How do you know when your dog needs to go?

[Napoleon87]

When Napoleon needs to go #1 he starts sniffing around.
When he needs to go #2 he turns around in a circle about 2 times then finds his spot.

 

[sgbtab]

samson scratches on the sliding glass door.
mattie just holds it till samson goes out.
samson does not know how to use the doggie door that I have in my screen so I have to go out and hold the doggy door open. silly guy

 

[Diesel Dog]

Diesel cry's if he has to go out, of will walk to the door and keep looking over his shoulder at you. My brother's circles the coffee table a lot, then jumps in you lap and licks you.

 

[bucca]

chloe starts to walk in circles then heads to the front door and "tells" us. if im sleeping she licks my face until i wake up(she sleeps with us) never an accident shes a good girl that way.

 

[Stacy W.]

I have Shelby on a schedule. She goes out first thing in the morning when I get up. She then goes out right when I get home from work and then we usually go to the farm and she gets to run around or we go on a nice long walk. Then she goes out at about 9:30-10pm, just before bed. On days that I am off, I usually try to stick to the schedule when possible, but we are usually on the go and Shelby goes with me most of the time, so it is usually not a problem. If she needs to go outside of the schedule, she sits in front of me and whines. She has a specific whine for when she wants to go out vs. when she just wants attention.

 

[Slobber Baby]

If Bubba has to go pee he sits at the back door until you come looking for him..if he has to go really bad he will stand in the middle of the living room and we'll ask him if he needs to go potty if he runs to the back door that is yes..Bella will go to the back door and if you don't come she goes to the front door and sits or wait til Bubba goes

Laura

 

[sherri0121]

Jasmine will do one of the following or all depending on how bad she want's to go out: whine, hit the bells or tap her nails on the glass part of the door, pace around the kitchen table, look over her shoulder at me. Hailey doesn't give much of a sign. If anything she will put her front paws up in your lap and even if you tell her off she will continue so that's when we know she needs to go. Otherwise she gets taken out when Jasmine gets to go out. However, Jasmine also believes these signs just means she wants out on the deck to lounge in the sun.

samson does not know how to use the doggie door that I have in my screen so I have to go out and hold the doggy door open. silly guy

Sophie and Hailey (for a time) refused to go throught the screen doggie door. I figured the screen was already cut so I took the plastic doggie door off and just cut the screen a little more so they would go through it- problem solved.

 

[Gus's Teah]

Gus stands in the doorway of whatever room we are in and looks at us until we stand up and follow him, then he walks to the coffee table in front of the door and puts his head on the table by the leash and looks at us until we leash him up and take him out...of course he has to keep looking over his shoulder to make sure we are following him all the way :D Silly boy!

 

[MEME'S]

Dutch comes and sits on my feet and sometimes whimpers.

 

[Ritzy57]

We have a shelf with pegs on it, near the back door. That's where we hang the leashes.
When Snoop wants to go out, he will bump the leashes with his nose.
When Dottie wants out, she whines!