How does your dog let you know......

[Freedom]

Marlin barks. No sorry, he BARK! BARK BARK BARK BARKS!

Sugar stands with her front legs on you and hammers.

Lacey also puts her front legs on you, and whimpers.

Ozzy heads for the living room and goes. He's not house trained and at 15 I don't even try, he already has too many health issues. I do keep a belly band on him most of the time indoors, and I try to take him out every 2 hours. In between, if we see him going into the living room, we run, grab him, and take him outside. (Picking him up will stop him thinking about what he was 'going' to do until we set him down again.)

[Pam]

If I am downstairs they will simply leave the room and head to the back door and come back and then leave the room and head to the back door. Eventually I, the human, will catch on.

If I am upstairs Ripley will start walking in little circles and looking at me. Bella rarely asks when we are upstairs but, for the few times that she has, she just walks over to me and does a little muffled growl, sort of sounds like ERRR.

[Taz_Zoee]

Zoee will sit at the door and whine or whimper. If we aren't paying attention she will give a small bark. Or if we are in the office she'll come in there and whine then when we stand up she runs to the door.
She does the same to get back in the house. Whine or whimper, then BARK! Because it's not as easy to hear her through the door.

[caseysmom]

Both of mine will just go stand by the back door.

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

Duke and Champ used to come over and lie their head in my lap and stare up at me with big eyes. Now they have a doggie door so they have unlimited access to our fenced in back yard, they come and go as they please. Chopper has a potty box to use if he needs to.

[kittycats_delight]

Artica literally bounces off the door. She runs to the door and tries the handle first. We have to keep the door locked at all time cause she can open them. We have lever like handles. When she realizes she cannot open the door. She walks back into the hall and runs and launches herself at the door and bounces off with all 4 feet.

[pitc9]

Buddy wants to go outside once an hour I SWEAR!
He'll sit at the door and stare at me, but when I ignore him he'll run full speed at me and pounce and give me a low long "wooooof". I tell him to lay down and he will for about 10 seconds. Then he'll come back to me and give me a huge and very startling BARK. Then I know he means it. As soon as I start to get up he RUNS to the door and bolts through the door once it opened, makes a quick lap around the yard, waters a few trees and runs back in the house. (this happens at about 1am and again at 4:am every night) I think he takes his security job a little to seriously.

Sierra almost never asks to go out becuse she goes out everytime Bud does, (goD forbid he isn't in her field of vision for 30 seconds ) But once in a while she'll ask. All she does is lay her head on my lap and looks up at me with sad puppy dog eyes.

[Rachel]

Hannah uses a variety of the methods already mentioned.

Coming into my office an staring at me.
Throwing herself up againg the front door (which isn't the door she goes out).
Standing by the back door (which is the door she goes out).
Standing by the back door and barking.
At night, she jumps off the bed & shakes her head to rattle her collar tags.

[GiantSchnauzer]

Eika will put her head in your lap, pace from the door to your lap, nudge the door knob, and/or stare at the door. When you ask her if she wants to go out she'll bark and whine. Lily will sit at the door when she wants out. Whens she's asked if she wants to go out she spins in place.

[Seravieve]

Zeke rarely lets us know that he needs to go outside.. He holds it forever.. and then when he goes.. he REALLY goes.. "marathon pee-er" is what we call him.

Bunny will sit in the doorway between the living room and kitchen (patio door is in Kitchen) and just stare at us. If that doesnt work, she'll sit by the patio door. We'll be in living room.. and wonder where she is.. Ahh hah.. Potty time.
Eli will generally stand by the back door.. or stand oddly in the living room. (Instead of cuddling or playing, etc..)

They all answer to "You gotta potty?" and "You need to go outside?".. they'll run circles and rush to the door when either is said.