Quote Originally Posted by TsPoet View Post
I've had several friends put bells on a ribbons down their door - they all swear by it. What happens is when you open the door to let them out, the bells ring. Dogs figure out that when the bells ring the door opens - so when they want out they nuzzle the bells and you hear that they want out. No barking, no door scratching.
My dog does that, but he's a 4-year old Border Collie with lots of training under his belt.

I don't know what kind of work you do, but if I worked in an office and someone brought in a non-housetrained puppy for two weeks, I would cry foul. The first day would be cute, but after that it would be too distracting. And if I were the person's boss, I would seriously wonder how much work they were getting done.

Puppies are alot of work, as you are finding out.