When we go to our R-Ranch we take all of our Yorkies with us. One time my husband and I went to Lake Tahoe to celebrate our anniversary and because Grandma lived not far from Tahoe we dropped both the kids and all of our Yorkies at her house! She begged us to let them all stay with her! That made us feel good. One time we left our Yorkies at a kennel for a weekend that we were gone and we worried about them the whole time. Fortunately we have some good neighbors that we have watch our Yorkies now when we vacation. We felt much better letting them stay in their familiar environment.