My sister's bringing her 3 dogs & cat down for the holidays & I don't have a yard, so I would have volunteered her to housesit the OP's place
- but obviously w/ his dogs/cat, adding even more to the mix wouldn't work.
I love my 'nieces' (3 goldens) & 'nephew' (Siamese), but not having a yard at the beach am not looking forward to having to walk the goldens multiple times/day on a leash - especially at 6am. Much easier to open the door to a yard
Ah well, the good side is that goldens are 'magnets' when you walk them on the beach & get the walker lots of attention
Sorry alect, Cheryl doesn't leave until the 2nd so can't really help w/ the 12/31-1/4 timeframe.
Cheers.
PS - I will ask some friends though if it's something they'd be interested in doing.