Yikes. Dog sitter required Aug/Sep either Bucks or Sussex!

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I'd booked a week off to get away with the family. Dog was going to stay with my mum in Sussex. Trouble is holidays were looking crazy expensive, so we've decided to go and stay with a friend in Cyprus. As we're just paying flights, we can go for 2 weeks. Except mum can't have the dog the second week (possibly could sleep there, just no daytime care).

Sadly, the period covers the August bank holiday so everywhere decent is booked up.

We live in the sticks near Chesham, Bucks and I have a unit on a friend's farm. My dog could stay with them, but I'm worried he'll walk home looking for me - and my neighbour is bat st crazy and concerned she'll do him harm (trust me, she's a nut job).

Options....

A week with my mum in Sussex, followed by another week with a home boarder in Sussex (Burgess Hill area).

2 weeks with my mum, but with a dog walker daytimes for the second week (mum is home the second week, just not around during days).

2 weeks with a home boarder in Bucks (or Herts area).

2 weeks, someone staying at our house with the dog.

If anyone can help with any recommendations I'd be very grateful. Be nice to get away for 2 weeks, but need to make sure the pooch is all right, or it'll be a week.

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Thanks all. I bloomin' hate leaving the dog. I've beaten my mum into submission and she'll have him both weeks with an old school friend and an uncle offering to help on days they are out. Mum had already pretty much decided they'd make it work since I got the initial knock back last night. We're down my mum's a fair bit and the dog loves it and the change in scenery (and the sea!). I did find someone able to walk the dog in Sussex, but mum wasn't happy about stranger going to the house - which is fair enough I suppose.

Friend in Cyprus has a dog which bizarrely makes it easier being away from my own.

Turn7, thanks. Looks like a great place.