It has been the longest that I have been away from her in years. A few years back I left for 5 weeks to revisit family in the US and when I returned I think she had given up hope... the people watching her said she had started to refuse to eat and would just sleep and stare out the window all day.
when i did return it was the one and only time in her life that she peed everywhere with delight.
Sucks about the fear of poisoning. Do people do that to eliminate your "security" or just out of spite or hatred of dogs?