Now we know where D.B. Cooper ended up.

He does have a pretty face! Off topic, but do you know if he is mixed breed? He looks so much like my Abby did, she was lab/rottie- people thought she was a purebred lab, but she had the very distinctive facial expressions of a rottie. I can't get over how much that picture of Arlo reminds me of Abby! Especially with the raised eyebrow... My old girl had some control problems as she got older. We just went with the flow (no pun intended) and tried to encourage her to stay in the hard floor areas if she was going to have a problem. If we suspected it wasn't going to be a good day, we'd put newspaper down and she understood what that was for- probably because we put it in the area where she would always go if she couldn't hold her bowel or bladder. We could never kennel Abby either, it just wasn't conducive to her personality type; she was never abused or mistreated, but she did not like being in a confined space like a kennel. If we needed to control her location, we had much more luck with gates and fences to confine her to a given location. Fortunately we've lived in a few houses with large expanses of hard floor- she was always OK with being confined to a single room of the house for limited periods of time, providing it was decently sized and she could see out (i.e. no closed doors). If that's an option, I'd go with that, making sure to keep the room comfortable for him with his bed and such- and put down paper while he's confined there in hopes that he gets the idea that it's for peeing on. Best of luck.

We found the best way to wear our Australian Cattle Dogs out was to swim them. I took them to the river at the top of a bank and threw sticks and balls downstream, so they had to swim against the current to bring them back, and climb up the bank. The ACD who grew up with my kids loved to swim in the pool with them. We also biked them, but your dog may be too small to bike. I do think my ACD puppy I have now gets tired from using mental energy. Teaching her tricks and obedience commands helps a lot. Another thing that helps is taking her to new places. Sometimes we go to the square downtown where there's a lot of traffic and practice walking the sidewalk politely on a leash. That helps a lot, since the traffic is noisy and fairly close. We also go to plant nurseries, pet stores, playgrounds and farmers' markets. I keep a big ball I got at Wal-Mart in the kitchen, and when I'm cooking dinner I kick the ball around for her. This might be a good time for you to learn a new skill with her, like frisbee or agility? Good luck with your new dog.

Vomiting dogs and dogs with the poops ........even if they aren't 'sick' are at risk for dehydration. I'd certainly hold her food for the rest of the day, but if it were my dog, would not restrict clear fluids. It's your call, but if she is acting normally and doesn't have a fever (please say you have a thermometer dedicated to your dog and use it) I'd also be tempted to watch her through the night to see if she starts acting sick or uncomfortable and also to see if holding her food doesn't give her some relief. I would not say that if she isn't totally back to her old self I wouldn't call the vet in the a.m. and run it by them. I have on several occasions used the emergency option of my vet and paid the fee gladly, but it was for things like obvious urinary blockage with accompanied vomiting and posturing meant waiting wasn't an option. I do not use if for vomiting for 24 hours three or four times with no other symptoms (unless there were a chance of some sort of ingestion where I wouldn't wait one minute). Good luck. But please monitor for dehydration if you decide to use the wait and see option. You do not want to be away at work tomorrow and still have her maybe in distress.