Teach the dog to ring the bell, either with her nose or her paw. Click/reward when she does it. When she can do it reliably you can name it "ring the bell". I have a bell that I tie to the bottom rung of a chair that sits near the door. Every time we go out for a potty break, I ask the dog to ring the bell. The dog soon catches on. She doesn't overly ring it, but sometimes uses it to tell me that it's time for supper, a walk, or that I forgot her suppertime cookie!
We also have an "Easy" button from Staples. Lots of fun, same idea, except these can be picked up, chewed and physically abused........
I bought leather string/cord from Michaels and about 8-10 large bells for each door. Made the stands myself.
My problem is my youngest pup rings it and the 9 month old stopped ringing it so we are re-training him to ring the bell. We bang their paw or nose on it.
