Rose Bush

As part of cleaning up my front yard I  hacked up all the dead weeds and dug up as many as I could and raked up all the remains but I also chopped my rose bush way back. It had a lot of dead branches and overall was not doing well. Which only makes sense because I have never since I lived here watered it nor done anything except chop it back when it gets too big sometimes. I noticed as I was leaving my house today it looks extremely healthy. It's a very hearty rosebush I suppose. Look how green it is with no water ever. Plus it's gets urinated on almost every single day by Kipling. Maybe that secretly good for it?