We have a puppy. Ok, she isn’t technically a puppy anymore, she trend one this summer, but she is very tiny. And adorable, and cute, and I love her very very much.

But she has been a hell of a challenge to train. As in…she is still not trained to go outdoors to potty.

She could be trained. Or more to the point, we could be trained, becuase she will go potty outside when we put her pout, we just don’t put her out nearly often enough. And then she goes on the floor. Our bigger dog, she tells us when she has to go potty, but Sam won’t give us a single sign she has to go. Not even a whimper or a funny walk!

My husband and I go out to our garage to smoke, and we often take both our dogs out with us. Sam has started going potty in teh garage when we bring her out. In the beginning we were so happy it was outside the house we let her do it. We clean up her messes right away, but I am worried that the urine will start to wreck the garage flooring if we let her continue.

I guess right now it isn’t that much of an issue, within the next week we will have to clean out the garage to make room for the car becuase of the snow, and our garage is so small that once the car is parked in it there is hardly enough room for us out there, never mind adding dogs to the cramped space.

But what happens next summer when we move the car back to the driveway so the kids have room for their toys and bikes? What if she is still not trained???