[yorkietalkjilly]

Tibbe goes around in fast circles after staring at me to tell me he wants to go outside. When I was housebreaking him, he soon learned to fib about the need to potty as an excuse to get out and enjoy the outside and stared/circled A LOT - many times a day. I just started ignoring him or telling him no when I darn well knew it wasn't really time to potty and he soon figured out that the jig was up as when he really did badly need to go out to actually potty, if I ignored him or told him no, he would get pretty frantic and keep going around in circles and start to bounce off the couch with his paws, even whining a little sometimes. So with a well-housebroken dog, their frantic attitude of going to the door, looking at your desperately and not taking no for an answer will let you know they aren't fibbing and must get out before going right in the house. So his fibbing didn't last all that long as he learned I wasn't buying what he was selling!

So hang in there, remove the bells or just ignore them or tell her no when she is fib-ringing and she'll figure it out. Funny thing is, when they get older all that passion to get and stay outside diminishes quit a bit and they stop even trying to fib.