So, since I'm married and don't have children--I have two younger sisters that both have kids, and all my older siblings do, too (I'm not that old, I just live in Utah...to help perpetuate more Utah myths), my dog Truffle is now kind-of like my child. She's so cute, her whole body just wags along with her tail when you get home or give her love, and she's so good.

Truffle pees and poops outside when we take her outside, but I get a little frustrated with her because she won't tell us when she needs to go. Her solution to wanting to go outside to socialize OR to go potty is the same signal, she whines and tries to get you to pet/pay attention to her. Yikes. So she's peed and pooped inside because I've taken her outside just half an hour before and figure, "Meh, she's good. I just let her out a little while ago, I'll take her on a walk in an hour." I don't want her to think that I'll take her out if she whines, that would be ridiculous and she would take full advantage of it. So, what I'm thinking, is if when I take her outside specifically to let her go to the bathroom, I scratch on the door like I want her to and then take her outside. Hopefully this works, because delightful poo surprises when I go down the hallway are not so delightful. If anybody who reads this and knows what to do, please...help solve the poo mystery!