How would I go about teaching them to alert me when they need to go outside? They are almost always in sight but when they gotta go. A few seconds is all they need to do the deed.
The smallest is the dominant one and she will bark and yap at the other one when she wants to play. Also has learned to bark at people on the street. The other has barked only once or twice.
We previously had a Dachshund for 15 1/2 years and she was trained within a few weeks. Easier with her because she was not bouncing around chasing bugs, eating mud, twigs and just about anything else.