How does your cutie let you know that he/she needs to go?

[nana911]

The girls use pads so nothing there. Baxter sits up and claps his paws together, usually. The other times are really weird. He has Bear tell us. The only time Bear barks in the house is when Baxter has to poop. Baxter will be lying around chillin' and all of a sudden Bear will jump up and start nudging DH and if ignored, bark. Then we know to take Baxter out. Mind you Bear stays in, we only take Baxter out. This works even if Bear is with DH in the basement, he'll start barking and DH will leave Bear in the basement, come upstairs, take Baxter out, then go back downstairs and Bear is relaxed and fine. It's like ESP. Bear is on a schedule of 3 times a day with 1 poop daily only and that is on his early morning walk. So, he really is just speaking for Baxter....how odd is that. I've never heard of such a thing. Any one else have dogs that do that??

[kdreamson]

My dear Mabel just squats in front of me and lets loose! That's how i know she has to pee! Sunday i was steam cleaning the carpet and while my back was turned she peed on my newly clean carpet!(while i was actually cleaning!) She has a fake grass potty box and will use that 50% of the time but she forgets and goes on the carpet. Pooping is another story...that she does anywhere except the potty box! She's only 7 months so we're still working on it. Hopefully she will get it down one day! Until then thank goodness for the Bissell!

[nana911]

Originally Posted by kdreamson

My dear Mabel just squats in front of me and lets loose! That's how i know she has to pee! !

[Roxiesmama]

Roxie scratches at the front door.

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

Well, you can have your dog continuously & obnoxiously bang on a bell as hard as he can while growling at you, like my Cooper does

Originally Posted by LDandPasquale

You have to video tape this...this just made me laugh!!!!

Thank god my Pasquale is pee pee pad trained....if he does #2, he comes racing down the stairs and does little spins to let me know he deserves a cookie for his "accomplishment".

I'll work on that. He'll calmly ring the bell once and then look up at me. If I don't get up immediately he will continually ring it while growling.

[boo-boo]

Boo will come sit directly in front of me and stare at me. If i don't respond right away he lets out a little whine. If i still don't move fast enough he puts his front paws on the footstool, shakes a little, and gives me a pleading look as if to say, "Mom, I"m too good of a dog to to in the house, let me go outside to do it the right way!" He always looks so proud when he does good, and I think he sees going potty in the house as a lost opportunity for praise.

[mycutieduncan]

AMAZINg!!

Originally Posted by nana911

The girls use pads so nothing there. Baxter sits up and claps his paws together, usually. The other times are really weird. He has Bear tell us. The only time Bear barks in the house is when Baxter has to poop. Baxter will be lying around chillin' and all of a sudden Bear will jump up and start nudging DH and if ignored, bark. Then we know to take Baxter out. Mind you Bear stays in, we only take Baxter out. This works even if Bear is with DH in the basement, he'll start barking and DH will leave Bear in the basement, come upstairs, take Baxter out, then go back downstairs and Bear is relaxed and fine. It's like ESP. Bear is on a schedule of 3 times a day with 1 poop daily only and that is on his early morning walk. So, he really is just speaking for Baxter....how odd is that. I've never heard of such a thing. Any one else have dogs that do that??

[dkgraves]

Beau and I haven't fine tuned our communication skills yet...I don't have a clue.

[CruiserCody]

Cody faces the door and turns and looks at us. Of course, that can also means that he wants to go outside and play -- oh well. I wish we could get him to bark or something to let us know. We'll just have to keep working on our communications.

[Rachael x]

If I'm holding her Poppy will cry and get really uncomfertable, and usually tries to get down.
But if she's on the floor she will usually sniff the floor, circle or start walking backwards whilst crying.. Then it's potty time

[Rachael x]

Oh I forgot to add if she is already on the floor near a pad she will go straight to the pad to go potty

[glitter1023]

Lu stares at us and then starts to pace around for a bit, if we don't notice then she just goes

[IamMiasmom]

Mia typically does come over and tremble a bit or will be looking for a wee wee pad near a door if I am not watching close enough. I admit I should be watching closer at times. She is really pretty darned good at this proper potty spot thing!

[JenaLiat]

Originally Posted by kdreamson

My dear Mabel just squats in front of me and lets loose! That's how i know she has to pee! Sunday i was steam cleaning the carpet and while my back was turned she peed on my newly clean carpet!(while i was actually cleaning!) She has a fake grass potty box and will use that 50% of the time but she forgets and goes on the carpet. Pooping is another story...that she does anywhere except the potty box! She's only 7 months so we're still working on it. Hopefully she will get it down one day! Until then thank goodness for the Bissell!

Claire isn't that bad, she was actually doing well for a week or so...but then we trusted her too much and she began pooping on the floor again!! Weird..
She doesn't make ANY noise at all. She walks to the stairs...sometimes down and back up if you don't follow her...if she doesn't feel like waiting she sometimes goes on the rug down stairs...we are also working on this since she is almost 7 months.

[143julz]

The DUDLEY DANCE....paces from kitchen, living room, circiling at a quick pace. Then we say "gotta go potty" he kicks up the dance moves and we let him out