Using a bell to housebreak your dog will give them a way to communicate the need to go out, and is a great way to stop the housebreak horror.

As promised in my last post I wanted to talk about Using a bell to housebreak your dog will give them a way to communicate the need to go out, and is a great way to stop the housebreak horror.

Let me start by saying this is not my first Dog. But this is my first Miniature Dachshund and my first housebreaking horror.

I felt like I was doing everything I was supposed to do, including but not limited to taking him our first thing in the morning and after a meal. I became obsessed with trying to housebreak this dog. I tried not to let him out of my site (which only worked until the first time I let my guard down). I knew that he was smart; he had proven it time and time again in other training sessions. I had been struggling for weeks and I was at the end of my rope. I was not looking forward to spending the next 10 to 15 years cleaning up his business. And I knew that he knew what it was all about. Because I had been using what we called a business treat to encourage him. I would tell him "go outside and do business” “for a business treat”, then I would keep repeating it until I saw him do his thing. Once it was done I would praise him and once inside I would give him a business treat. (Usually they were on the counter) It only took a day or two before; he would go out do his business, then run in staring at the counter, expecting a business treat. When he started doing this I thought we had solved the problem but I was wrong he still did not seem to know how to tell me he wanted out.

That is when it hit me I would try using a bell to housebreak him. I thought it would help him communicate the fact that he wanted to go outside. So with my fingers crossed I found an old Christmas decoration with a big bell on it, put a hook in the bottom half of the door and hung the bell there from a short chain and called it the business bell.

Housetraining With Kingdom of Pets

If you are looking for a great resource to help you with your housebreaking chores, then I highly recommend The Ultimate House Training Guide from the folks at Kingdom of pets. I purchased the obedience training program a few years ago and I learned many of my techniques from this program. It was priced well and offered everything I was looking for.

 One of the most important things I look for in a training technique is a positive training approach. I prefer a method that focuses on catching your dog doing something right and praising that behavior to the method that focuses on disciplining the negative.

“The Ultimate House Training Guide", by Martin Olliver is a comprehensive guide to the widespread, challenging and frustrating issue faced by all dog-owners.This is a Fun, friendly and educational guide written by a Qualified Veterinarian. It is like having a vet at your fingertips but without the bill.

This book takes a valuable commonsense approach to behavior training. You don’t have to be experienced in canine behavior and training to see that this guy knows what he’s talking about.

This book explains the tools of the trade Patience, Persistence, Consistence and Common Since. It gives advice that is morale-boosting and will help you keep your cool during the process. It covers not only the training of a new puppy but also offers reliable techniques for older dogs as well. It covers all three of the
most popular methods of housebreaking Paper-training, Crate-training and the Direct Method. He has also dealt with the many varieties of house training issues that pet owners deal with. The topics range from territorial marking to poop-eating.

There is even an in depth section on health-related problems, congenital problems (problems your dog was born with) and disease-related problems that develop later in life.

This detailed guide even covers the issues that arise after your pet is housebroken like inappropriate outdoor elimination, or lawn-burn from urination.

One of my favorite sections of the book is the Top Ten Tips for hassle-free house training, which is a recap of the most helpful, and necessary attitude adjustments, practical tips, and useful nuggets of general knowledge which will come in most handy in your dog’s training.

The adorable mascot is a pooch called Spot-Less and he will lead you step by step with helpful how-to illustrations. This book is user-friendly and packed with practical advice that is laid out logically. It is easy to understand with no confusing terminology or gaps in logic.

Another priceless addition to this book is the free personalized email consultation with the team at Kingdom of Pets. If you’d like additional help with your own
dog’s toilet-related issues, send them an email and you’ll get an individualized professional opinion on how best to handle the problem - plus any additional tips and strategies necessary to get your house training under control.

All in all, two thumbs up from me: when the information on hand is as detailed, easy to absorb, and - above all – reliable as The Ultimate House Training Guide, you really can’t go wrong. May your dog’s initiation to house training proceed Spot-Lessly!