No expert, either. But leaving your furball with a professional boarding kennel sounds a better option to me. We have been lucky ourselves: even though our Pepper (9 months)
is shadowing us, too, he is o.k. with us leaving to go to work during the day. (Watching all those Dog Whisperer episodes might have been useful after all) When we went overseas for 3 weeks this Christmas, Pepper boarded with his breeder. And he had a great time, running around and playing with his mates!!! Pepper will go back in about a month, for another week. I think it is doing him a lot of good, being able to interact with his canine friends. Would an arrangement like this be an option for you? Do you still have contact with the breeder, and would s/he take your baby for boarding? I do hope you find a happy solution. Good luck!