Hi Toni,
I don't know if you have had any luck getting your dog to speak yet, but we were having the same trouble with our Labradoodle puppy. He would go to the door but if no one saw hime then he would just go to the bathroom there.
I asked about teaching him to bark at obedience school and they gave me this suggestion instead.
Purchase a large bell of some type (I bought a cow bell) and tie it to a rope and hang it from the door handle. Every time you take the dog out to do it's bussiness take it's paw and ring the bell and eventually it will ring the bell on its own to let you know it needs to go out.
It took a few weeks because at first it looked like a fun toy to him but our puppy now rings the bell when ever he needs out.
Good Luck
Michelle
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