Mostly they don't pine, I don't think, if they are left with someone who keeps their life pretty stable and interesting and a lot of them seem to enjoy the change. My sons lives a completely different life from me in every, single way and when I had hip surgery and he kept Tibbe, I saw a running video library of all these different things Danny and his dog, Tex, and Tibbe were doing each day. Tibbe was having the absolute time of his life. In all of the video's, his ears were up, his tail up, his eyes shining and he was fully participating in everything! My Jilly often stayed with my sister and her husband and she seemed to do just fine every time I left town and she would WHINE as we were leaving Billie's house to go home! Unless the change is stressful or scary or something, most of these little Yorkies seem to make hay out of their own little "vacation" away from their usual and routine life. Not to say they aren't very, very, very happy to get back home and settled in mommie's lap when it's all over, though.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |