Dog Health Questions: Potty Bell dog training?

I'm bringing my puppy home soon and I am wondering how I can train my dog to ring the potty bell to indicate it needs to go outside! I'm going to use the crate training technique with it.

Can I teach her this immediately or should I wait until I'm a few months into crate training?
What do I do if she keeps ringing the bell to get my attention or to play outside instead?

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Ring the bell everytime you take the puppy outside to potty, make sure you use the word potty or outside as well. A good training method is to praise the pup and say 'good boy/girl OUTSIDE' when they do go outside. And when they have an accident inside use a stern voice to let them know you are not happy and say 'OUTSIDE' and then take them out where they are supposed to go.
As long as you ring the bell when taking them out, they will get the hang of it and mimic that, its just like any other training, it takes a little while for them to catch on. I have never had a dog ring the bell just for attention, although sometimes they do ring it just to go outside and play, but its not enough of a problem to cause much of an issue and I have 4 dogs we use that tool on.

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• Simply ring the bell everytime you bring her outside to potty. All you need is patience she will eventually learn but it will take time.