My family and I occasionally go on vacations and have always struggled to find someone to stay at our house and care for our two dogs (yellow lab mix and a Pembroke corgi). They have a backyard to run and poop in. but they sleep inside and we usually hire someone to stay at the house with them over night, feed them and let them out. Love it when someone walks or plays with them! they have no special diets or medications. The lab mix is quite reactive and barks at everything but they are both good boys.