Why We Do It... Many years ago Pat and I trusted a pet sitter to stay in our home to care for our 16 year old Lab, Sandy. As it was cold, Sandy was to spend most of her time in our heated garage...being let out frequently, unless we had warm, sunny days. We couldn’t reach the pet sitter all week...making us really nervous, so we came home a day early. To our horror, we quickly realized that this person had barely been there, but had clearly entertained a man...had parties, etc. I won’t go into the condition of our home...theft of personal items, etc...but it was quite devastating. Our poor Sandy had been left in the garage - possibly never let out, maybe not even fed much - and in her attempt to ‘hold’ it, as she was trained, the garage floor was full of bloody urine stains. She had a developed a massive urinary tract infection, requiring hospitalization. After very expensive critical care, she passed away less than two weeks later. Shortly after that, DogDaze was born.