how do you bell train a dog?

Question

when i say bell train i mean you teach the dog to ring a bell when they go out. I need help on how to do this properly. Any help is great.

Answer 1

BELL TRAINING: Use either a "ring for service" bell (which you can pick up and travel with), a bell hanging on the door handle, or a bell hanging from a hook beside the door. Take your dog to the door and, using his muzzle or paw, ring the bell. Open the door, say "outside," praise enthusiastically and take him to his spot. If your dog is taller, and you are using a bell on the floor, set it up initially on a stool or can so that he can see it as you are helping him ring it.

Continue the procedure until your dog begins to signal you, on his own, that he needs to go outside. Once he is trained to signal you, ALWAYS RESPOND TO HIS SIGNAL. You can begin ringing the bell the first day you bring your dog home. NOTE: If your dog starts signaling all of the time, respond every time, but put him out on a tie-out line by himself and do not let him back in for a short while. Usually being left outside all by himself will quickly teach your dog not to frivolously ask to go outside.

Answer 2

I hung the bell low enough for the dog to see it (eye level), when you take the pup outside always stop for just a second and physically move his paw to ring the bell. This associates not only the sound with the door opening, but when he moves his paw the bell makes you open the door.. hehe. It has worked with every pup I have ever trained. If the puppy gets taller just keep moving the bell up a little. It doesn't have to be eye level when they are adults, just at the height that their paw can reach it. Hope this helps. ^..^

Answer 3

For our puppy, we just hung some jingle bells on the handle of the door we use to let her out. When we go to the door with her, we jingle the bell each time before allowing her to go out. After a while, she got it and began to ring it on her own. Your dog will come to associate the bell with going outside and will learn that ringing it will get that result.

As to how long, we have a Border Collie that figured it out in less than a day, but every dog is different. My sister's took a week or two to figure it out. Eventually, your dog will. Good Luck!

Answer 4

When training your dog to go outside to do his business attach a bell to the door (low enough for the dog to reach). Each time you go out ring the bell so the dog comes to associate ringing the bell with going out.