Poochie Bells Puppy Training | All Dog Housetraining

Since dogs can’t talk, it’s up to us to guess when they need to go out. Recommended by professional trainers, the Poochie Bells hang securely from your doorknob. With a 95% training success rate, it won’t be long before your dog is telling you when nature calls.

Train your dog or puppy to tell you when it’s time to go out
Trainer-recommended, with a 95% training success rate
Includes suggested house training tips

Try our Puppy Training Bells – and put the power in their paws.

As with any training method, results depend on the consistency and effort put into training your dog. Our system is based on the great psychologist Ivan Pavlov’s discovery, that one form of learning is a result of repeated stimulus. By ringing the bells each and every time the dog is to go outside (creating a stimulus), your dog will learn to associate the stimulus of the bells with the ability to go outside. No dog is too old to learn this behavior.

     Step 1 Hang the loop of the Training Bells on the inside doorknob (or hook) of the door(s) that your dog typically exits the house. Your Training Bells will hang down approximately 25 inches. Each unit is made to accommodate both small and large breeds. Your dog only needs to nudge any part of the Training Bells unit in order to make the bells ring. Training Bells should stay on the door at all times so that your dog can access them whenever they need to.

     Step 2 Every time you take your pooch outside to potty, state a simple command phrase. We suggest
"Outside...Ring the Bells". Get your family involved! All members of your household should be consistent and use the same wording and actions with your dog.

     Step 3 After stating your command phrase, ring your Training Bells in front of the dog. The dog should see AND hear the bells.

     Step 4 After ringing the bells and saying your command, follow through with praise and allow your dog to go outside. It is important that you NOT reward your dog with a food treat, as they will associate the ringing the bells with receiving food. Also, we suggest that you not use that time to play with your dog outside so they don’t associate ring time with playtime. The dog will eventually associate ringing the bells with going and the praise they receive from their favorite person, you, is reward enough! DO THIS EACH TIME YOUR DOG IS TO GO OUTSIDE. CONSISTENCY IS KEY!

     Step 5 After several weeks of this conditioning, continue to say the phrase you’ve been using each time your dog wants to exit the house. Tell them "Outside...Ring the Bells" and point to the Training Bells. Praise them once they ring the bells and allow the dog to go out. If the dog does NOT ring the bells, you ring the bells, restate your command phrase and then allow the dog outside.

     Step 6 Each following week, repeat this conditioning until your dog starts to ring the bells on their own. It is critical that you praise your dog on his newly learned behavior to reinforce this action.

Remember to always listen for the bells, even if you are in a different part of the house from where you’ve hung your Training Bells. When you hear them ring… let your dog out!! Your dog can now communicate without barking, whining or having accidents in the house.

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Good Value (31), Fun (26), Tough (16), Versatile (14)

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Younger Pets (30), Smaller Pets (23), Larger Pets (21), Older Pets (17), Travel (9)

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Just wish they were louder.

By J.D.

from Portage, IN on 07/23/2009

Good Value

Larger Pets, Older Pets, Smaller Pets, Younger Pets

Long-time Pet Owner

Bottom Line :

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Good quality, just would like it to be louder.

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By Debbie

from New York on 07/16/2009

Fun, Good Value, Versatile

Smaller Pets, Travel, Younger Pets

I think this is a great idea...I have one older dog (14 years old) and two puppies. So its a busy house. One of the puppies have caught on quicker than the other. She goes over and rubs against the bells. There both so small...you can't see them go to the door to go out. But you can hear the bells.

Works great

By Nurse Vickie

from Sacramento, CA on 06/12/2009

New Pet Owner

My new puppy learned to ring the bell, within the first couple of days. We have had no accidents since we received the bells. When people come over they are impressed. I would incourage anyone to use this item

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Wonderful training tool!

By DeAnna

from Springfield, Illinois on 06/10/2009

Fun, Good Value, Tough, Versatile

Larger Pets, Older Pets, Smaller Pets, Travel, Younger Pets

These have been very helpful training my Husky Pup!!

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These are fabulous!!!

By Kim the happy dog owner from Moraga, CA on 06/09/2009

Really Work, Worth Every Penny

Cons :

No Cons

All Dogs

I have 2 Golden Retrievers 1 is 14 years old the other is 5 years old both potty trained. I adopted a small breed probably a mix of poodle and maltese (we don't know for sure)at 2 years old. He was never properly potty trained and I had a hell of time for 8 months trying. Then I bought 2 sets of these bells (one for each patio door)and within 3 days he started ringing them! My husband thought I was nuts when I made the purchase but they really work. Buy them now! You won't regret it. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

great idea we are still training!

By beagle owner

from Des Moines, Iowa on 05/25/2009

Fun, Good Value

I have a new beagle puppy and we are just starting training, but I love the idea.

RINGS THE BELL WHEN SHE HAS TO GO OUT

By CASEY

from NEW YORK on 05/14/2009

Fun

GREAT CONCEPT ESPECIALLY FOR DOGS THAT DO NOT BARK TO TELL YOU THEY HAVE TO GO.

The best training aid EVER!

By BAM

from Austin, TX on 05/14/2009

Fun, Good Value, Tough

I live in Texas and it's now snake season. I use a doggy door during the cooler months when I know it's safe for the "kids" to go outside. I just got a new puppy and it literally took her 1 day to get that she needed to ring the bells to get outside. Now my 2 older dogs use it too. It's been the greatest training aid I've gotten yet!

Puppy Training Bells

By Barb

from Monument, CO on 05/14/2009

Our one year old dog is "getting it" finally. Hanging it on the door didn't work since there wasn't enough space between the bells and the door to get a loud enough "ring". We hung it on a bracket that stands out further from the wall by the front door. Concept is great.

So easy to train!

By kt-rn23

from Columbus, OH on 05/08/2009

Not Durable

These bells are easy to hang, easy to use and cute - the only complaints I have are the selection was a little limited when I ordered - and they're not too durable, so if you have an out-of-control chewer, they may not hold up well enough for you. My pup likes to play in them, but we just take him outside when he starts to - and he leaves them alone. And yes, they actually work - our pup now nudges them when he wants to go outside - after only a few weeks of training. Helped a lot with housebreaking, buy two so you can have one for the front and back door!

Puppy Training Bells

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