Ruby Pees After 14 1/2 Hours

The 4th of July was definitely loud around our house, though we refrained from doing any fireworks ourselves. So Ruby went poop at around 930am and last went pee at 11am. At 1:20am (the next day a.k.a. the 5th a.k.a. Sunday) she went pee and poop again. That is 14 1/2 hours of not peeing. Believe me, we tried many times but with the fireworks, she was not having it.

At midnight I tried again. I had her on the leash and was accompanied by a jar of peanut butter. (No, I didn't bribe her....just kidding...I totally did). Just as she got comfortable with being outside again.

*BOOM*

Snit!

And she runs off to her safety zone and I begrudgly head inside.

At 1:15am I headed out with her and a laser pointer. So I didn't have her on a leash. Yes I know, even well behaved and trained dogs run off during fireworks but...

1. I hadn't heard anything in forever

2. We stayed right near the porch

And

3. She has two permanent safety zones and another one in the making.

So as you might remember her previous owners abused her so she has many fears. Her safety zones consist of the front door's porch and a garage door. If anything scares her, she runs and waits there for me to let her in. Since we use the front door the most, she usually runs there. In the back of the house in her play pen is the one I am working on. That way she has one in the back of the house to run to. It connects to the sliding door so I can let her in that way.

Back to the story.

So I start moving around the laser pointer. She started chasing it immediately. I keep forgetting we have it so we don't play with it that often during our late night/last chance potty breaks. Clearly, she was thrilled.

After 5 or so minutes she did her long awaiting pee. Yay!

We played some more since she hadn't been able to play today and wonderfully enough, she did her second poop for the day.

Yes, I get excited when she poops.
And yes, I know... Technically that was her first poop of the day but boo-hoo. I decided that it was her second one. She usually poops twice a day, sometimes three times so I was thrilled that she was on track.

So now we are inside. She drank a bunch of water and is resting right in front of a giant fan.

Now I better get to bed!