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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on July 3, 2009 at 9:51am

There are 3 doors in my house that can trigger this behavior:

1. Patio door - they run to me, stand on two legs, then run to the door, that means potty time.
2. Front door - someone's at the door, or an animal have taken a dump in our front yard.
3. Laundry door - time to go for a walk

So my guess is there's some kind of activity that links to your bedroom door. Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on July 3, 2009 at 9:57am

I would just guess that he's ready for his first morning potty time...or he's up and ready to play and he's ready for you all to get up and play too!

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Permalink Reply by Renee on July 3, 2009 at 10:04am

He has already been out at least 2 or three times by the time this starts. He has had or is still having play time, either with one of us or Molly.He acts like he wants something from the bedroom.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on July 3, 2009 at 10:06am

Our lil guy does that with our closet door and the chair. Closet door....the vacuum is there and he HATES the vacuum. the chair...... he is ready to play and wants you to get on the floor to play with him! goodluck. Dont you wish they could talk :)

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Permalink Reply by Cindi & Twinkie on July 3, 2009 at 10:20am

Does he want to be chased? That sounds like some of the play we have with Twinkie.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on July 3, 2009 at 10:25am

Is it possible that you have inadvertently trained him that if he runs to the bedroom door, you pay attention to him? A bored dog is highly motivated to learn (I don't mean "bored" as a criticism of his activity level; our Corgi is bored just about every minute he's not either sleeping or being walked or trained or played with). A highly motivated Corgi can learn a new behavior after 1 to 2 repetitions.

If his running to the door periodically triggers behavior in you that he finds interesting, he could just be doing it for kicks.

Does he still run to the door area if the door is opened? My cat will wake us up in the middle of the night if our bedroom closet is closed. Every night for the past two years, we have slept with the darned closet door ajar. Mind you, the cat rarely goes IN the closet, but I think she feels she might have to, someday. Cats in general hate closed doors, as they like to have freedom of movement within their own environment. Maybe your dog just doesn't like closed doors?

Just trying to think of some possibilities. LOL I'm sure in Max's little doggie brain, the whole thing makes infinite sense.

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