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Our longest trips have been no more than 3 weeks at a time. We have never had more than one dog at a time, but have always taken them with us. Older Golden Retrievers that have been about as calm and layed back as dogs can be. If we wanted to go somewhere for 2-3 hours we take them for a long walk first. Then they would curl up in a dark corner of the bedroom and still be there asleep when we return. But that doesn’t work for all dogs. We have camped beside people whose dogs would begin barking as soon as they left and continue until they returned. Don’t know if they made messes inside or not. I have mentioned the barking to owners a couple times but they didn’t seem interested.

We have some very long time friends as next door neighbors who keep watch over things outside. A neighbor across the street who is sorta the neighborhood watchdog. And another lady, who cleans our house once a week, who comes inside several times a week to check the inside. So we are covered pretty well.