Anonymous
Post 07/18/2021 12:04     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

Yes but am sending me two to a place like above.Is it Olney area?
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2021 11:46     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

Anonymous wrote:No. My dog seriously loves her doggie daycare boarding. She won’t even know that days are passing.


This. I actually wonder if my dog is sad to see me when I pick him up. But I trust the daycare/boarding place. It's a farm. He goes a couple of days a week to play. They have cageless boarding. He knows the people. And the dogs. It's wonderful.

If I didn't trust the situation I was leaving him in, then yes, I'd be a wreck and probably plan vacations that could include him.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 22:42     Subject: Re:Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

No way! I don’t even think about them. But I know I’m strange for American standards, who usually think and treat pets like humans.

I grew up in a small town with only farm vet, and roaming cats/dogs. I would bring those home and care for them, but they usually didn’t last more than 3, 4 years. The only medical care they got was rabies vaccine and once, I had a dog that we had to give him water injections under his skin to keep him hydrate. Eventually my father had him put down…

I provide my pets with basic health care, but I would never, for instance, spend more than $600.0O on a test. Or treat pet cancer and the like…
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 22:23     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

No. My dog seriously loves her doggie daycare boarding. She won’t even know that days are passing.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 22:18     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

Yes! I am the least anxious person, maybe to a fault — except for this one respect
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 22:06     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

Anonymous wrote:Not unless it's an emergency departure, and then it's massive stress trying to find care at the last minute. Which happened recently. [b]I didn't eat for 3 days.


I get it. I worry more about leaving her than I would with my human children.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 22:05     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

Anonymous wrote:i di dwhen i had random friends watching my pet. once i started boarding at my vet office, who i trusted very much, my anxiety left. Maybe see if you can find a care situation you are more comfortable with?


That's part of it: I hate to have her board at the vet's for a full week b/c I think she would rather be at home, but then I pay someone to stay here and you would think that would be better, but it's stresses me! Trying to find a balance is hard.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 17:51     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

Not unless it's an emergency departure, and then it's massive stress trying to find care at the last minute. Which happened recently. I didn't eat for 3 days.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 17:19     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

i di dwhen i had random friends watching my pet. once i started boarding at my vet office, who i trusted very much, my anxiety left. Maybe see if you can find a care situation you are more comfortable with?
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2021 17:18     Subject: Does anyone get anxious before leaving for vacation just b/c of pets?

So thrilled to be able to get away, but as always, I get pre-trip anxiety over leaving my pup. She's been with us 24/7 the last year (except for a short week last year) and I just hate leaving her.