Jingle bells

3neighs

I had the hardest time housetraining Opal. She didn't completely stop having accidents until she was about 9 months old. Then someone told me about the jingle bell method and in three days we had Jasper trained to ring the bells when he had to go out. Both he and Opal continue to ring them every time they have to go out.

We took two bells and tied them to a long ribbon which we tied to the doorknob so the bells are at nose level to the dog. Whenever we thought Jasper needed to go we'd put him in front of the bells and he'd either touch them out of curiosity or we'd give him a nudge until they rang. He soon learned that ringing the bells meant to do his business outside.

sonnywimps

that's a great method and I've met alot of people that do that.
My two Poms were sooo bad about going inside the house because when I was gone (I'm normally the one taking them outside) my parents or my sister would not take them out unless they would not stop barking or whinning...hence accidents. I was going to try that method...but we got them potty trained

shawbulldogs

This sounds like an excellent idea. Jynx is 11wks old and doing well with housebreaking, but she doesn't bark or whine she just goes to the door. If I am busy doing something and don't see her she eventually gives up an goes in the house. This would be great, I could hear when she needs to go. I am going to start this tomorrow. Thanks for the great idea.

3neighs

I'm sure she'd pick it up very quickly, Aussies are smart little buggers! I love her name, too.

Jayanne309

I visited a friends house not long ago and they used the bell method for their dogs. I seen how well it worked for them and decided to try it with my dogs. I started it 2 days ao and my lab, Colt, has already picked it up and started using the bell. My yorkies, Joey & Jacey, haven't quite mastered it yet, lol, but I keep trying it with them. I know yorkies r harder to train them some other pups, but hopefully soon they'll b doing it. Good luck on everyone else trying it!!

aprcarls

that bell method works great!! I taught my pom a few years ago, and she still does it to this day. It really helps when you are across the house, and that is the only way they can let you know. I use sleigh like christmas bells for my front doors. It is really cute to see them do it also.

3neighs

Yay! I'm so happy to hear all the jingle bell success stories! We take care of my mom and dad's poodle mix sometimes and my two dogs taught her to ring the bell so now my mom has bells on her door.

Alwyn

Sorry for resurrecting this thread, but I find this very interesting... I have a 11 week old Scottish Tearier, called Tara. Do you guys think this would work for her?

Criosphynx

depends....I was honestly shocked to see so many success stories in this thread...

heres my take on it...your dog might accidently ring the bells when they have to pee and from that moment on your pretty set.

otherwise you have to train it, how well that goes depends on the trainer :P

the other thing is the dog learns to ring the bells so the door opens ...not I have to pee so I should ring the bell. if you have a dog that just likes to be outside...they are still going to bug you ringing to be let out...lol

fawkese1

oooh this is something i've been thinking of training clover to do! it is really hard to tell when he is asking to go out bc he likes to sit/lay on the rug by the door...i'd move the rug to be sure, but we need it to keep all the outside from being tracked into the inside.....
i was hoping to teach him that ringing the bell meant the door was opened...but afraid he wouldn't make the connection about doing it to pottyi guess, it couldn't hurt to train him to ring the bell and see what happens