Ok......so I'm very emotional. Some of your stories made me teary-eyed. We don't go on vacation very often but, when my husband and I got married last halloween, we left my 1 dog at the time with my parents. I could never leave them with anyone else even if I wanted to. There have been times when my husband and I are out at a resturant and out of the blue he'll say "let's hurry up and get home, the dogs are waiting for us".....oh.....what a softie!!!!