Wireless Doorbell (for doorbell reactive dogs)

Like most dogs, our 2 boys Pepe and Sarge quickly became reactive to the door bell's *DING DONG* which usually meant intruders wearing UPS uniforms, or service technicians coming to murder us. Obviously the boys always felt the need to react with their most ferocious barking to scare them away. And it works everytime! Everytime they bark their heads off, they've saved us from imminent death. Right!? In their doggy minds. Doorbell tone=murderous intruders. So rather than the painstaking process of training them out of it (which isn't easy if you're not home when the doorbell rings), I decided to cheat our way out of it and eliminate the common denominator. Goodbye doorbell.

I removed the wired doorbell button and installed the wireless battery operated button that controls two wireless plug-in doorbell receivers. I chose these ones because of the vast range of chimes to chose from but also, there is a silent option which also flashes a light on the receivers.

I really wanted a strobe light so I could use no audible tone, just flashing lights, but I only found one of those on the market and not what I was willing to pay. This kit I bought only has a light that flashes on the receiver. It really has to be in your line of sight for you to notice it FYI. But with two receivers, it could be easy to plug one in where you would spend most of your time. For me, I have one in the kitchen by the counter where I do all my food prep, and one in the family room where it is seen from both ends of the house.

This doorbell kit also has volume options! So if you're hard of hearing or want something actually very quiet, you get to choose! For us, I wanted something quiet that maybe the dogs wouldn't notice with the TV or radio on.

For the first 8 months or so, I had our doorbell play a nice chime that included birds chirping. The dogs were totally unaware that someone had just dropped off a package and rang the doorbell as they left. But finally Sarge started to get a little wise to it. I just switched chimes on the doorbell and once again, they are clueless that anyone is swinging by to drop off packages. Success! 

An additional benefit to all this is since they no longer hear the triggering "ding dong" on a weekly basis, they have also become much less reactive to the sounds on TV! Previously, any doorbell played on TV would often send them barking to our front door. Now that reaction has been drastically reduced!

See our wireless doorbell kit here.

With 3 dozen chimes to choose from, I see this being a worthwhile investment for the sanity of our home.

June 2020 Update:
After using this doorbell for a year, it continues to work great for our doorbell reactive dogs! No more charging to the door when the bell rings for delivered packages, contractors coming to the house etc.