Funny I should see this thread today.
Basil was whining this morning at 445 AM - UGH, are you kidding? well i still live with my parents, and my dad gets up to get ready for work around then. so, I figured she heard him and wanted to go play. I told her NO and to go back to bed. she kept whining until i turned on my light and gave her my "do what i say right now voice" and got her back on the bed. she laid there beside me, and STILL whined. - about ten minutes later she jumped off the bed, and i heard this noise, i thought she was getting into something - by this time i have been up for half an hour. im furious... well, she peed on the floor, and was looking at me like, "mom, im sorry, but i told you i had to go!" I felt SOOOOO bad, she hasnt had an accident for like 3 months.
Basil also "talks" its not quite a whine when it is time to go home from work. i take her with me, and she knows when it is getting close to time to leave. she talks to me and nips at my pants telling me time to go to the car!