A conversation with a dog.

While I am sitting on the farthest corner of my bed, minding my own business and trying to stay comfortable while doing a few hours length of homework (a greater feat the rounder you get) my German Shepherd always wants to talk to me to be let outside. Yet he doesn't get the whole "speak when you hear want you want being offered" part, instead he whines. Hopefully one day I'll get him to respond with a resounding bark...

Half yawn, half yelp sound is made, then sits in front of me at perfect attention.
I look over at Odin. He drops his rope toy and sits.
Swish, swish, swish goes his tail.
"What do you want Odin?"
Pitiful low pitch whining. Tail swishing. Sitting still again, statue like.
"Odin, what do you want?"
Pitiful whine again, ears halfway up. Sitting with his anxious tail swishing. 
"Do you wanna go outside?"
Ears go straight up, tail frantically swishing, back end leaves the ground a few inches. 
"Outside?? Want to go outside??"
Loud whine again, whole dog body animated, ears at full attention, makes like he's going to bark. 
"Say something then! Want to go outside? Woof, woof??"
Whiiiiiiinnnneeee. Darts to the back door. Comes back. Sits looking at me again. 
"Odin, outside?"
Tilts his head to the side at the word 'outside'. Darts to the back door. Doesn't come back.
 I look down at my book. Eventually he'll ask me to go out.
He comes around the corner, charging into my room, jumps up on the bed with his front paws. Whine.
Ugh, it's going to take forever to get this... "Odin, want to go outside?"
Runs to back door again, sits there, makes little emergency yelps. Refuses to bark!!
"FINE! Lesson done, close enough!"   I roll my round self out of bed to let him out. Maybe he'll get it next time...