It is so hard to leave them anywhere...eve n at home in the care of a household member. I think it traumatizes them when I board them and go on a trip, because they know I am going on a trip and expect to go. I always feel so sad when that has to be done, because I feel they do not believe I will ever return. I'd like to think that after having been boarded a couple of times, they realize I DO come back. But, I just don't know. Maybe I am anthropomorphi zing them too much, but I don't think that's the case either. I'm sure they have feelings.