We recently did a tour of house sitting for almost 2 weeks. It really seemed more like a month because of what came with the house, 6 dogs!!! And no 2 of them were from the same family.
A good friend of Sally's was going with her grown children and grandchildren to Myrtle Beach, SC, and she asked Sally to house sit. Sally said "sure" but then she found out about the dogs that her kids would be leaving there too. But we agreed to give it a try anyway.
The first few days were the hardest as we were getting used to them and them to us and to each other. Several wanted to sleep on our bed at night, but we finally got them relocated except for our own. It was hard enough sleeping on a water bed without coping with more than 1 dog.
For a few days we kept having to clean up "accidents" but we soon got all of them used to going outside. Of course we had to go outside quite often too which we didn't care to do because of the heat. But that was better than having to clean up accidents.
However on the bright side, we were able to enjoy a huge screen TV and go swimming whenever we wanted. That was great. But now that's it's all over, I'll take our little TV any day over taking care of 6 dogs all at once.
Howell
