Jingle bells

**Criosphynx** · 10-21-2009, 03:48 PM

in theory the dog will learn potty only outside first...and that the bells are his key to get him outside...but making that connection happen isn't as easy as people think...

I think the dog wants to go outside...and just happens to pee out there...so people think the dog wanted out to go pee....I think the dog just wanted out and happened to pee.

most of the time at least... Iam sure that it can be taught like a behavior chain and the dog can understand it, but I don't think thats what most people are really seeing, at least at first.

did that make sence? Lol

either way no harm...you can always take the bells down.

borzoimom · 10-21-2009, 03:52 PM

Well my dogs are fire drill trained, so any bell causes alertness.. ( And the alarm training- the alarm goes off and they wait for me to call them.. I think I shared my fire alarm training with ya all... ) I would think it would be easy to get them to ring a bell to go out. Mine just " thump the door" with the paw like " OPEN THIS THING WOULD YA????!" - BUT THEY are sighthounds so what else can I say.. lol )

**fawkese1** · 10-21-2009, 04:01 PM

he hasn't pottied in the house for a very long time, holds it during the day, its about 6 hours from the time i leave in the morning until i let him out on my lunch break, so i think we've got that outside is where we potty...
as far as teaching the behavior chain, that would be the last thing in the chain and the hardest to teach and the most important...
so far i've just been having him do a "touch" fist target just before i open the door...i don't even have a bell yet...as far as my next step, i was thinking i would teach him a touch target on the bell in my hand? then hang the bell on the door?
really it isn't a big deal, i was mostly hoping to help him be able to indicate the difference between hanging out in a favorite spot and waiting by the door to be let out...for right now, we go out everytime i see him anywhere near there...he'll squeeze out atleast a drop almost everytime i tell him to go potty...

**fawkese1** · 10-21-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by borzoimom

Well my dogs are fire drill trained, so any bell causes alertness.. ( And the alarm training- the alarm goes off and they wait for me to call them.. I think I shared my fire alarm training with ya all... ) I would think it would be easy to get them to ring a bell to go out. Mine just " thump the door" with the paw like " OPEN THIS THING WOULD YA????!" - BUT THEY are sighthounds so what else can I say.. lol )

i don't remember this, but it sounds very interesting, please share more!

borzoimom · 10-21-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fawkese1

i don't remember this, but it sounds very interesting, please share more!

I just posted it as I realized through search I had not posted it. Its posted now in training.

Mikey · 10-21-2009, 05:46 PM

That's funny-I only knew people who used this, as Crio said-to ask out. Not for potty training but so that they didn't scratch at the door or bark.

We are actually thinking about doing this for Mikey because he won't 'ask' in, he just sits at the door and waits...