dogs who visit

I'd have done what you did. We get that all the time since we live in the country. It's very frustrating. The people don't want to listen about not bringing their dog, cause they still do it. I don't think it's fair to our dog to constantly have to imprison them in a room. So we bought a very sturdy dog stake, and a nice thick chain. When these people show up now, we insist they chain the dog. It didn't go over well. The people were angry, had hissy fits, and so on. We just kept pointing at the chain and refused the dog entrance. If they let it loose and it got lost in the country, not our problem. They eventually chained the dog, but never brought him over again. Some of the people took it well, others had the hissies I wrote about, and still others refused to continue visiting us. The way I look at it, if they have no respect for me as to insist I lock my dog up in my own home, I don't have to feel bad if they no longer want me as a friend. I haven't really lost anything if they disrespect me that much.

i really wouln't done something different from you. i don't know what would be the right action to do in such situation. a strange dog visited our home, while ours was loked in a room, and the other dog piied on the carpet to mark his teritory.

I think you did the right thing, some dogs just don't like other dogs in their territory and i guess that is understandable, they protect you and their home unless of course they know the other dog then it can be different.

I probably would have done the same thing.

Hey pat! I think you did exactly what you could do in those circumstances! And I think that you acted quite quickly to avoid any serious things happening too! You did what you could do to prevent the two dogs from fighting and that is all you could do under those circumstances considering it happened so quickly, without any warning! I think you thought fast on your feet and proved that you are such a true animal person!

There is not much else that could have been done, except your friend putting his dog back on her collar. We often take our dogs to my mother-in-law's house and if we are going to spend the day we take Piggy's kennel (thats Pig in my pic). He cannot be trusted on carpet by his self, and so we will put him in his room if we are all going out. Thankfully my kids get along with the other dogs we visit. I have had a neighbor's dog come visiting, we also do not have a fence, and it was a nice day so I had the door open, thankfully me and mine were in the kitchen and the baby gate that I have was up closing off the entry way to the kitchen or I think there may have been bloodshed. I suggest baby gates,(Mine have been the key to a happy family) have your friend bring them and then you can put his pooch in a small part of your house and Sadie will not have to be put in the bedroom.