Thanks Sheiken, your advice is appreciated, and thanks to a certain A380 Captain (lots of forelock tugging, even if he was one of "our" apprentices, back in the days of BEA. Credit where its due, he has achieved a lot) I have taken a direct approach to the Accommodation Department which cuts out the middle man, so to speak. We will see what happens as I did remain polite, as you do.
While our pooches are not especially large, they do need a bit of space to run around, and an SUV sized plot, even a Yank Tank sized patch is hardly adequate, even for a human. I must say the overhead shots do seem to confirm that things are a little tight at the rear.
So 2 weeks to go, apparently, and lets hope it is all put to bed before I arrive....