I had basically taught Karma "outside" a little while back. Every now and then she would still use the dining room table as a defensive linesman ( is that the right term ? I am not American ? ) to try and block me shooing her out but only briefly.
I bought a bag of beef rib bones a few days ago and froze them and the first few times I would say "Let's get a bone" and walk her to the fridge and she would sit at the fridge while I fished one out. Initially I would then walk her outside and make her sit and then give her a bone - some of which she would start on straight away on her special mat on the front porch and some of which she would take to her "special secret squirrel" hiding place
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After the half dozen bones I then started giving Karma the bone in the kitchen at the fridge and saying " Take it
outside /
outside with it ". Again, initially she would either jump up in her favorite chair which is right near the front door or run around the dining room table but now...........
"Let's get a / want a BONE ?" Karma goes straight to the fridge and sits and waits. I can take my time and she is still there and no whingeing or whining or carrying on. I have also started letting 2yr old Grace give her the bones and Karma is very gentle on the take. She reminds me alot of my Blue Heeler. Dexter used to be almost embarrassed to take a bone !
then.....
"Outside with it" and she absolutely bounds out of the house and makes for her porch mat like a jump jet landing on a carrier !!!
As you know I am clicker training too but what Karma is showing me about the GSD ( or I guess any smart dog for that matter ) is simple daily repetition can also work. No marking the behavior, no rewards,just doing the same thing. That is also the way I taught her to "get over/get behind " in the cab of my truck. She was doing it every day and picked it up within a week.