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And frankly it's more than that. Often I can walk into the room she's in and know that she did something she knew was wrong by her body language, even if she did it in another room... i.e.-
I come home from school. I open the kitchen door and walk in the house. I walk into the dining room. Cocoa is sitting there and when I look at her she puts her head down and looks away (guilty look). I walk into the living room and sure enough she pissed on the floor.
Example of when she does NOT...
I come home from school. I walk in and into the dining room and she comes bounding at me panting and flapping her ears and jumping on me and licking me.
The first happens only when and always when she's done something wrong. The latter happens only when and always when she has not. This would lead me to believe that she does, indeed, know what she's doing.
Also, yes, we do give her positive reinforcement, both for going outside and for going on her puppy pads. She gets positive and negative reinforcements for most things she does. This has taught her not to chew on cords, shoes and books, but to chew on her toys that are given to her. And she now chews on nothing but what she knows to be sanctioned. She's a bright little puppy... she just has bad crap habits.
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