We do the dog sitter thing in our home
Like a previous poster, we arrange for friends or relatives to come have a free vacation and stay in our home when we go on a planned vacation. It takes a lot of coordination and we can't do spur of the moment trips, but we've done it probably 6-8 times. One couple jokes that they are going to buy a puppy for us when the time comes.
Our dog is almost 17 yrs old - used to board him when he was younger, and he was always ok, but obviously stressed. Don't think he could handle that anymore.
For day trips, we arrange with a neighbor to come walk hime once or twice, or bring him over to play in their villa backyard, and we do the same for their dog. We used to be able to leave him all day when we were both working and he was younger, but not anymore.
It is limiting having a pet, and ours will not be replaced for a while once he goes to doggie heaven, but you pet lovers out there understand.
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