Me and dog - He is a mixed breed of maltese and poodle that makes him a mongrel. Maltese and Poodle breeds are highly trainable dogs. They are categorized as smart dogs. I agree! . I work and sometimes I cannot go to walk him out. I bring him out the house and run and play in yard, so I have no worries on cleaning his mess. . I trained him to poop and pee in the toilet. (of course not on the bowl at least on the shower part of the toilet) so cleaning is not a problem for he won’t poop just anywhere. In the house. He’s a male so it is but natural for male dogs to put his leg up to any “post-looking” even in the house like legs of chairs or table or sofa.. just anywhere, oh oh.. not my Bully, he never do that. He waits, or he goes to the toilet to pee like female dogs He sleeps beside me too I gave him the space on my feet and space on my head, but most often time he wants to sleep beside me and sleep same direction as I sleep. Sometimes he gets down to his bed. So a few hours before bed time, I bathe him and brush his teeth too or if I am too tired, I just give him denta stick before we sleep. Hahaha.