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

[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.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Mine don't let us know at all, ever. We just let them out periodically throughout the day.

[beeniesmom]

During the day...
Beenie stares at me until I ask her "what?" and then she jumps and runs for the back door.
Frankie will sit near the back door and look over his shoulder to see if anyone "notices" he is there.

At night...
Beenie will rub her back on you, if that doesn't work, she starts pouncing on you or face licks until one of us is awake.
Frankie will sit near the back door and whine until someone hears him.

Sometimes I think Beenie was a cat in her last life.

[chocolatepuppy]

My dogs seldom ask to go out, I suppose because they go out frequently. On the rare occasion Lacey or Layla do want out, they go to the door and either whine or bark. Jake has learned to go to the door and try to turn the door handle, which I can hear jiggling.

[K9karen]

Oh our babies have trained the hoomans well!!!

Usually, Logan will do a staredown. When I ask her "Wanna pee?', she indicates that this stupid girl got it right and jumps up and down and heads to the outie door. Sometimes, when she's reoccupied with playing, or eating her rawhide, or on the big bed, taking a snooze, I have to remind her or she'd hold it in forever. She rarely wakes me at night, but when she does, it isn't until I hear a teeny bark, feel a wet nose under the covers, that I realize she gave me a staredown (I was zonked out).

[elizabethann]

Fenway sits and stares at me.....just stares and stares and stares.

[Lori Jordan]

All four of my guys are different.

Maggy-starts pacing,and jumping around all excited.

Lacy-She either whines at the door,or will sit and stare at you.

Molly-wages her tail to hit the bells on the back door.

Stormy-(little Brat) will bark non stop.

There all great though,I have never had an accident since Storm was a puppy,but he was easier to train then the girls were.

[crazyboutanimals]

aaah the 2am potty... LMAO when i have to get up in the middle of the night to PEE, well, then i wake up the little ones.. and of course THEY HAVE TO GO TOO .. so, i open the back door and then run to my potty to go. then, we get settled in again... basically, as it stands right now, They go when i GO. so, in a sense, it is the twins that tell them The pups need to go, whooo. that made sense huh.

[cyber-sibes]

Star will find me and stare at me, then turn & start towards the door. she'll look back, if I'm not coming, she'll come back & stare again till I get up and follow her. Jack just goes out whenever Star does.

[kallisto4529]

Reilly is not quiet about it at all...lmao He comes up to you and does one of two things, either nudges you with his nose while barking, or he takes his right paw, I do believe he is right pawed....lol and he scratches at your thigh and barks at the same time. Trust me whenever he wants to go out you and the whole world know it...lol of course when he wants anything you and the whole world know it..

[Ramble On Rose]

Murphy will stand at the door with his snout a millimeter away and just stare. If that doesn't work, he'll scratch at the door.

Boscoe will sit in front of the door and looks at us. If we are upstairs, he'll come and nudge, whine and pace around in circles. Then jump for joy when I ask if he needs to go out.

Chloe who is new doesn't ask yet. Sometimes she acts nervous so i let her out, but usually she just runs out when the other dogs ask.