[nagdu] relieving your dog

[GARY STEEVES]

Oh, I am catching up on mails from recent to past so I'm getting that the person might have been asking about how they know when their dog wants to go outside. I have to say Bogart is lousy at letting  me know. The best I've heard was a barely audible  whine once. Even when he was sick and had the major runs, my only clue in the middle of the night was that he was pacing. We close him in the  living room but I can hear him wandering on the hard wood floors. I brought him into the bedroom and when he kept pacing I took him out and then there was sprinting down the stairs, out the back down the block and the explosion. :)

Bogart is pretty stoaic but I wish he'd give better signals.

Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:22 am
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Quick Question
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> I wanted to add that if Belle really, really has to go and no 
> one is noticing she will jump up on the door.  If Monty 
> needs to go and I'm not noticing, he will come and bonk me with 
> his nose 437 times or until I acknowledge him.  When he 
> gets my attention I ask him to "show me".  He will then 
> take me to whatever he wants, the empty water dish, the back 
> door, his food dish, people at the door etc.
> 
> I didn't teach either of the dogs these behaviors, well other 
> than to go outdoors to take care of business.  It's just 
> their personality to communicate differently.
> 
> Julie
> 
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