Gottago gottago ring!ring!ring!:House training dogs
As you may have already know,Palette is our first dog ever to live with.
She is special to me,and everything I did/do with her is new to me. I always learn new thing from her,and enjoy every moment with her.
If I could rewind time to re-do something with her in training department, it will be house training. She is house trained now,but it wasn't smooth ride to get to the goal.
First thing I tried was just simply taking her out as often as we can.
Every couple of hours,I took her out for potty,praised her for success but at night time or time I cannot keep an eye on,I placed pee-pad. She sniffed at it,she eliminated on it,but occasionally,she missed the paper.
Thinking back now,I wonder if I were keep sending confusing message to her by providing this pee-pads. Why? Because by placing the pee-pads,you sort of telling them to eliminate inside the house,yet you also tell them to go eliminating outside on the grass. If I were Palette,I might have been wondering which of the two places,I should eliminate on.
Another thing with pee-pad is that Palette loved tearing it up if it were not in use and I have once caught her wearing like super-man cape.It was hilarious moment,but at the same time,I wondered if the material used for pee-pad is safe to dogs if accidentally swallowed by them.
Hello,world!
Me in the pee-pad dress..
So, I abandoned the pee-pad entirely and tried to find her potty time pattern.
By then,I read lots of dog related magazines or dog books and, I found that many reading materials tell you to try taking dogs out after following occasion.
** waking up from nap/sleep
** play session
** feeding
** start sniffing ground busily
** start circling around
** start whining
I think following this suggestion worked to some points. I became more keen observer and better timing to catch her and take her out to eliminate outside.
Another thing I tried to above was I set her feeding time on schedule and recorded feeding time and elimination time,and tried to find her elimination pattern. I tried to set her up for success. I saw some patterns and it helped to some extent.
However,this was not still perfect solution to me.
Some people may find dogs eliminating on carpet and yell at them,but it is not good practice.
Because it just telling them that that particular area is not good place to eliminate.You should be telling them where is their place to eliminate,as opposed to telling them "do not eliminate at xxz area.
It is much easier for them to understand you and to succeed.Chances are,if you yell at them when they were eliminating on your carpet,dogs would find other place away from people next time,and they would try finding the area they were not yelled at.
Therefore, I tried observing Palette very good and took her out when I think is elimination time.Then,I also used crate when I could not keep an eye on her.
I read that dogs, in nature, try best to hold not eliminate inside the den-like place (place where they sleep or eat).It seemed keeping her in the crate when I could not keep an eye on her was helping.When I did so, I made sure that I take her out right after she gets out from the crate.
However, "Gottago doorbell", for Palette and I, turned out to be the best tool to use for potty training.
By the time I introduced it to Palette,she was house trained. She knew outside is elimination area.Problem was,sometimes,her signals to me for potty call,was not crystal clear,and now and then,I missed her signals.
Thus,bell for us was to know her exact time she needs to go potty.
Here is a question for you.
What signals do you take as potty call from your dogs?
Do they paw at you?Do they scratch door?Do they bark? Do they stare?Do they whine with attention?
Sometimes,dogs and human don't speak the same language and can be on the different page and it becomes tricky to communicate each other to fine tune.
For me,this bell helped both of us very much. You will hear the sound of the bell,and you know Palette needs potty.
Palette knows bell means potty. Bell does not mean outside to play,but potty. You hear the sound even if you are at different room with TV on. Therefore, we had better communication via bell when it comes to potty time.
Some occasion,we have guests in our house.They don't know about bell at first. When we are talking each other,you suddenly hear "Ring".
They usually ask us "What's that sound?" We smile and tell them,it is our dog calling us for potty. They get surprise with it,but it is always entertaining to them.
I know there is a bell that you hung over the door knob.Supposedly dogs rings the bell but it can ring the bell when one of your family members come inside the house. Therefore, when it happens,dogs maybe stay inside the house without potty time outside although bell rang. So,I am not sure how effective it will be.
"Gottago doorbell" is basically a bell you see at customer service desk at the store.When you don't see staff at the desk,you would ring it to call him.That is "gottago door bell" is. I think we got ours at about $20 or so.
Our dog "Palette" leaned the bell in one day. I was expected to take more days for her to understand it but,I was wrong. It was easy,and fun.
The bell itself will come with instruction but,for couple of times, I rang the bell for her and gave her treats although she did not paw at the bell to ring it.
I praised her as if she did something great. Then,we went outside,waited a little.If she did not do any,I brought her back in right away because I did not want her to think it was the bell for going sniffing on the ground.
If she eliminated as she should,she hit the jackpot,and she got yummy treats.
After she got elimination success outside,I started putting cue on the behavior. I say "Go potty",and she goes.
After dogs start using the bell for signal to you as potty break cue,you do not want to ignore the bell. Go take dogs out right after the bell.
To make the bell as effective as it should,you want to make sure that you will take your dog out every bell your dogs ring. If they did not eliminate when you take them out,just simply bring them back in right away.
Watch how Palette rings the bell. You can hear the bell sound too. That is what she does when she needs to go potty.
She went potty after this video taping.If you are a blog subscriber, please click here to watch the video.
Palette and Gottago Door bell
One other thing I like about this bell is that,it is compact bell and you can bring it with you when you travel to relatives house,for example.
All you need to do is to let your dog know where you have put the bell for her to ring. As long as they know where the bell is,they can tell you their potty time with no errors. You will just make sure you take them out when you hear the bell.
For cleaning carpet,we use Spotbot cleaner.It works very good on our carpet. When you clean the carpet for elimination accident,you want to use good enzyme cleaner to eliminate the scent in the urine.
For us,Spotbot worked very good.You can find it at your nearest Target store.
Gottago? Ring the bell. Ring!
P.S. Please note that I am not a dog trainer.
She is special to me,and everything I did/do with her is new to me. I always learn new thing from her,and enjoy every moment with her.
If I could rewind time to re-do something with her in training department, it will be house training. She is house trained now,but it wasn't smooth ride to get to the goal.
First thing I tried was just simply taking her out as often as we can.
Every couple of hours,I took her out for potty,praised her for success but at night time or time I cannot keep an eye on,I placed pee-pad. She sniffed at it,she eliminated on it,but occasionally,she missed the paper.
Thinking back now,I wonder if I were keep sending confusing message to her by providing this pee-pads. Why? Because by placing the pee-pads,you sort of telling them to eliminate inside the house,yet you also tell them to go eliminating outside on the grass. If I were Palette,I might have been wondering which of the two places,I should eliminate on.
Another thing with pee-pad is that Palette loved tearing it up if it were not in use and I have once caught her wearing like super-man cape.It was hilarious moment,but at the same time,I wondered if the material used for pee-pad is safe to dogs if accidentally swallowed by them.
Hello,world!
Me in the pee-pad dress..
So, I abandoned the pee-pad entirely and tried to find her potty time pattern.
By then,I read lots of dog related magazines or dog books and, I found that many reading materials tell you to try taking dogs out after following occasion.
** waking up from nap/sleep
** play session
** feeding
** start sniffing ground busily
** start circling around
** start whining
I think following this suggestion worked to some points. I became more keen observer and better timing to catch her and take her out to eliminate outside.
Another thing I tried to above was I set her feeding time on schedule and recorded feeding time and elimination time,and tried to find her elimination pattern. I tried to set her up for success. I saw some patterns and it helped to some extent.
However,this was not still perfect solution to me.
Some people may find dogs eliminating on carpet and yell at them,but it is not good practice.
Because it just telling them that that particular area is not good place to eliminate.You should be telling them where is their place to eliminate,as opposed to telling them "do not eliminate at xxz area.
It is much easier for them to understand you and to succeed.Chances are,if you yell at them when they were eliminating on your carpet,dogs would find other place away from people next time,and they would try finding the area they were not yelled at.
Therefore, I tried observing Palette very good and took her out when I think is elimination time.Then,I also used crate when I could not keep an eye on her.
I read that dogs, in nature, try best to hold not eliminate inside the den-like place (place where they sleep or eat).It seemed keeping her in the crate when I could not keep an eye on her was helping.When I did so, I made sure that I take her out right after she gets out from the crate.
However, "Gottago doorbell", for Palette and I, turned out to be the best tool to use for potty training.
By the time I introduced it to Palette,she was house trained. She knew outside is elimination area.Problem was,sometimes,her signals to me for potty call,was not crystal clear,and now and then,I missed her signals.
Thus,bell for us was to know her exact time she needs to go potty.
Here is a question for you.
What signals do you take as potty call from your dogs?
Do they paw at you?Do they scratch door?Do they bark? Do they stare?Do they whine with attention?
Sometimes,dogs and human don't speak the same language and can be on the different page and it becomes tricky to communicate each other to fine tune.
For me,this bell helped both of us very much. You will hear the sound of the bell,and you know Palette needs potty.
Palette knows bell means potty. Bell does not mean outside to play,but potty. You hear the sound even if you are at different room with TV on. Therefore, we had better communication via bell when it comes to potty time.
Some occasion,we have guests in our house.They don't know about bell at first. When we are talking each other,you suddenly hear "Ring".
They usually ask us "What's that sound?" We smile and tell them,it is our dog calling us for potty. They get surprise with it,but it is always entertaining to them.
I know there is a bell that you hung over the door knob.Supposedly dogs rings the bell but it can ring the bell when one of your family members come inside the house. Therefore, when it happens,dogs maybe stay inside the house without potty time outside although bell rang. So,I am not sure how effective it will be.
"Gottago doorbell" is basically a bell you see at customer service desk at the store.When you don't see staff at the desk,you would ring it to call him.That is "gottago door bell" is. I think we got ours at about $20 or so.
Our dog "Palette" leaned the bell in one day. I was expected to take more days for her to understand it but,I was wrong. It was easy,and fun.
The bell itself will come with instruction but,for couple of times, I rang the bell for her and gave her treats although she did not paw at the bell to ring it.
I praised her as if she did something great. Then,we went outside,waited a little.If she did not do any,I brought her back in right away because I did not want her to think it was the bell for going sniffing on the ground.
If she eliminated as she should,she hit the jackpot,and she got yummy treats.
After she got elimination success outside,I started putting cue on the behavior. I say "Go potty",and she goes.
After dogs start using the bell for signal to you as potty break cue,you do not want to ignore the bell. Go take dogs out right after the bell.
To make the bell as effective as it should,you want to make sure that you will take your dog out every bell your dogs ring. If they did not eliminate when you take them out,just simply bring them back in right away.
Watch how Palette rings the bell. You can hear the bell sound too. That is what she does when she needs to go potty.
She went potty after this video taping.If you are a blog subscriber, please click here to watch the video.
Palette and Gottago Door bell
All you need to do is to let your dog know where you have put the bell for her to ring. As long as they know where the bell is,they can tell you their potty time with no errors. You will just make sure you take them out when you hear the bell.
For cleaning carpet,we use Spotbot cleaner.It works very good on our carpet. When you clean the carpet for elimination accident,you want to use good enzyme cleaner to eliminate the scent in the urine.
For us,Spotbot worked very good.You can find it at your nearest Target store.
Gottago? Ring the bell. Ring!
P.S. Please note that I am not a dog trainer.
Posted by yassy at 7/1/2009 6:56 PM 
Categories: Dog training
Tags: dogs house training gottago doorbell
Categories: Dog training
Tags: dogs house training gottago doorbell
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