our dog

We have a dog, she is an outside dog, although I was thinking to make her an inside dog because my children always want to see her. She is a sweet dog but tonight my husband let her stay in our house for few minutes. I know that the dog wants to stay in the house and my children like to play with her. I am not sure if I will allowed her to stay in the house all the time. I am worried that I will be the one who has to clean up all the mess from the dog. I like the dog and this is her second week with us, and until now we do not know what we are going to name her.