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She is self rewarding because she can see out. If she has, even once, jumped on a door and had it open she will never forget that either as that is highly self rewarding (this could have happened before you got the dog).
I have never been able to stop a dog from doing this with consistency. Oh I COULD stop the behavior with severe correction, but the only time it would be consistent is when I was right there and that is really not a good goal.
The best way? Get a couple of X-Pens that are tall enough and fence the doors off. Have the dog work on self control every time you go out by sitting back away from the door while you move the X pen to go out (they are very light with hinged sections). Work on keeping the dog in a sit even after the door is open and not go out until you return to the dog and stand next to him.. and even then he cannot move to go out until he looks up at you.
Over time (and it may be months) these self control exercises may help him to not offer to jump on the door and you can remove the x pen fence. When the fence is removed, you need to maintain the sit at a distance from the door and still require the dog to remain in a sit after you open the door and you go back to the dog and stand next to him and pick up the leash. When he looks up at you, you mark it with YES and release him from the sit to go out.
I have never been able to stop a dog from doing this with consistency. Oh I COULD stop the behavior with severe correction, but the only time it would be consistent is when I was right there and that is really not a good goal.
The best way? Get a couple of X-Pens that are tall enough and fence the doors off. Have the dog work on self control every time you go out by sitting back away from the door while you move the X pen to go out (they are very light with hinged sections). Work on keeping the dog in a sit even after the door is open and not go out until you return to the dog and stand next to him.. and even then he cannot move to go out until he looks up at you.
Over time (and it may be months) these self control exercises may help him to not offer to jump on the door and you can remove the x pen fence. When the fence is removed, you need to maintain the sit at a distance from the door and still require the dog to remain in a sit after you open the door and you go back to the dog and stand next to him and pick up the leash. When he looks up at you, you mark it with YES and release him from the sit to go out.
