Your Questions About How To House Train Dog Bell

Ken asks…
How to bell train my pup when he needs to go outside?
My dog is 4 months old and i have been working on housebreaking for about a month now, he never goes in the house UNLESS you don’t see him at the door.
When he needs to go out he will just sit or stand by the back door and if you don’t see him he goes in the house.
How can i teach him that he needs to be vocal to get our attention?

Anna Walker answers:
Go to your craft store and get a jingle bell. Use ribbon or string and hang the bell from the door.
When you take your dog out – tell him to sit (so he has to know sit first). Then take his paw and use it to swat the bell. Then open the door and take him out. Do it every time you take him out. Eventually he puts it together and will start to ring the bell on his own. If he ever rings the bill you stop what you are doing immediately and open the door. Even if he does not go out – you want to reinforce that ringing the bell means you open the door.
When you travel, just take the bell with you and hang it on the door there.
You can do a google search for doggie door bell and find battery devices that you sit on the floor that they step on. It does the same thing as the jingle bell. But the jingle bell will be much cheaper and you don’t have to change a battery.

Nancy asks…
my 10 month old lab is peeing in the house,help please!?
my black labrador retriever has been house trained to ring a bell to go outside to the bathroom when he was about 2-4months old.
My dog now stops ringing the bell,and so we dont know when he needs to go anymore. The past couple of days hes had accidents in the house like two times. His punishment is to be told with a ferm no and in the cage so he wont pee again.
I need him to understand to ring the bell to go potty outside…
the directions in the dog training book say to hide a treat behind the doorknob and then say get it,get the bell. When the dog rings the bell with his nose or paw you give him a treat and say good bell good. my dog doesnt seem to understand it anymore.
( this woman taught him this trick and thats how we got him,but now he doesnt seem to understand.)
please, are there any tips on how i can get my dog to ring the bell to go potty outside,my mother is ready to give him away and that cant happen..that was my favorite christmas present(:
I did not train my dog how to do this. I got him trained.

Anna Walker answers:
Honestly, if I were you I would just start over. Most dogs just simply go to the door to show they want out. Watch you dog and if he is near the door let him out. When he is out and goes outside you need to praise him and give him treats so he knows he has done right.He is still a puppy and still needs traing. You should be letting him out after every meal, after play time, at least every 1/2 hour to a hour until he gets this down. At that age he should be gettin at least 2 long walks a day and lots of play time. Somewhere along the way it sounds like you had a breakdown in training. Either that or he is intentionally acting out because he is not getting what he needs which is exercise and time. Start over and get him trained like most other dogs and that takes time and repetition, make sure he is getting enough exercise as well.

Daniel asks…
How can I get my potty trained dog to stop pooping inside the house?
I’m currently living at home (during summer break from college) with my parents and two dogs. My oldest dog is almost 11 and has free reign of the house, we have no problems with her. My youngest dog, Molly who is almost 2, is potty trained and very good at letting me know when she needs to be let out (trained to either ring a bell hanging on the door or lay her paw on my leg) and usually stays in the kitchen/family room/laundry room because she has had several accidents upstairs that my parents are not to happy about (they have the rest if the house blocked off with baby gates). I spend most of my time working on my computer in my room and when my parents aren’t around I allow molly to come upstairs with me so she can still let me know when she needs to go out. My problem is she will occasionally leave my room without warning and poop in our living room right underneath the window. Always the same room, always the same spot. I don’t punish her when I find it because I was always told that if it happened longer than 5-10 minutes ago the dog wouldn’t know why they were being punished (something about they’ll forget what they did or something…not sure if its true). Molly and I take lengthy evening runs (both of our exercise for the day) and I let her out several times during the day. When I’m not working she is glued to my side and goes everywhere and does everything I do. It just seems as soon as I start working in my room, she makes a bee line for the living room and poops. If she keeps it up my parents will never allow her out of the kitchen and I want her to be allowed to go where she wants to while we aren’t home. I just can’t seem to keep her from pooping in that room! Im afraid I may have spoiled her with all of the attention I show her and when I’m no longer 100% focused on her “punishes” me for it but I don’t understand why she does it.

Anna Walker answers:
If your dog is having accidents in the house, she is NOT potty trained! Go back to basics and retrain her – take her outside at regular intervals and praise when she goes. When she’s in the house, supervise her closely so that she cannot sneak off and go in the wrong place. When you cannot watch her, confine her.

Mary asks…
How to stop dog from spraying all over the house??
So i just moved in with my buddy and my dog is behaving even worse then when i was living with my family..i have a miniature pinscher male…hes not fixed…well hes pretty much smelling all over the house and lifting his little leg to pee all over the place…he wont stop..i yell or shake a bell at him while hes doing it and he stops but seems like when im not paying attention hell start smelling around and then start peeing everywhere..the problem is hes an indoor dog and i cant have him doing this all over my buddys house..hes alittle over a year old..he is pee pad trained so he will go to the bathroom on the pad but just sprays alittle pee around the house at different locations..how do i stop this??its getting bad because hes peeing on my couch..on the bottom of my bed frame…the tv is on the ground at the moment and he sprayed on that…im clueless on what to do..i yell and scream at him when i see thats hes about to spray but that doesnt stop hium from doing it later….
i cant neuter him because hes going to be a breeding dog…and yes there are other dogs that live in the house as well..so if i dont get him fixed theres nothing i can do??

Anna Walker answers:
Yelling and screaming will not fix the problem. The first thing to do is get him nuetered; that will solve 90% of the problem. He’s marking his territory in his new house, which is something that unfixed dogs do all the time. Are there other animals at the new house? If so, he’s trying to assert himself to them as the new leader.
Get him neutered to solve the majority of the problem. If he continues to spray after that, consult your vet or behaviorist for additional tips.

Mark asks…
How do i go about teaching my dog to have good manners around everyone in the house?
My fairly new Weimaraner puppy just became fully house trained and its great, he rings the little bell when he has to go out and will not go potty inside the house at all costs.
Now that he is inside and loose most of the time my mother and sisters constantly complain about him jumping on them, jumping on the counter when preparing foot and nipping them(Not a serious bite just teeth on their hand to get their attention) to get them to play. He does not at all jump on me or do anything that he does to them, around me he is the perfect dog and is alway content and playful.
What I’m asking is; is there a way for ME to teach my dog not to act up around my other family members or is it something they need to do? He really is a great dog and i know he is capable of any training but i don’t know if my family members are capable of training him.
Forgot to mention his age, he is 18weeks.

Anna Walker answers:
The dog will only be fully attentive to the alpha leader(you?),so you need to teach him and also discipline him when he jumps on others,he will learn fast,use a loud firm voice and immediate punishment every time you do it.My weimer is the smartest person i know,and learned very fast,great dogs.Just remember to always be the boss and never give the dog to much reign or he will take over and it is very hard to bring them back down.BEST OF LUCK.
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