Nina Outwaits Me

I got home from work and was so pleased to find that Miss Nina had kept her crate dry and clean while I was gone at work today. I took her outside and stayed outside with her for what seemed like forever. She was walking around the back yard, but I never saw her do "her business." I wasn't watching her every single second so I just assumed that I missed it! But I was wrong! I came back in the house and she was right on my heels following me back in. I was putzing around the house doing various little tasks and letting the dogs all chill. Then I looked in the hallway and found where she had relieved herself! Most dogs squat and do their business in a puddle all at once, but it looked like she had walked and was "doing her business" at the same time because there was a little trail of urine all the way down the hallway. I know that next time we will go outside and I will watch her like a hawk and we won't come back in until she does "her business." She is really a very sweet girl and has adjusted to all of her recent life changes like a champ! I am sure that she will get the routine down around here in no time at all. She told me to tell her Mom that she sends you lots and lots of puppy kisses!