[JadeD]

I must be crazy because I will not put my dogs in a kennel. I hire someone I know to watch my dogs if I can't be with them. That way they are either in my home or at a friend's home where I know they can get attention.

I also watch my friend's dogs for them here and there and charge a reasonable price for them to be in my home and loved on and cared for. I think it makes being away from owners easier if they are with someone they know.

Do you not have a friend or relative who might take them for you during this time? I have some neighbors I have knows for many years and usually their teenagers will come over to the house and stay most of the day with my dogs and take care of them and sometimes even stay at the house while I am gone. I take my Yorkies with me whenever I can though, but if I have to leave them I have them cared for in my house.