The last two times I've dropped Otter off at the dog hotel she's peed on my shoes in the lobby.

Starting to sense a pattern here.

@rit that is funny of course, but it's also a way dogs communicate for real. Peeing on something means they want to stay there, so perhaps Otter isn't digging the dog hotel? When we got Dottie, once she settled in she peed in the house a couple of times when we had visitors, right in front of them (Petey and Pepper too). It was an indication that she (and they) really wanted to stay in their new home
@dickwall she has bad separation anxiety when I leave her, but it passes after about 5 mins of me being gone., before she heaps love and the energy of a st Bernard on all nearby people.
@rit You need to buy some "Wellies", it sounds like ;)