thanx for the link!

i have another question... fellow dog owner/lovers...

brie (dog) normally stays in the house when we go to work or shopping... but on organized bike ride days.... because of the length of time we are gone... she goes out in the backyard (fenced... dig under proof... or at least has been for the last 9 years!) anyways... we have a ride saturday out of the area... but i'm hesistant to leave her outside.... any suggestions on how to convince her in the next day and a half that if we leave her inside... to pee on the floor and not the carpet?

i guess we could put a barricade up and only allow her to have the kitchen/dining room area for that day... we close off the bedrooms anyways... so we'd just be blocking her frrom the living room and hallway???

i just hate to leave her in the smoke (assuming it will still be smokey in 2 days since the fire is only about 15% contained).... since if it's not healthy for me... i'm certain it's not healthy for her smaller lungs!

she's never been paper trained... so i think she'd think papers were strange... or i could just leave papers by the door she uses to go out and hope that she'd go ring the bell to go out and have her accident by the door... on the paper (IF she didn't eat the paper first!)