[Doodlebug]

I have two occasions where my dogs refused to eat while I was away.

The first one I left in a doggy "suite" (complete with VCR showing doggie-appropriate movies), at a very highly rated Kennel and even though we called every day to see how she was doing, (they said fine), she was so weak from not eating that she couldn't stand up or even open her eyes when we picked her up. We thought she was going to die. (She had separation anxiety and we should never have left her).

The second one was a dog that I left with my sister and nieces and nephews. They called me and told me that she wouldn't eat and I asked them to take her to my house (which was only a block away from them) and let her walk around the backyard and give her the food there. It worked, when they took her back home she started eating just fine.

I don't want to scare you but I would recommend letting her get familiar with the person you are going to leave her with, before you go. I would also suggest you leave a blanket or something that will have the smell of your home and family on it.

Since we have gotten our Yorkies, we have never left them with anyone and we don't intend to ever do it in the future. We just don't want to take that chance.