So, if I'm not being to nosey, why did she need you guys to take the dogs for so long?
FYI...just be glad she didn't pull on you guys what I did to my parents 11 years ago. I asked them to take my cat for a while and she's still there! But, it ended up being the best because they started to love her and she is much more suited for country life than city life and she detests children (which is why I sent her there in the first place once my son was a year old and could chase her). She was miserable with him around. And I know that he would have learned in short order how to treat her, but one night when my son's uncle slept over with his kids, the cat approached them at night (they were on an air mattress) and circled them growling. So, I was worried about my son and her.