[Marilyn]

Sounds like you have one spunky girl!!!! You must be having so much fun with her. Sounds a bit like my Zoe. You might consider getting an X-pen to put her in with a pee pad when you need to go for the day. Since we work, we had to leave Zoe when she was a puppy, so put the xpen on a shower curtain with a pee pad and her crate and she was fine. Her crate is like her own little den or something. When we visit our girls, we take the crate with us, and when we leave the apartment, she knows to get in her crate.

We have a very secure nice sized dog run we could leave them in outside on days that it's not too hot, but there are too many hawks and owls around here. Little dogs are attacked by them. The birds don't naturally prey on dogs, but because they are small, they think they are rabbits or something. You might be careful about leaving them outside. Our vet cautioned us because he's seen several dogs injured by birds. They come in with talon punctures or worse.

Enjoy her and we know that you are!!!