[dillywho]

I would say it depends on the dog. We had two ShiZu's when we moved here in 2004. They had no interest in leaving our yard, except via the golf cart. We would let them out or walk out with them, they did their "thing" immediately, made a beeline for the door, we cleaned up after them, and we all went in the house. My neighbor across the yard in the back kept them a couple of times while we were gone. She would let Alex out, he would do his thing and head straight over to our back door wanting to be home. Tasha would go straight back to her.