[NAGDU] Ring the bell

[Caitlyn Furness]

Julie,
Jetta was figureing that why should she ring the darn things when you were already doing it??  lol

Maggie to this day won’t ring the bell, but if I tell her t ito, she will.  She just dn’t see the point.

Cait

> On Feb 21, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Julie J. via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> When I taught this I didn't use the clicker at all.  To be fair, it was Christmas time and I had every intention to do a formal training, but life happens and I never got around to it.  What did happen was I hung the bells on the door and for about two days I'd give them a jingle and say outside as I took Belle and Monty outside.  Then they started ringing them independently to indicate they wanted out.
> 
> Having such good luck with that method, I did the same thing with Jetta, but it took her a few weeks to catch on.  She's much smarter than Belle was and probably about the same as Monty, so I have no idea why it took her longer to catch on.  She was getting used to a lot of new things though, just having come here to live.
> 
> All three of them ring the bells just to go out for fresh air, to mess around or even to get my attention when it's food time.   Belle was really bad about excessive use of the door bells, but that could have been her serious confusion.  Mostly I take them out even if I know they don't have to go, but I know they want to stretch and get some fresh air.  Otherwise I tell them no and to go lay down or whatever.
> 
> Don't know if any of that is helpful, but there you go!
> Julie
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> -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 8:24 AM
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> Subject: [NAGDU] Ring the bell
> 
> Krokus's idea of letting me know he has to go out off-schedule is to come
> look at me.  Or it could mean he wants to be petted, or play.  So he had an
> accident the other day, because I didn't figure it out soon enough.
> 
> I'm trying to teach him to ring some bells on the doorknob when he wants to
> go out.  It took about a minute to teach him to ring the bell, using the
> clicker.  I'm stopping to have him ring the bell every time before we go out
> to park.  This morning, all he wanted to do was ring the bell!  I had to
> stop c&T-ing so we could get out the door.
> 
> I'd like ideas of how to show him that ringing the bell means we're going
> out.  Is there a quicker way than doing it every time we go out?  Should I
> have him ring it first, then put on his leash, as I will if he gets the idea
> and rings it himself?  Or have him on leash before he rings it, so we're
> ready to go?
> 
> Now he is ringing it and I have the clicker in my hand, ready to click.  I
> guess the next step is to hide the clicker in my fist or pocket, so it's not
> a signal to ring the bell?
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.
> 
> Tracy
> 
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