Your fur babies will be treated with the same love and affection I look after my own with. Your dog will be treated with love, respect and a firm hand. I strongly believe in reinforcing the good and calmly correcting the miss step. I have used this for over 18 years with my own dogs and they want to please. I find this gives me a happy calm dog who when caught red handed doesn't panic but waits for instruction on what to do next. If I leave my home your baby will be safely secure in a kennel or a large doggy playpen. I believe when the family is home the fur kid should be with the family. I have a large deck that the dogs can go out on and will walk them to enjoy the mountain. My dog Max is a social ambassador and he has never met another dog he didn't like. I just brought home a new dog Wicked-Wicket he is 8 months incredibly sweet and is learning the rules. I forgot puppies have no off switch. Your dog once across my threshold is family until you return. If you rather I stop by your home I can do that too. P.S. I will stop by your home to take care of your cats but in my own will not work.