I am new to this forum and already posted once and enjoying it very much, so now I can't stop but asking those questions that keep buzzing in my head!

When I open the garden door to let her out to do her "business", she barks to let me know she wants to be let back in, yet when she is indoor and wants to go out in the garden she won't bark! If I happen to notice that she is hanging around the back door then I get the message and open it for her. If I don't (because I am not there or fail to notice) she will pee or poo near the door so I want to stop this.

How can I teach her to bark at me not just to come in but also to go out?

Hi Daisy_dog,

Welcome to the forum :) 

IMO it's not a great idea to "encourage" dogs to bark to ask out - you may just find she decides it's a great way of getting your attention for everything and she barks constantly to get out even when she doesn't "need" to go out :rolleyes: Can't you just tell I've been there, done that and had the headaches???? :D

I'm not sure how old your dog is?  If still a pup in training or an older re-homed dog then personally I think you'd be better to devote your time to keeping an eye on her so that you don't miss her asking out ;) and when she has asked out it's really best to go with her and praise for her desired performance rather than put her out alone and shut the door.  IMO it's best to prevent her barking to get back in also - which I'm sure your neighbours don't appreciate :)

Regards, Teri

You can buy a 'doggy doorbell'...... and then teach her that the sound of the doorbell means the door gets opened.

Mind you, one of mine learned that id come running whenever i heard it........

Em

hi there,

she is still a puppy, just under a year old. I see your point of view but I don't think that she will go barking mad, she rarely barks, so I don't think that it will start her off and cause any nuisance as such. When I let her out for a wee or poo, she does take her time evaluating the perfect spot, position, smelling around, checking out the garden if she can find anything new to amuse her... the garden is not very big but with this cold I can't be asked to supervise her whilst she is out and wait for her to finish to mess around a play! Whenever she is ready to come back in she barks a couple of time and i open the door.
She doesn't bark for anything else.

This doggy doorbell is your ingenious idea or do they sell it for this purpose? Should I be able to find one in a pet store and how should it be introduced/trained to use?

I hope you were not pulling my leg ;)

Oh dear

"When I let her out for a wee or poo, she does take her time evaluating the perfect spot, position, smelling around, checking out the garden if she can find anything new to amuse her... the garden is not very big but with this cold I can't be asked to supervise her whilst she is out and wait for her to finish to mess around a play! " ?

Is that "asked" or "a**ed"? ;)

you can use any bell, especially at this time of year one of the big jingle bells are avaialbe most places, tie it to a cord and teach your dog to pull it.

Enjoy being her slave! :D :D :D

The day my dog rings a bell for my attention will be the day that hell and freeze come to mind! ROFLMAO :D

Why not train her to do a poo on command? Only it's a damned sight easier than trying to train a dog to ring a bell I'd have thought! :)

It can be done!  My rescue dog was very stange with her toilet habits when I got her, first she would only go in the garden, then she would only go when out for a walk!  I have persevered and she now wees and 'gets busy' to command, I tell her she's brilliant every time she obliges and give her a tasty treat. It's taken about 6 months to get to this stage though.

> The day my dog rings a bell for my attention will be the day that hell and freeze come to mind!

ROFLMAO Tohme :D :D :D

I wdn't train a dog to bark either!  Antonio has trained Lastar to "speak" and he drives me round the bend at times :d  He's a sweety though so I can't complain.

ROFL

Ditto, and tahts precisely what it was used for in my house hence it went.

I just used a bog standard doorbell mounted on the step near the door where human feet wouldnt get it. YOu can actually buy doggy doorbells though!

The reason we got one though was because one of my dogs will not ask, he will come and stare at me. Which is great when all is peaceful and calm but at the time the puppy was v small and 99% of my attention was on him, so Rocky the poor boy actually weed himself once!

Stupidly I underestimated him, and Dill, and they both figured ringing the bell would make me let them out, so i got rid!

Em

you should develop a schedule for your pup. Do the same thing everyday and bring her out at the same times , slowly reduce the number of times you take her out and you should know exactly when she has to pee without her telling you. Sometimes it becomes a hassle when a dog learns barking at you means out , you don't want him barking at you while your in bed because he wants to go out for a run :P