As a past dog owner, and after taking three dogs to dog obedience training, I have discovered they do not train the dog a darn thing, they train the owners. It should be called 'dog owner training'.

Consider engaging a professional dog trainer.

The Dog Whisperer program shows you the necessary focus and patience you need to commit to in order to train you dog. Stick with it with corrections through when you see progress. Unless you can get on his show, it's on you.

There are doggie doorbells that work both inside & out. You must teach the dog to ’target touch’. My tiny Papillon learned this in a hot second. We placed the doorbell on laundry floor for her due to diminutive stature. It can be placed on a wall for any dog size. Dog touches bell surface & it rings - just a bare touch needed. . Another alternative is remote movement activated bell. Dog goes to door & bell sounds at receiver placed wherever you place it. Battery operated. Downside is it’ll go off whenever a person moves by it too. I do agree with Mark & Dan. It’s us owners who need the training & also the consistency to make it workl Goldens are not known for being hard to train - they are excellent subjects train for all kinds of human support. Sounds like yours have done the reverse and trained you for their support. 😊

ETA - to help dogs develop good ’walking habits’ check out the Gentle Leader. Absolutely works & they make all sizes. There was even a tiny one to fit my pup. I had to get one as it was a requirement for the training classes we attended to train me how to manage her very manipulative management style she used on her humans.

Ours are well trained, but one is very protective of the house and will lunge at the door when someone approaches it or rings the doorbell. We used to live in LA and all our neighbors had been robbed, so we did not discourage this protection instinct from a scary looking dog and we never got robbed.

We don't need "protection" in our new house/state and the new expensive wood front door is getting some scratches. It is just stuff, the dog is getting old and sometime in the future I can get the door refinished. We accepted and encouraged that behavior for 6 years, so harder to eliminate now.

Ours do not jump on or scratch the patio sliding doors, they just sit staring in or out waiting for us to let them in or out! Yeah, dogs are easy to train ... owners not so much!

Thanks everyone! I think starting to use a doggie doorbell at our current house since we have a few more months might be a good place to start. Hopefully that habit will carry over. If it doesn't work, we'll find a trainer.

@evinsc Here’s the one we used & it’s the best rated. Pebble Smart Doggie Doorbell

As a past dog owner, and after taking three dogs to dog obedience training, I have discovered they do not train the dog a darn thing, they train the owners. It should be called 'dog owner training'.

Well, they train the owner to lead the dog properly.

There are doggie doorbells that work both inside & out. You must teach the dog to ’target touch’. My tiny Papillon learned this in a hot second.

We have a set of Christmas bells hanging under a kitchen bar overhang, and we train our dogs to nudge the bells with their nose when they want to go out. We've used this system with two dogs, and they've both picked it up -- as you say -- in a hot second. One was a blind-from-birth Beagle and the other is a Pitsky (Pitt Bull - Husky mix).

Mrs Pete - we did try the hanging bells first as seemed easier - the challenge was the size of dog & length of bells required for her to easily reach them - also the size of bell needed for us to hear them ringing. Just didn’t work! The bells are great for the average sized doggie though.

Yep, teach the dogs to ring a bell inside and out...or call you on the phone...! :-)

We have two pugs one just turned two the other almost six months. We have been extremely fortunate the older pup immediately went to the door when she needed to go outside. Since we are not always looking at the door we bought a door knob macrame bell holder that hangs long enough for her to nudge it. The little pup learned from the older to do the same and lucky me my dogs are both house broke with almost no effort from me.

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Our golden barks at the slider. Works well

At first I hung a door scratch shield/door protector to protect from scratching. You can buy them on Amazon. I tried to train my dog to touch the bells that I hung from the handle. She was scared of the bells. Now, she uses the talking buttons. It's a dog communication button. I recorded my voice that says, "outside." It takes consistent training and lots of positive reinforcement with treats but it worked. Goldens are smart so they will get the hang of it. It's also easier to train once th4ey have been on a walk. There are YouTube videos to show you tips on how to train. I have noticed that if I put a no pull dog harness that has the O ring attached in the front on the chest, my dog does not pull and will heel. The Wildebeest brand is the one that works for my dog. You can find it online-www.wildebeest.com The doggy door seems like a good idea as well. Good luck!