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Doggie Doorbell

Doggie Doorbell
Just a quick way for your dogs to let you know when they have to go out.
 
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Step 1Supplies

Supplies
You'll need a pair of sharp scissors, eight or so jingle bells and about three feet of string.
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Mar 8, 2008. 4:00 PMboringhistorygirl says:
this is a great idea. however, i have cats. cats are much more evil. they would be ringing the bell at 3.00am, with no intention of going out. but once i was up they'd say 'well you're here, you may as well feed me anyway"! i love them, but sometimes they drive me nuts.
Nov 15, 2011. 8:20 PMcrazycloud says:
My mother had a cat that used the bells that were already there as a door alarm. If the bells were out of reach at night he would dump books on her from a bookcase on the wall. LOL
Apr 2, 2008. 9:11 PMW8del4 says:
my dogs loved to do the ol "ring the bell at 3 am" trick too. we put a hook on the door so we can hang the bells out of their reach at night!
Jul 31, 2011. 1:06 PMdombeef says:
When I saw the first picture I thought it was my dog, your's looks just like my jack russel but a bit younger, and skinnier :)
Sep 5, 2010. 12:07 PMarcherj says:
I used this to teach my dog Bonnie to ask to go out. I took hold of her foot and hit the bells--it didn't take her long to do it on her own. Then when I brought another dog to live with us, he learned it by watching her. The only difference was Bairie hit the bells with his nose--pretty smart, huh? I now have a 3rd one named Greta, and they have a doggie door, thank goodness; the bells would have kept me too busy!
Jan 19, 2009. 10:03 AMchuckr44 says:
This did not work for our Shitzu, but I'm sure it will work for dogs with a whole brain.
Apr 27, 2010. 1:15 PMseabananers says:
LOL
Apr 9, 2009. 10:33 PMkippopotomus says:
When i was a kid we had a shih tzu that used to ring a bell like this to go out. He was really good though. Eventually the string broke and he would just come get us when he really had to go. Now I have a rat terrier/ JRT mix. I love him but he isn't as bright as gizmo was. (i know doesn't seem right)
Aug 24, 2009. 2:08 PMmissdee60639 says:
I have 2 JRT's. a boy, Wishbone(tan markings) and a girl, The Lady Feisty Diva (black markings). They are smarter than their owner. I'm going to try the bells. Great idea!!!
Mar 6, 2009. 7:30 PMMr. Smart Kid says:
i love JRTs i have 4 harley, ryder , spot, peanut
Nov 27, 2008. 8:41 AMcoleman226 says:
cool nice idea :)
Sep 9, 2008. 8:37 PMsweetkits says:
my table looks like that
Sep 7, 2008. 6:34 PMchevonne says:
I really wish I had found this instructable before my dog made such mess of the wall right next to the door. Her nails have dug into the drywall, right through the paper covering. That is really a great idea, I will definitely try it before we even attempt to fix the wall.
Jul 16, 2008. 10:32 AMChevyscrounger says:
A few days before I found this instructable I bought one of those little diner type bells with the intention of teaching our 9 month old Bassett to use it. Thats been 3 weeks ago and so far he's rang the bell to go out 3 times.. so i think he's getting the hang of it.
Apr 4, 2008. 5:05 AMzako says:
hey i just got to say, easy but clever, great idea. i think my dog is a bit to dumb to use it but i will give it a shot thanks
Mar 31, 2008. 6:50 PMGeorgeTP says:
I've been doing this with my dog ever since she was a puppy. It works great, but we have scratch marks all over the door. Trying to move the bells didn't work and she jumps even higher, scratching more. She even does this to all our doors and learned that can open them. Otherwise, it's flawless.
Mar 24, 2008. 4:48 PMHeb111arc says:
This is a wonderful tool. Fortunently, the door my dogs use is a glass sliding door, So my little girl, newly named Luna, jumps on the door. It's funny b/c the longer I make her wait the harder she "knocks" on the door. The glass is really dirty now though, bc of winter-muddy-feet on the outside of the door (when she asks to come in.) I may switch her to some jingle bells. :)
Mar 24, 2008. 12:26 AMRob K says:
This did not work for me. I knew about this and tried it a few months ago. Dog just wanted to go outside all the time not when she had to go. Now she just runs into the blinds when you just mention "outside"
Mar 20, 2008. 11:06 PMartoftexas says:
Ya know, I wanted to do this for my dog but he would be ringin' that thing all night long just to make me walk downstairs....just as I managed to slip into the arms of Morpheus! Drat that dog! It is a great idea for new dogs and all-time inside dogs. We finally just decided that he is old enough (and well-trained enuf) to calmly come and sit in front of us when he wanted to go play, and to do his little excited okay mom-it slipped up on me and I gotta GO! dance when really necessary. He is a Gooood Boy! LOLOL!
Mar 16, 2008. 2:56 PMranex says:
we did this for our dog and we trained her at fist to tap the bell because she could smell the bit of dog food in it- but after we took the food out she kept on trying to eat the bells so we had to take it off butt this is a good training took if she wants to go out she just sits in front of the door and waits- its even transitioned to other things, she'll sit by her bowl if she wants water
Mar 12, 2008. 4:19 PMTamarGirl says:
What a good / simple / clever / inexpensive idea! I have a cat/dog flap in the security door, but not in the inside door. I've been trying to think of way to do something similar for a while. I bought one of those awful whistling gnomes but for some reason it didn't whistle when Bill came up to it. Must give this a go and because he's such a clever boy (I'm besotted, can you tell!) he'll soon work it out.
Mar 8, 2008. 3:26 PMNoodle93 says:
+1 vote and +1 rating because it's a good idea. Your jack russell is cute. I had one once, they're good dogs.
Mar 8, 2008. 10:06 PMNoodle93 says:
Yes, I see she is getting a tad large :P
Mar 8, 2008. 3:12 PMGorillazMiko says:
What a great idea!
And your dog is very cute.
Great job, +1 vote AND +1 rating.
Mar 8, 2008. 3:13 PMSunbanks says:
That's a great idea! My dog will just stand in our kitchen so you never know if he wants out or just wants to be petted. So if I do this he can just "tell" us when he wants out instead of standing in the waiting for us to either let him out or pet him.
Mar 8, 2008. 7:59 PMWeissensteinburg says:
Nice =]

If we didn't have a doggie door, i'd make one for my dog.
Mar 8, 2008. 6:50 PMpingeee says:
"Before long you will hear the soft jingle when they ring for you on their own" That's so cute
Mar 8, 2008. 5:54 PMBrennn10 says:
+1, +1, I love this idea!

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