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I received this product quickly and was pleasantly surprised at the qualitythe Diva Dog print ribbon seems sturdy and is adorable. The metal hardware and bells are of good quality as well. The bells ring loud enough to hear them anywhere on the first floor, but I'm not sure I would hear them upstairs behind a closed door.
As for the training ease of these bells, I have a Weimaraner/Lab mix named Molly who was 3 months old when we got this product. As soon as this was delivered, (June 3) I placed it on our back door and faithfullyEVERY SINGLE TIME I took her out I would lift the bells off the door and prompt her 'Ring your bells'. She would sit and stare at me as if I had three heads. Take her out, potty, back inside, rinse, repeat. All day, every day, for a month. She would never ring the bells herself.
Fast forward to about a week ago, maybe July 14th? SHE RANG THE BELLS HERSELF. I scrambled and praised and took her out immediately, and from then on I had created a monster. She rings the bells to go outside, sometimes to potty, sometimes not. She rings the bells to go outside whenever she pleases, and sometimes, she makes a stealth potty inside and then RINGS THE BELL TO LET ME KNOW. So it is absolutely possible to train any dog to ring these bells to go outside. No guarantee that they will catch on that they are potty bells, and not go-outside-in-the-humid-heat-and-roll-around-in-grass-while-making-owner-miserable bells. But, I suspect that in time, she will catch on to this as well.
Over all, I would order this product again, and am considering getting another set for the front door.
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So, we have a 2 pound Maltese. She is scared to walk across the tile to the door, and even if she would scratch, we couldn't hear it. We bought this about a month ago. We started by taking her to the bells, and using her paw or her nose to get her to ring the bell. Then we'd say "Outside". After a while, we would just lead her to the bell (which is on the wall before the tile) and say "Ring the bell to go OUTSIDE". We emphasized the word outside. We would ring the bell, then tap the wall next to the bell until she nudged it with her nose. Then we started asking "Do you need to go outside?" And she would run to the bell and give it a nudge with her nose. Now, about 50% of the time, when she wants to go outside, even just to play, she gives it a little nudge with her nose. We can also get her to go outside by ringing the bell ourselves. She's still learning, but she definitely associates the bell with going out. You just need to be consistent and PATIENT! It won't happen overnight. Like I said, it's been a month for us, and we are still not all the way there, but we have high hopes. It takes different time for different dogs, just don't give up!
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