Dog scratching door problem

It's all about training. A lot of my clients that I've been meeting lately, have told me that their dogs are "bell trained." So they have their dogs ring a bell on a string any time they want to go outside. Ask your vet about this...or look this technique up on a search engine and see if this is something you'd be willing to learn with your pup.

Good luck :)

What we call this type of behavior is an extinction burst. What it means is that you and your husband did a great job at training your dogs!! It put the behavior of sleeping in your room on "extinction". Then, your daughter (Bless her!!) let the dogs sleep with her, and the dogs got the idea that - hey!! wait a minute!! maybe if I am just really diligent I will get rewarded with sleeping in Mom's bed!! So, even though you have continued to refuse entry, the dogs are showing an extinction burst...the behavior is back with a vengeance because the dog is trying to figure out how much behavior output will finally win him the jackpot - your bed!! You can set up a training regime to help, but it'll take effort (and cooperation from EVERYONE in the house. Your dogs want to access you and your husband (attention), and they want to access your bed -(tangible). Can you make the living room more appealing - like take a sheet from your bed (that you have slept on - preferably a lot) and put it on their sleeping surface? There is a really cool item for sale through Dr. Sophia Yin. She is a veterinary behaviorist. It is a remote treat giver. So, you and your husband are in your room, and when the dogs go near their living room sleep area they get treated by you releasing a treat using a remote. When they do scratch at the door...totally ignore it. Any yelling at the dogs just encourages them. They see that as a step in the right direction. Hope that helps!!

I wonder the same thing----because mainly my dog (10 1/2 years old, 25 pound Chow/Shih-tzu mix) scratches when she wants inside where I'm at. It's gotten to the point, that almost every wooden door in our house and outside is all scratched up. And I also have no idea how to stop it.

my dog does the same and goes overboard so what i do when she over do it i get one of those old water gun fill it with water squirt it at her. then she look at me like "ok ill stop" now she just whine when she want to go outside. just don't squirt the dog directly at her face

Don't know if there is a way to stop it. All my dogs have done it and it is annoying.

You need to try to train your dog. Here is a great website that can help you through it: http://makedogtreats.net/