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Originally Posted by cookiemonster I didn't train my other Yorkie to bark. She just started doing that one day. I've heard of the bell thing on the door, but sometimes she'll be locked in our bedroom with us and not able to "ring the bell" at the outside door. She knows to go outside, she just doesn't tell us when she has to go. I usually can tell by her mannerisms but I can't watch her every second of every day! I just wish she'd bark or paw at me or something. |
Oh okay. It's an interesting question and I had a squizz round the internet. The only piece of information I could find was this link
http://www.bigdogboutique.com/Produc...k_outside.html which joins the two commands (barking and going outside) together. It may be the more time-consuming option particularly if she isn't a barker (according to what I've read, some are and some aren't) but if you can teach her to 'speak', then the connection to 'asking to go out' should be fairly straightforward. Maybe when your other little girl barks, you could start reinforcing the word 'speak' and maybe your little quiet girl will eventually catch on
If not, most other websites seem to recommend either installing a puppy door (which might not suit you) or a bell. I found this on the net which looks like it might be quite good
http://www.pamperedpuppy.com/puppytr...oor_bell_1.php and there's also this
http://www.smarthome.com/62212.html. Perhaps one of them will be a good option
