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[quote=Anonymous]Ditto, ditto, ditto on what the pps say about kids doing any work for the dogs.  They simply don't.  We're lucky if DD (11 and the one who BEGGED for the dog and PROMISED until kingdom come would take care of) takes her out once a day for peepee.  Forget poo - no patience for that!  She does play with her but I know that will become less frequent as she gets older.

Luckily, my DH and I are in love with the dog and happily take her for long walks almost every day.

If you have good friends or family in the area who have dogs and/or are dog lovers, you can take turns taking care of each other's dogs.  We take a similar number of vacations as you do and this is what we do.  We have friends who take our dog in while we travel, and we will take theirs when they travel.  We were gone for a month this winter and we sent our dog to a cousin's house for 2 weeks, and good friend's house the other two weeks.

As for travel with the dog, we just took our first road trip with ours (just got her a year ago) over spring break and she's a great traveler.  I was surprised at how many hotels are dog-friendly and she was really good when we left her alone in the hotel room to go out for dinner.  We plan to take her on a longer road trip this summer.  But we are lucky - I've heard from friends that some dogs get carsick and/or don't travel very well.

Good luck - overall we're very happy we got our dog, but just be aware of the costs and limitations.[/quote]

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