Loki rings a bell to go outside. The bell took us from 95% housetrained to 100%. I'm sure the accidents were only because we were missing it.
Loki rings them when he has to go and sometimes if someone is outside in the driveway (we have a townhouse). We have 3 neighbors who share a driveway so he knows who they are and sometimes wants to go out to see them. Otherwise if it's a stranger he will bark.
We don't really go out that door for "playtime" We don't have a fence so he goes out to potty on a leash, otherwise he's on a walk. It's even a different harness and leash for a walk, plus I tell him we are going on a walk, so he knows the difference. If he goes out to the yard and doesn't do his thing I just call him back in, so it's no fun anyway. The leash helps!! |