So here it is. The cow bell with the macrame hanger. I put it on this small Shepard's hook by the back door (the plant died in the extended cold we had this winter). I made it just long enough that when my dog runs under it on his way to the door he brushes it and it will ring. OK, that was the plan. And lo and behold it works. Well, twice so far. The idea is to teach him to ring the bell when he wants back in.
He is such a sweet heart. He doesn't bark when he wants in. He used to ram his nose against the storm door but last fall my son took it down for me. This really dumbfounded my poor Schatten. He just stands out there. Waiting. If he gets desperate now he has started scratching but I don't want him doing that so decided he needs a door bell. Or in this case a cow bell. Time will tell if he figures it out and drives me crazy with that bell. He is pretty smart.
