Dog's behaviour, when away from you

Estonia
May 7, 2007 8:46am CST
What is the worst thing your dog has done to your poor relatives, who are left to watch your dog, while you're away travelling? Me and my sister took our relatives dog to keep for a week while they were away, and fifteen minutes after they left, the cute little white dog made the most terribly stinking turds on our carpet. How could something so revolting come out of someone so cute. The smell was unbearable. I'm not sure I can handle her for an entire week. Was it just the sign of first nerves and probably this is not going to happen again or should I prepare for the worst. Anyway I took the dog out for a walk after that and was trying to cross the road, but she wouldn't move an inch so I just walked around the house with her secretly thinking I'm prepared to pay the fine if she did her thing there. Unsuprisingly she didn't do anything so I guess I'll have to go out with her later also, hopefully managing to make it to the park. How does your dog's behaviour change, when away? Is she a pain in the but or the same or does she even behave better? Do tell!
1 response
@lucas528 (323)
• Northern Mariana Islands
7 May 07
Well, it's actually the same as what happened to you. But you know what, I can live with that and I can train my dogs the way I used after being away from them. But the worst part is, when I left my dogs for a few weeks inside my room and my brother-in-law which was in the same house, was to take care of them while I am adjusting (coz I just moved into another house), my sister send my dogs outside and use my old room to be a children's room. It really hurts to see them outside. That is why Im doing everything I can to earn money online, lots of money, so I can get all of them and they could stay with me. I only 2 with me now.
• United States
7 May 07
I've never really had to leave my dogs. But if I did, I'd worry more about the worst thing the dogsitters would do to my dog. lol Feed something he can't have, not watch him good enough so he ends up roadkill. etc.