just got back from Spain this morning, and my young lad (28) goes walking with me on and off ,so he took care of them while away,...now they know him real well but no way would my Kelpie X's walk with him off lead ,they kept running back to the car looking for me it seems ..I never envisaged a situation like this within the family ,so now I know if the time came that I couldn't take care of them ,I'd have no choice but pts I reckon ,....