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Awesome bells!
This potty bell is very well made and easy to just hang it on your door knob (if you just have a round knob). Here is an alternate way to train your dog to use them:Teaching your dog to ring a bell when it needs to go outside is more than a great trick. It gives your pet a way of communicating its needs. This is especially important when your dog’s bowels are off schedule. Accidents are avoided. Ringing a bell also avoids nuisance behaviours such as barking or scratching at the door.To begin, you’ll need the following items:A bell that is loud enough for you to hear at a distance. Pet supply stores often carry bells that are ready to hang. A holiday brass bell on a ribbon can also work. Just make sure your dog cannot get tangled in the strap. Braid the ribbon so there are no dangling strings or straps if need be.A supply of small bite size treats. Freeze dried liver, chicken or cheese are treats that are easy to break into small bites and keep at room temperature.A clicker.A house trained pet.Step 1 – Show the dog the bellShow the dog the bell and gently ring it. Let the dog become familiar with the noise it makes. Do not skip this step. Some dogs startle if they touch the bell and are not expecting it to ring. If you have a sensitive dog, muffle the sound and gradually let it ring louder.Repeat until the dog is comfortable and relaxed with the noise.Step 2 – Teach the dog the bell means treatsPut the bell in your pocket or other location that is out of sight. Periodically bring it out of hiding. Immediately give your dog several small treats. Hide the bell. Stop feeding treats and do not praise, coddle or otherwise give unnecessary attention after the bell has been put away.Repeat until the dog happily startles when it sees the bell brought out of hiding.Step 3 – Let the dog get impatient and touch the bellBring the bell out of hiding as before but withhold the treat. Hold the bell close to the dog’s nose. (About 10 cm. away) If you did enough repetitions of step 2, the dog should be confused and frustrated that you are not feeding any treats. As it gets impatient, it may bark. Ignore that. If your dog is a jumper, then you probably should get working on that problem. In the meantime, try doing the exercise sitting in a chair. Eventually, your dog will brush its nose against the bell in an effort to “point it out”. It thinks it should be getting treats because the bell is present. When it pushes its nose against the bell, click the clicker and give a treat. It is important that you click just as the dog’s nose touches the bell. If you don’t have a clicker, you can use a clearly enunciated “Yes!” Always feed a treat if you click or say the word, “Yes.”Repeat until the dog is touching the bell as soon as you bring it out of hiding.Step 4 – Hang the bell on the door and keep your hand on the bell’s strapRepeat step 3, but hang the bell on the door you intend to use. Keep your hand on the strap.Step 5 – Gradually start taking your hand awayHang the bell on the door. Move your hand 1 – 2 cms away from the bell. Click and treat each time your dog touches the bell. Gradually move your hand away a centimeter at a time. There will come a point where your dog may touch your hand rather than the bell. Ignore that. Give your dog a little time. Chances are it will try to touch the bell in a moment or two. If it does not, then temporarily move your hand closer to the bell. Review easier steps and gradually move your hand away when the dog is ready.Repeat until your hand is completely away from the door and the bell.Step 6 – Start walking away from the doorTake one step away from the door. Continue letting the dog ring the bell. Each time the dog touches the bell, click and treat. Gradually move further and further away from the door until you are approximately 5 meters away.Repeat until your dog is quickly and consistently ringing the bell when you put it up.Step 7 – Start using it before going outsideBefore taking your dog outside, hang the bell on the door. Let the dog ring the bell once. Click and treat. Then take it outside – on leash – to go to the bathroom. Do not use the bell for playtime or it will become a nuisance. Stop rewarding the dog for ringing the bell when you are not planning on going outside. It’s time the dog starts learning that the bell means potty break.Repeat until the dog automatically rings the bell prior to going outside.Step 8 – Hang the bell on the door and let the dog figure it outContinue rewarding your dog for ringing the bell prior to going outside. But also be prepared for a moment of genius. At some point, you will hear the bell ring and you must be ready to reward your dog with a treat and with a bathroom break. However, do not give your dog free play. Reserve the bell for bathroom breaks only. If your dog does start to use the bell excessively, then take it off the door when you return to the house for 2 hours. Put it back up after a reasonable amount of time has passed. Make sure your dog understands the rules – the bell is for bathroom breaks only.Hope this helps!

Durable but not very loud
I like that I could buy a color that went with my decor, and the strap and bells are very durable. This will not fall apart. Unfortunately, there’s a good chance I would not hear the bells if I were on the other side of the house. I definitely would not hear the bells if I were upstairs. Definitely seems like it would work better in a small ranch home.

Happy Customer
We purchased a border collie a few years ago, she went from living on a farm to living in a single family home. We house trained her and that didn’t take long, but when she wanted to go out she would always go stand near the door, bark until I heard her and scratch the paint off the area under the door handle. VERY FRUSTRATING!!!We needed to find a solution to this problem and dog doorbells was it! I had never heard of dog doorbells, but a friend of mine told me there were a few companies that made them. We searched for them on Amazon, and bought some a few months back. It took our dog about a week to understand how we wanted her to use them, but now she rings the bells every time she wants to go out. I must say, hearing the bells ring vs hearing scratching and barking is music to my ears!!!At first I was wasn’t sure if I would be able to teach my dog how to use the bells, so I found a few videos on youtube which helped me get ideas for training our pup. I learned that you shouldn’t react to the bells every time the dog rings the bells, because they will think it’s a toy. If the dog just went to that bathroom and you hear the bells ringing 10 minutes later, chances are the dog just wants attention. I would suggest only reacting when you know the dog hasn’t been out for at least an hour, maybe 35-45 minutes if the dog just ate or it’s a small dog.Well the first bells we bought broke, and we needed a replacement. We hopped back on Amazon and selected Potty Bells because they looked like they were quality. I can tell you that once I opened the package I knew I made the right choice. The material is great, the stitching is great, the rings are solid and the bells are nice a loud. The decoration is cute and it SHIPS WITH A BEGINNER’S GUIDE (Nice touch)!! Our pup took to them with no issues and she’s back to her old ways.So far these Potty Bells are a great product and I would recommend them to anyone who wants to house train their dog. I’ll be back to leave more feed back if anything changes. 5 Stars for now.

Only took a day for my Bc to get get hang of it. Works a treat. Needed bells because she doesn’t whine or bark to be let out. Bells get louder when she’s desperate!

Hangs nicely on the door handle to my bifolds and the bells are not too annoying – loud enough for me to hear and at the different heights works well with my dogs. Easy to train so they now ring the bells when they want to go outside – took only 3 days approx for them to get the drift!