For the first time since I started fostering, I took a dog-free vacation. It was an interesting feeling, walking into a room and not being greeted by a pack of dogs for a few days. But it was nice to have the chance to do things that dogs wouldn't be welcomed at.
My wonderful Aunt stayed at my place for the weekend to care for my pups. She's a serious animal lover, and she's been saying for a year now that she'd watch them for me anytime I needed to get away. So when I planned this little trip, I knew she would be the first person I asked. Thankfully she was free!
I left her with a page of notes, mostly saying to supervise while the dogs were outside (they are escape artists, after all) and where each dog goes at night. Nothing too difficult. She did have a few questions over the weekend about Jett's housebreaking, but it was nothing I didn't expect, so all was good.
On Sunday, she needed to leave before I got back, but she left me a nice little message saying how great all the dogs were, and how much they missed me. She called out Jett specifically and said that even though he wasn't fully housebroken, she wished she could have taken him home because he just has the cutest face and sweetest demeanor. That's exactly how I feel about him, so it's nice to get a second opinion that matches.
Per my instructions, she left Tippy & Hardy out in the living room (Jett and Ruthie were in the dog room). Tippy was SO happy to see me when I came home. He just made my heart melt! At one point I had to run back out to the car to grab some more stuff to bring in, and he put his little paws up on the edge of the screen door window and peeked his head out (he just barely reached). It was the cutest thing I've ever seen.
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