Shelly wrote in news:f8amnn$skq$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

It made me laugh that he would tell her to ask
me to take them outside. He was a deeply funny dog, so maybe it was
his idea of a joke.


That is the chowy way.

Although Zoe "asks" me herself. By sitting down in front of me and
staring a hole through me.

--
Catherine
& Zoe the cockerchow
& Queenie the black gold retriever
& Max the pomeranian
& Rosalie the calico cat

ceb wrote:

That is the chowy way.

Yes. Yes, it is. Why, oh why do they have to have do much hair? I
really miss that Chowy personality.

Although Zoe "asks" me herself. By sitting down in front of me and
staring a hole through me.

Ha! Now that sounds like something Miss Brown would do. She is
mistress of the laser stare of dqqm.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

ceb wrote:
Although Zoe "asks" me herself. By sitting down in front of me and
staring a hole through me.

My dog gets fidgety and starts licking my face...I *think* that means
she needs to go, but I just never know for sure and it's frustrating.
She has access to a doggy door that she'll ONLY use when I'm not home,
but never when I'm home. If I take her to the room with the doggy
door, she'll just start sniffing around her chew toys. But if I take
her outside to her outdoor kennel (which the doggy door leads to),
she'll pee on command. I just wish she'd take herself out, since she
doesn't know how to ask out - that's what the doggy door is for! I've
been trying to teach her the word "petdoor" by saying it every time
she goes out the pet door for any reason (usually out of fear of a
loud noise), followed by "good girl!", so that I can command her out
the pet door, which would hopefully lead to her using the door on her
own. But she'll only respond to the command if I go outside first -
then she'll follow me out the pet door, but she never wants to move
away from me when I give the command from inside the house. Now that I
have her in obedience class, and we're learning the "pillow" command
(to go to a certain blanket or pillow every time "pillow" is said),
I'm having a tough time getting her to move away from me to go to the
blanket. I'm hoping if I can conquer the pillow command, then maybe
the petdoor command will get easier??

Amy

Hey Kelly,

Well you seem to be having a real problem there I suggest taking a
look at this site: www.pottytrainmypuppy.com . It really helped me out
alot when I was housebreaking my Chow chow. I hope it helps you as
much as it did for me

Good Luck with your pooping problem!
-Jordan

Chooey wrote in
ups.com:

Well you seem to be having a real problem there I suggest taking a
look at this site: [snipped] . It really helped me out alot when I
was housebreaking my Chow chow. I hope it helps you as much as it
did for me

You, Mr. Choo, are a liar. If you are going to spam newsgroups, you
might at least have the decency to give us credit for being smart
enough to know that it's your own website you are pimping.

Good Luck with your pooping problem!
-Jordan

I think you are the one with the excrement problem, Mr. Choo.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

In article . com,
Chooey wrote:
Good Luck with your pooping problem!

It's the weirdest damned thing, but did you know that the
web site you recommended is registered to someone named Ray
Choo who, like you, is hosted at rogers.com?

That's just the oddest coincidence, isn't it?
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

I've always thought a "normal" dog would cry and scratch at the door,
which is not at all subtle. It seems strange to me that not all dogs
instinctively do that. I mean Beanie could be standing next to you for
any number of reasons. Or does Beanie ONLY do that to go out? Sometimes
my dog licks my face just because she wants to lick my face. So, how do
I know when a face-licking means she has to go out and when it doesn't?
While crying and scratching at the door can only mean one thing and
would only be done for one purpose. *That's* an acceptable way!

Amy

montana wildhack wrote:
On 2007-07-26 15:19:55 -0400, said:
but still, I want
the dogs to get my attention in an acceptable way when they want something.

Kimber said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I've always thought a "normal" dog would cry and scratch at
the door, which is not at all subtle. It seems strange to
me that not all dogs instinctively do that.

What in a dog's heritage would instill an instinct to cry and
scratch as a signal to go outside?

Personally, I can think of a ton of indicators that I'd prefer
to crying and scratching.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

No, I'm saying that licking my face is what my dog does currently, but
that's NOT what I want because it's not overt enough because sometimes
she just wants to lick my face and it doesn't mean she wants to go out.
Licking my face could mean anything. I want her to do something more
obvious, like whimper.

Amy

montana wildhack wrote:

But you ask about face licking and I'd say that if that's what you want
the dog to do to tell you she wants to go out, then take her outside for
a supervised potty break every time she licks your face.

We taught some of our dogs to come and lick our hands as their "out"
signal. One way to do that was to have some peanut butter in the office.
When we were ready to take a dog out for scheduled potty breaks, we'd
put a tiny dab of peanut butter on the back of a hand, offer that to the
dog and then take the dog outside. If you do that before every potty
break, it gets the message across to the dog.

Kimber wrote in
:

I've always thought a "normal" dog would cry and scratch at the
door, which is not at all subtle. It seems strange to me that not
all dogs instinctively do that.

As has been pointed out, that's not instinctive behavior, it's
learned.

I mean Beanie could be standing
next to you for any number of reasons. Or does Beanie ONLY do that
to go out? Sometimes my dog licks my face just because she wants
to lick my face. So, how do I know when a face-licking means she
has to go out and when it doesn't?

Ask her. Seriously. Harriet's signal is usually sitting next to me
and staring a hole through me. The problem is that she does the same
thing for other reasons, too. So, I ask her, "Do you need to go
outside?" A "Yes" answer is unmistakable. While I was housebreaking
her, we went out only long enough to potty. If she didn't go, we
came right back in. It didn't take long for her to get the idea that
X behavior = potty break. (X behavior being getting my attention and
saying "Yes" when asked if she wants out.)

While crying and scratching at
the door can only mean one thing and would only be done for one
purpose. *That's* an acceptable way!

Acceptable for you, maybe. I don't want my door damaged, and I do
*not* (NOT!!!) want to teach my dog that whining is acceptable.
Besides, what if you are in another part of the house and can't hear
her whining and scratching at the door? I would prefer to have her
come to me and signal to me that she needs to go out.

However, if you want to teach your dog to signal at the door, there
are ways of doing so. You might try Googling for +dog +housebreaking
+bell. There should be lots of resources for teaching dogs to ring a
bell when they need to go out.

--
Shelly
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http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)