He does have accidents, though. It's funny, I think he just doesn't quite know when he has to pee, or even when he is peeing! Sometimes (not often, thankfully!) he will actually walk around the house while peeing, dribbling everywhere! Messy!
I'm glad to see someone else with a berner on here! Sammy is my first dog (as an adult, that is), and I am just so proud of him! I think he is the smartest. I'm working on the bell thing with him, but he doesn't get it yet. We'll get there!
I know exactly what you mean about the dribble thing....I call it his track marks! I find that he dribbles most often when he first comes out of his crate
This I understand since he needs to potty so bad. I just don't get why when we are home he HAS to go out way more frequently....
afterall he goes hours on end in his crate at night!
I love my Berner and can't wait till we have a complete trust factor with him! Also with the bell just make sure that you have a specific command you give him when you want him to ring it...we say "Outside? Ring the bell" and we would repeat this to him every time we took him outside followed by "Good boy ring the bell" when he rang it with either paw or nose. When training him to ring the bell we would help him ring the bell whenever we took him out. It took a while and is still trying since he now likes to ring it just to go outside....
But they are the cutest little fur balls!