stand at the back door and if one of us doesn't notice her, she goes to her puppy pad. That is fine but I wish she would bark or something. Any suggestions?:animal36 |
What "signal" can she give you? Do you have a bell she can paw? Magnus paws at the blinds that leads to the patio when he wants to potty. If no one comes, he'll paw at it harder so it'll be louder. |
Maybe try a bell? |
I just ordered a bell. Any suggestions on how to teach her to ring it? Do I ring it every time I take her out and do I use her paw? Every other dog I have ever owned has barked to go out . She is very quiet about it even though she sure is bossy with her barks at other times. |
Lucky me, Magnus just happened to figure it out on his own. Saw couple good sites for instructions. Good luck! Ringing the Bell to Go Out: Avoid These 4 Common Errors! - eileenanddogseileenanddogs Training Your Dog to Ring a Bell to Go Out to Potty |
Of course for me, the bell didnt work, lol. Sunni thinks its a toy and brings it into the playpen..ring ring ring ring.....Its now on my desk, lol. |
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Glad people suggested the bell method, Lola is bell trained and to me it is the best way to go especially if you have a larger house or several levels because it is hard to see a dog standing at the door when you are not near, plus I do not want to encourage barking. I am cheap and made my own set which is a good thing since I have home bells, travel bells and bells at my parents house, plus over time they get caught in the door and smashed so I replace them about every year. As soon as we go someplace new and Lola sees the bells hung up she is so relived because she knows where to go to go potty, I even hang them on hotel doors. Mine is a long ribbon with about 8 jingle bells on the end. We started when she was a pup. We always go out the front door so at first I would say Lola go potty Lola go potty and then I would ring the bell. Then we would go outside and normally she would potty, when we came back in I rang it again and said Lola went potty. After about a week I started holding her paw and lightly using it to ring the bell while saying Lola go potty, lola go potty, after about two weeks I was upstairs in my office and low and behold I heard the bell ring. If they are very young when you start this they might want to play and bite on the bells, or if they are older and really like being outside you will go through a stage of just ringing the bell to go outside for fun or a treat, for me since I know when Lola did what and when I would either ignore the bell or after she would come in I would tie it up for a few hours so she could not ring it right away. Sometimes it funny, I know she can really hold it so if she rings it during a good part on a TV show I might not let her out right away, sometimes she will forget she rang it yet other times you figure she really has to go because she really starts banging the crap out of, LOL that's when we hit pause Good luck and stick with it because it really is a good method. |
Cali is a silent pottier as well! She just stares at us, runs to the door, and runs back to stare. Rinse, lather, repeat. We always know if she needs to poop or pee because if she's slow about it, she only needs to pee but when it's poop she runs frantically. |
Baxter is bell trained to go outside. To train him we simply took his paw and "hit" the bell and it rang and we immediately opened the door and celebrated --- he was so happy that we were happy and he got the idea very fast that everybody is happy when he rang the bell and the door opened. Now - even the cat is ringing the bell (we laugh so hard) -- but no she can't go outside. This has been a lifesaver as we don't have a direct view of the door from the main part of the house and we would never see him sitting there. |
Bonnie also uses bells...it was easy to teach her. In the beginning I did the same as others by using her paw to ring the bell and then took her out. She picked up on it within two days. However, she did go through a phase where she would ring it to go outside even if she didn't need to potty. My solution for this was once we came in, if she didn't potty, I kept her on her leash tethered to me until I knew she needed to potty. Then I took her out and if she went potty I would take the leash off when we came inside. It took awhile but she eventually figured out that "play time" outside meant less free time inside. Now she rarely rings it just for fun. |
Abby was afraid of the big bells hanging from the doorknob so I attached two larger sized jingle bells (from a christmas display) to a heavy string and thumbtacked them to the baseboard.She just goes up and "kicks" them. It only took a few days to teach her to paw them(treat, treat, treat) before I attached them to the wall.Than every time she kicked them I opened the door. One step at a time... |
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