Stella is doing much better! Her belly is all closed up and looks good. The antibiotic seems to have done the trick.In an effort to make potty training a bit easier we placed a bell on each door to the house. Whenever Stella or Darwin went outside we would shake the bell and say, "Potty! Potty!" We did this in the hopes of training them to ring the bell when they needed to go outside. Well, Darwin caught on immediately and rings the bell whenever he needs to go.
I thought Stella would never get the hang of it. After a few weeks she finally rang the bell and I praised her like crazy. Now she is ringing that bell every time she has to go potty and then some! I continued praising her and letting her out when she rang but now....well...if she is bored or in the mood to chase a leaf or a stick...she rings the bell. In the evening she rings the bell about every seven minutes! Last night Joe and I got to laughing so hard because every time he sat down from letting her out she would run back and ring the bell again. After ringing it she would sit down and stare at Joe as if to say, "Get up all ready!"
We are having to make her wait a bit longer after ringing the bell to see if she really needs to go. If she begins to "doggie talk" we know it is a "number two" and we better move quick. If she lays down after ringing it chances are she is playing us. I love the bell but I do think our puppy is way smarter than us.
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Ruby took to the tinkle bell right away. She almost never rings it for purely recreational purposes, although sometimes she is just so wound up that she does ring it even though I know she doesn't have to tinkle.
I'd never seen the bell technique before, but my friend Julie uses it with her dogs. Snuffy is good about it, but Tigger is still kind of baffled. He's not the smartest dog ever, but he's sweet as pie.
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