Clearly no pet is going to be keen on being left with strangers for 20 days, even if it is in a very nice professional kennel facility near Heathrow called AirPets.
However Mia seemed to settle in reasonably quickly, claiming her spot for the duration as quickly as a German in Costa Dorada.
Just before we left Oscar tried one last-ditch attempt to avoid being left, using the famous look that Puss In Boots uses to great effect in Shrek: