Yup, sounds like you're doing it perfectly! With the bell, we would say "outside" and gently push our puppy's nose to ring the bell, then go outside.
One thought about bell vs. scratching the door - It's definitely not too late to change, and the bell might be a less destructive habit in the long run. One benefit that we've found is that we sometimes leave our dog with friends if we go away, and we can bring a bell to their house and Banjo will ring it there, too. Others might not want their door scratched. Greg Morphis wrote: > seems pretty simple, right? > every few hours carry him to the door, > associate a word like "potties" or whatever and do something like ring > a bell or scratch the door. > Reward him after he defecates and urinates > That sound close? > > > On 11/10/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Varies from dog to dog. Took my puppy 2 or 3 days....takes some weeks. If >> it's taking longer, yer probly doin' something wrong :) >> >> On 11/9/06, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Just an update, so far so good. Loki has used the bathroom outside all >>> lastnight and all day today. >>> There's been a couple times I forgot to scratch the door with his paw, >>> but I'm getting better too :). I know we just started, but how long >>> does it usually take for a puppy to learn this? days? weeks? months? >>> I've been holding him and walking him to the door. I grab the leash, >>> bags and treats and then I take his paw and gently scratch the door. I >>> imagine he'll eventually learn to walk over to the door and scratch. I >>> really like the bell idea, that sounds cool. Is it wise to change the >>> routine though? Should I stick with the scratching the door? >>> >>> Thanks guys! >>> >>> On 11/9/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I'm a good example of what happens when you DONT train them young... >>>> >>>> On 11/9/06, Mike Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> From: "G Money" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> He's also a yapper breed. >>>>> Just like you! :-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220282 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
