We are going on a big family holiday in August, which includes all of our usual ‘dog sitters’. This was planned several months ago and so we also found/hired a dog walker who offered house & dog sitting. Great we thought - our dog gets used to the new person and also gets to stay at home. Last month the walker/sitter let us know they were giving that up for personal reasons and could no longer help. So that was disappointing for us and a waste of £!
A friend of a relative has been incredibly kind and offered to have our dog at their house - they also have a dog and are retired. We did a walk with them last week and all seems fine, with another walk planned this week and hopefully a couple of hours stay at their house one afternoon.
I’m just feeling so anxious about causing stress to our dog, and especially of the two dogs getting into a fight or something like that. Nothing to say that will happen based on past behaviour of both, but you never know. The people looking after our dog are very kind and responsible. I just can’t stop feeling sick and so tense (my chest is so tight!) about it and of something going wrong. I don’t want any problems between relatives and their friends if something happens. I’m thinking kennels as another option but it feels a bit late to be researching good ones now, as DH feels strongly against kennels. I don’t even know why I’m posting this lol as don’t have a question as such just needed to offload some worry/guilt at leaving the dog.