Madmen "Ratter, I would have thought going away for a week would be impossible for you. What with all those dogs!"
we have friends all over the world where we can stay with our dogs, the problem would be the cost of getting pet passports etc, We also have my good ladies Mum living with us, she is 96 and bed-bound with dementia, so the dogs arent the biggest problem and we certainly would not go away and leave her Mum or the dogs behind.
Our time will come, no rush :-)