Australian shepards are smart and crafty lil sh*ts.
My parents have a Aussie mix...you know what she can do? do you?
She can open the refridgerator door and help herself to food in the fridge. Yep.
She also lets you know when she has to potty though she has this pittiful howly bark....I cant really type what it sounds like but I can mimic it really well lol. She is staying with us right now while my father recovers from a 3 week hospital stay....
We have FOUR 50+ lb dogs in our house right now...fun fun! Our husky has the same howly bark type thing going on.
As for deathly stench we had an episode of that the other day with our lab mix. Her body didnt really like the copious amounts of incredibly rich cat food she sneaked when we had the gate down....oh lord the stench of that diarrhea encased living room was enough to well knock you out and make you choke to death.