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Originally Posted by Sukoshis Gma  Erin.....Do you mean he would move around and his collar would make noise or some other kind of bells? My little girl, that I have only had a month, is really good about going outside but doesn't whine or anything to let me know she wants out. I just have to keep an eye on her and keep track of the time and take her out when I think she needs to go. At night when she is in her crate she will sometimes whine (very rarely) but usually I just seem to hear her moving around and know she is awake and needs to go out. I wish she would some how let me know when she needs to go out. If Loki is not just making noise with his collar what did you teach him to do? Thx. |
Loki has bells attached to a ribbon on the door. He swats at them when he needs to go out. He is very smart and learned how to do that in a week or so. Loki can take like 2 stage commands though. I can tell him to do 2 or 3 things and he will do them. He associates ringing his bells with pottying outside and THEN getting a treat. Sammy has only rang the bells a few times and I think that was just because she was looking out the window. Yesterday she barked at me while standing at the door and I was THRILLED. In the morning she nibbles at my nose and barks at me to wake me up when she needs to go out.
What you need to do it act SO HAPPY when she just goes near the door. It doesn't matter if she needed to go out or not. Sammy thinks the door mat is comfy and sleeps on it. When she goes near the door I'm like "outside??" and I let her out. Sometimes she looks at me like I'm crazy, but slowly she is understanding if she goes to the door - she gets let out!!
When Loki was a baby and slept in his crate (in our room) he would whine and paw at the door to the crate. That was enough to wake me up and I'd go let him out. Once he began to sleep with us - if he woke up (even just to bark at something) I'd let him out. I figured if we were both awake we might as well go outside.