How To Stop Dogs Going Mental At The Door First let’s look at dogs. They respond to sounds. This is why clicker training is so powerful. Click - Treat, Click - Treat, sound of the clicker means food is coming. But what about the doorbell ??? We don’t teach the dog what it means or what to do, so the dog learns to behave a certain way. For some dogs it means let’s go mental, for some it means party time, we then join in the party by rushing and shouting so the dog thinks we are partaking. So teac