We had a rather lengthy trip planned before we got our Yorkie. It's one of those "leaf" trips through New England and we've wanted to do this for years but had to wait until retirement.
We have made plans to drive the 6+ hours back to our breeder's kennel for her to stay with them while we are gone. We are also having her spayed during the time she is there since our breeder has so much more experience tending Yorkies than us.
When we return from the trip and rest enough to make the drive again, we'll go get her. We have boarding facilities in our area but this option made sense to us and Taffy will have a couple of weeks to spend with her doggie mother and sister as well as visit with her first humans.
It works for us because we are retired and don't have the time crunch of returning to work. Who knows? Since we'll be going to the mountains, we might just have to rent a pet friendly cabin and extend the vacation with our Yorkie! There really are some nice perks to being retired. (Of course, if the cost of gas skyrockets again, we won't be thinking "perks" at all.) |