Tootsie
This is our old dog toots (now in doggie heaven) who wasn't the brightest bulb in the pack. However when it came to food she had an IQ that could knock your socks off. I had trained the dogs to listen to me when I said it was time to come in by giving them a wee treat each time they came back. She used to ring the ring a bell I hung around the door handle to let me know she wanted out (okay I concede that was a smart thing for a dog to learn). One day I noticed the bell ringing was like every five minutes. Did the lawn need fertilizing or watering? NO. She would just walk out the door and then turn right around and walk back into the house. She would look at me as if to say, "hey, so where's the treat, I went out and came back didn't I, huh! huh!"I had to remove the bell!By the way did I mention I HATE toilet seats!!!!!!
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Your probably not going to believe this but I trained my hamster to do the very same thing. Ring a bell when she wanted out for a run around. She drove us crazy ringing it all night we had to take it off her!
I have a friend feltedfibers who used a toilet seat for one of her topics for City and Guilds. I directed her to your blog and she really enjoyed it.
Toots, ah, she was a very naughty, smelly, bad dog, but we LOOOOOOOVED her so.
I wish I lived in Ohio, so that I could go to the Chamberpot Show! I love what you are doing.
toots has been gone a few years now but we still have a good laugh remembering her antics. Pets surely do become a part of the fabric of your life eh!
what a great doggie name, Zuzu.
My last dog was a 110-pound German Shepherd called "Thor" that I raised from a 4-week-old pup.
Believe me, when Thor said "Sit!", I sat!
operant conditioning in reverse.