Weve been potty training cody and hes got the idea he has to go out the back to pee but now he just goes to the door and stands there doesnt bark or howl his food and water bowl are also in the kitchen and when he goes to kitchen we have to follow him out and if hes eating it sometimes distracts him and thinks were initiating play any help on how to get him to speak. he howls when he wants back in

We trained this by first training Teek how to speak. We had triggered a vocalization by getting her excited and then marked and rewarded it. We did this until she could do it on command.

Once we had that down, and noticed she probably had to go out (We ask her if she needs to pee or she hangs around the back door), we simply requested a "Speak". We didn't move towards the door until she did and we just kept saying "Speak". When she would speak we would get up right away and praise and let her out.

It wasn't hard to do and only took about a week after we taught her how to speak before she understood she had to speak to be let out and would do it all by herself.

Good luck,
~Chris~

Thank you very much ill get on this straight away

Look into getting a bell if you rather try that..

A bell???

Instead of training him to bark to be let out, you can train them to ring a bell near the door.

This thread had a lot of information about it.

Well i got to it last night i found when i just held a biscuit or treat and said nothing he barked so i started saying speak then showing the treat "i used doggy chocolate buttons as they are small and could give him more" i then stopped showing the treat and saying speak which he caught onto very well and now speaks on command now just to get him to do it at the door. very helpful advice and greatly appreciated thank you.

@ katiesham i actually thought you were joking with me had a good read and would probably work in the right enviroment but my gf has a three year old girl who cant stop putting her hands to his mouth never mind leave a bell alone lol but thanks for the advice

I had a similar problem until I started leashing him to take him outside (now that he's an adult he's very interested in exploring rather than hangin' out mom) and now he comes to me and sits down and stares at me with beady blue eyes and will occasionally let out a yelp or two to take him outside.

Started barking at the door yesterday but its only when he feels like it i say another day or so helk have it sorted