Thanks for all the advice! Sylvia doesn't really respond to yelling very much. My family is Italian and I think she is used to it being loud in the house At the beginning, it seemed like even catching her in the act and yelling was ineffective. Then I bought a plastic bat from Walgreen’s and when she would poop in the house I'd hit it on the floor so it would make a loud noise. It didn't scare her either and we stopping trying to scare her because I don't want to scar her. My brother and I used to laugh because I called the bat the "punisher." We would joke that if anyone saw me chasing Syl around the house with a bat they would take her away. Needless to say the "punisher" was also ineffective and we stopped using it. I think she is just a hard headed Pug. As for using harsh methods, we have become more low key with telling her what she is doing is wrong. I know she will get it eventually, and she is getting better, but it is taking along time.