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Our 12ish year old rescue pug/chihuahua mix is very clever but very anxious. After our move to this house a few years ago he switched from a full access doggie door to having to request going out.

He taught himself to stare at us or stand at the sliders! Never an accident.

The Shorthand ~ I’ll ask if he wants out and he says no with his face. Ok. Lots of dogs do that.

But when he’s out and I ask him to come back in he looks at me in a way that we agree he can stay out. No defiance. No one getting upset. Just one geriatric to another agreeing to live and let live the way they want lol