A vacation away from the daily noise of life does indeed involve a vacation away from dog care, from the walking and feeding and discovering an odor only to investigate and find out that someone ate too many twigs in the backyard and his stomach decided to reject them in the middle of the living room rug. Doesn’t mean I don’t start to miss these kids, even the smell of his paws and the way he looks at me like, “You do realize you should be sleeping with one eye open.”