i only get a weekend away each year ,i get the mother in law to move in to the house and animal sit ,but there is always a disaster when i get back . i am going to greece this summer for a week not that i want to go but a family member wants to get married there ,hopefully i have a friend that is going to move in and house sit for me and look after my 19 chickens,7 dogs and my 4 foot tropical tank full of fish