Hi Linda,
What you didn't do was introduce the bells to the dogs. What were you
thinking?? Of course they were alarmed at this irritating noise everytime
they moved. When you train animals you don't suddenly dump a new experience
on them but introduce gradually. One reason for putting bells on
Hi Linda,
Both my Berners (Daisy and Buddy) are used to noises since I made it a habit
to drop objects, etc. during their puppyhood. I bought two bells (small and
medium) from the Care-A-Lot Pets catalog. They are not as loud as the Swiss
bells. I think I could have hung the Liberty Bell from
My Winston used to love to wear his Swiss bell. When he was a puppy, I
got a tiny wedding bell and put it on his collar just for fun. It didn't
phase him at all and he wore it all the time on his collar. When I was at
the Specialty in Wisconsin, I bought a beautiful, melodic Swiss bell
Between name tags, Home Again chip id tag (you just never can be too
careful) and rabies tag, I don't need bells on my babes, the jingle wherever
they go.
I like the idea of a bell though, give the squirrels a fighting chance (as
if they need it, they sit in the trees and laugh at Clyde as it is,
