Lisa, I know what your winter has been like and little dogs aren't so happy going out to do their business.
I got my new little 'Princess Libby' I call her Libby, in Nov. I live in North Dakota. It is do darned cold here. She was 6 mos old when I got her, so she had only gone on a pee pad. Heck, I don't know if she had ever even been outside, because when we brought her home and put her out she had a ball! She is now over 8 mos old and should be better trained but she has had a late start on any training.
Anyway she is doing fairly well, going outside, but she pees on the pad but has decided that the best place to poop is in a corner in my sewing room! No matter what I do, she wants to poop right there!! Little pooper!
I really am trying with going outside but sometimes with -50* windchill it is just hard sometimes to get her out there.
I am however concerned about your pup and the barking when your husband comes home. She is just trying to get his attention. Can't he just pay a little attention to her? That's just mean. If he'd just pet her a little, I'm sure things would change a lot, for both of them. I just can't understand that kind of behavior.
