I'm a pet owner, and I can certainly understand both sides. Not sure what I'd do under those conditions, but when camping, eating out, shopping or anything, if my dog can't go there, I don't either. When camping, or even at home, if we need to go to the grocery store, one of us goes in, the other stays with the dog in the car/truck. My adult son lives with us, so when we go "out" he's home with the dog. Otherwise, even at home, the dog is never alone. We both have the ability to work from home. My wife works from home full time now. She doesn't have her own desk in the office any more either. I work from home 50/50 now. I'm required to be in the office 2 or 3 days a week. So, one of us is always with the dog. In a disaster? Not sure what we'd do, but we wouldn't abandon our dog or cat or leave them in a kennel either. We quit taking the dog to my mother's house, because the dog stressed out so bad. So kenneling is absolutely not an option. I suppose we'd be sleeping outside too!
