Toilet Training A Puppy With A Bell
Incorporate the bell into potty training.
Toilet training a puppy with a bell. Teaching your puppy to ring a bell to go outside is a great trick and very helpful for house training a puppy. Use the bell only with a single door at first. This trick is used as a replacement for your pup barking whining or scratching at the door all of which are not entirely pleasant and can stress out both you and your puppy. One of the biggest areas of difficulty for people who adopt puppies is potty training.
Potty training a puppy is not as daunting a task as it might seem. It just requires consistency and commitment on your part. It comes in time and by 4 months you should be home and dry so to speak. Use appropriate and motivating rewards.
When your puppy s nose touches the bell to go after the treat reward him and open the door. It should hang low enough for your puppy to reach with his paw or nose. The beauty of the technique means that the trick can be taught whether first house training a pup or if desiring to enhance communication with older dogs. Get more tips below the video.
Training your dog to ring a bell with his nose is a simple and effective way for your puppy to let his human friends know that he needs to go outside right now. At the scheduled toilet break take your puppy and set him down next to the bell now you know why your puppy must already be house trained first. More on this to follow. This method may be preferred over having your puppy bark at the door or just standing.
In the video below andre millan gets a few more pointers on potty training from dog psychology center trainer todd langston. Young pups do not have great bladder control and toilet training takes time patience and lots of mops and buckets. Keep your puppy with you at all times during toilet training. Then hold a treat behind the potty bells and say loudly outside or go potty.
Training a dog to ring a bell when desiring to potty provides a direct cause and effect means of communication. Hang the bell by the door you use each time you take the dog out.