People that visit you with their dogs??

Anytime our friends bring their pets over, they are very respectful of our wishes. On rainy days, they have even carried the dog from the vehicle to the house. There was only one occasion that I had a huge issue. My husband, myself and my son are allergic to cats. We had a family member coming to visit and I specifically told them that they couldn't bring thier cat. I did explain to them why. Now, the day they showed up my husband got a little sneezy and my son's eyes were puffy. We thought it was because they may have had cat hair on their clothes. They told us that they had decided to stay at a hotel and had made arrangements to have the cat be able to stay with them for an extra fee. They requested that WE pay the extra fee. I told them there was NO WAY. They could have taken then to a kennel or anyting for the 4 days they would be staying. It turned into an arguement and they said they were leaving. When they got up to leave, they started looking around the house. I asked them what was going on and they told my they had to find Charlie before they left. Charlie is their cat!!!! The cat had been in the house for almost 3 hours wandering around the upstairs and we didn't even know it! I had to wash everything and ended up taking my son to the ER! TOTAL DISRESPECT!!! I love my family, but we have not spoken since the episode.

Don't blame you for asking your visitors to wipe their dog's paws before coming into the house especially on a rainy day. I do dogsit every once in awhile for one of our daughter's dogs. She is an excellent pet and I really enjoy her. She doesn't wet in the house and is fun. I make certain she stays off the furniture by only limiting her to the upstairs area of the house. However I do have a horror story that made me furious. My cleaning lady came to clean one day with her dog. The dog politely lifted his leg and peed on my good oversized chair in the living room. I about lost it. Then the cleaning lady defends the dog by saying he didn't wet much. I don't take our dog anywhere to visit. Just isn't what I like to do plus I have respect for other's homes. I feel like they invited me or us to visit and not our dog. So you can tell I am not exactly nice about taking my dog to visit or others brining their dogs here. Other pets come in here and smell our animals and that is a call for disaster. I am also a big animal lover.

hi ilyzium It depends wholly on the dog, Is he trained to go outdoors or not,if not tell them to leave fido at home as you really do not want dog urine on your new blue carpeting, thanks very much but keep your dog at home. I do not appreciate people bringing their dogs with them when they come to see me as my home is not dog proofed at all. Of course that was when we had our own apartment which did allow dogs anyway.

I think your friends and family should respect your wishes. They should clean up after the dog. I also do not allow dogs on my furniture and would expect anyone bring their dog to my house to keep their dog off my furniture. I do love dogs and other animals.

i have dogs and i've never brought my pets to someone elses home, even if its a relative. For me though, I wouldn't mind if they'd bring their pet as long as it's trained and as long as they clean up after it. I would not want anyone to bring their pet if it isn't trained and if they don't clean up their own mess. I would also have reservations about having someone elses dog over when it rains because it's messy. I wouldn't do this to anyone and lucky I never had to have experiences like these. If someone would get offended if I said I didn't want them to bring their pet, well, I wouldn't care. My house. My rules. Don't like it. Don't come. Simple as that.

I have a friend that can bring her pet into my friend house just because she is a lap dog! I find that very unfair. As long a they clean up after there pet, I have no problem with that, as I too love animals. I think your friends are wrong, they should respect you wishes, because you are kind enough to let them bring their dog over in the first place.

I agree with you. Dont mind if they bring them but make sure to clean up after them. I have three dogs. We do not take them to other peoples houses, they are too messy. They are huge dogs and that is just rude to expect somebody else to put up with them. But people seem to think that since i have dogs, i wont mind cleaning up after theirs.

I think dogs just like children should be under control when you take them visiting someone elses home. You have to do more than you would normally do in your own home. I have a friend who when she comes over gets very offended when I say no dogs on the furniture she says she is allowed to sit on the furniture at her home. I say that is fine but in my house no dogs on the furniture. My poor dog always looks at hers with a look like why do she get to be on the couch when I can't. After they leave my dog tries to do and looks at me as if to say why can't I do it. I am at the point where I am about to say she can't come over and bring her dog if she won't obey my house rules