[lovsthosebigdogs]

I totally understand your reluctance to leave your dogs/cats with just anyone or in a kennel or with strangers. We bought a motorhome so we could travel with our dogs. Does anyone know how many hotel stays you could have for the price of a motorhome? LOL. However, the peace of mind I get taking my furfamily with me is totally worth it. Since my husband and I had summers to travel we often spent many weeks away from home traveling and I didn't want to leave them with a sitter or kenneled so long. But we also have a timeshare so we do leave them for a week every now and then because we can't take them on our timeshare vacations. When we do that we always get someone to stay in our home with them. It's not easy finding someone all the time but we have been lucky and I have had to get over that feeling of weirdness from having someone in my home. If I get a good recommendation from someone I trust I'll use that person after meeting them. I can't always get a friend to do it. Perhaps I'll find someone to 'trade houses' with us and pet sit when we move to TV this summer.