[NEEDS SAVES] [CD] Smart Dog never learns to go potty outside (No Message)

I'll try that, thank you, and will let you know.  The first dog was a vanilla game with testing cheats disabled, but that was some time ago. 

(I don't have anything crazy; the only thing not in the hero-approved mods post is the Iced Cream hybrid stabilizer, but I'll still try it.)

Okay, brand new save.

So, I not only disabled mods and custom content, I dragged my mods folder out to the desktop.  This is a vanilla game.  No mods.

I have a rando Sim (Athena DogLady) with the Geek, Dog Lover, and Loves the Outdoors traits (I modified a Sim from story mode).  She got the business career from story mode, but I decided that she needed a work from home job so she could spend more time with her dogs. Two.  A test dog, and a control dog.

Our test subject, Spot, henceforth known as Smart Dog, has the traits Smart, Loyal, and Friendly.

Our control subject, Fido, henceforth known as Control Dog, has the traits Glutton, Loyal, and Friendly.

I intentionally created them with only one different trait (one is Smart). 

We started our completely vanilla game in a tiny house with the lot traits Home Studio, Study Spot, and Training Ground, but the adorable tiny house I downloaded off the gallery was COMPLETELY NONFUNCTIONAL so I bulldozed the lot and built my own, which apparently removed the lot traits (oops).  So no lot traits.  (I just put them back.) 

We started our game on the first day of Spring, a Sunday.  On Tuesday at 9pm, I got the popup that Control Dog had learned to pee outside.  I've continued to play for over a week and Smart Dog has yet to generate the same popup.  There are also random puddles appearing on the floor and I'm not sure where they're coming from, and at one point I discovered dog poop on the floor (indoors) but I didn't see which dog did it. I do regularly tell Smart Dog to go potty. 

Both dogs are able to flawlessly run an obstacle course, and can sit.  Rando Human has been putting a lot of attention into her freelance career to support her dogs in the style to which they would like to become accustomed, 😉 and since they're both loyal they would rather she pay attention to them all day, alas. 

How long do I need to play before I decide I'm just not going to get a popup telling me that Smart Dog has learned to pee outside? 

[Edited to Add:  Okay.  So.  Smart Dog circled the ground outside with the fire hydrant thought bubble, then peed with the smart dog icon in the thought bubble.  (He was already outdoors.)  So I honestly don't know whether he's not learning to go outside, or whether he learned but I don't ever get a popup.  I also still don't know where the puddles are coming from.  Either way, it's a week in game since Control Dog got his "learned to pee outside" popup, so I give up on Smart Dog getting one.]

Annnnd, back in my modded save, where I retraited my dog from Smart to Loyal?  I asked her to go potty maybe two or three times, and...

As a smart dog, I can't even tell you how long she's been alive and how many times she's been told because I used MCCC to mark her as Immortal.  (Sorry, I have enough sick and dying pets in my life and don't need them in my game.  I play to escape that kind of thing.)  Probably a year, with four week seasons. 

As a loyal dog?  Three times.

I feel confident that the problem is the Smart trait.

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