Zio's current method of letting us know he wants to come in from the backyard is to jump up & scratch the lanai screen at the bottom of the door or the one just to the right of it. (He also whines loudly/barks as well but the volume of the whine/bark only intensifies if the scratching behaviour does as well.)
However, even though we have put up extra strong pet-proof mesh in these areas so he cannot rip them (again), he keeps popping the top gaskets out so that eventually that portion of screen is open. Not a biggie to reseat the gasket, but it's getting tiresome.
So I'm looking for ideas/suggestions about what to use for him to "signal" us that he wants to come back in. He's smart enough that I think we can train him to hit or scratch some other noise-making surface. But what do you think might work in this instance? Surely pulling on a bell or similar noise making device would be too complicated.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
However, even though we have put up extra strong pet-proof mesh in these areas so he cannot rip them (again), he keeps popping the top gaskets out so that eventually that portion of screen is open. Not a biggie to reseat the gasket, but it's getting tiresome.
So I'm looking for ideas/suggestions about what to use for him to "signal" us that he wants to come back in. He's smart enough that I think we can train him to hit or scratch some other noise-making surface. But what do you think might work in this instance? Surely pulling on a bell or similar noise making device would be too complicated.
Thoughts?
Thanks,