Does it annoy you?

I've been asked to put the dog outside!! I have done so in order not to be rude!~! My little one likes to grab the attention of anyone who comes too and he is very cute and jumps up on people. I've had people say to me that pets don't belong inside. How do you respond to that sort of remark??

If someone comes into my home and has a problem with anything in it they can leave. It is my home not theres. If they don't like my animals that is their problem. I would ignore them and hope that they leave soon. If I was in someone elses home and something there bothered me I would either put up with it or leave. I have never had anyone say anything about my animals. I think most people I have in my home have better sensibilities and manners.

Oh probably, but I don't let it bother me. It's your dogs' home, not theirs anyway.

Thank goodness nobody dared say that about my pet. But I have one friend who, every time she visits with her boyfriend, i have to take my dog out of the house because her boyfriend is just too scared of lovely and tiny shih tzu. It's funny! This reminded me of the very first time we moved into our new house. A neighbor came (and we didn't even invite him) checked out our house and said the meanest thing! He said that he likes the design of the other house better than ours. He went on complaining and nobody even asked for his opinion! How dare he speak ill of our house when his is half the size of mine and people could hardly even move inside! That was very rude of him.

Our pet is very calm and never bark or annoy on anyone but at night time he start barking or annoying. I feel bad if anyone is coming in our home and our pet is annoying on them.

hi, i actually never experience that,i loved pet and i always have pet at home such as dog,fish and turtle,and there are many friends of mine who also been there but no one of them annoy,instead they were amazed especially to my turtle and my fishes.

I've had a lot of complaints about my cats... well, guess what - they live here!

Hi Hon, I've had dogs and I've had cats. No one ever said anything to me but you can count on me opening my mouth if they did. I'm like you, I would NEVER say anything like that to anyone. As far as I'm concerned, if they don't like dogs or cats, why come visit me? They KNOW I have them, so meet me somewhere for coffee, or invite me to your house, but don't come to my house complaining...ugh. Yes, it would annoy me completely.

i have 3 cats and as far as i am concerned , whoever visits my home and remarks about them in a bad light, i will hint that they have an option not to visit in future..my pets are here to stay and my home is every way their home as well since all 3 of them grew up here ,and there is no way i will intentionally keep them in a room or put them another place just so somebody who doesn't like cats come visiting..just like i am not going to lock up my kid in her room just because some one who can't stand children say they want to visit me at my place.

I know what you mean. Not all are fond of animals and I take care of that when Preiti my pet wants attention from them as well. I keep her away from them. In your case they could have been polite and mentioned about their lack of interest in animals.

yes that really annoys me! my dogs are chihuahua's and they are very very energetic and small and jumpy, and just want to give kisses and get cuddles. they go mad with excitment when someone comes into the house, and someone once called my dogs "things" .. i was very angry and ended up having a huge argument with the person and they left!

I am a dog and cat lover, Loving. I can't have a dog in the house and can't have a cat, period. When I lived by myself I had a dog and a few stray cats that I adopted. I loved them so much. I loved the hugs and kisses I got. One if my cats would sample my iced tea right out if my glass. I didn't toss it out and go Ewwwwwwwwww. My dog and cats were my children. When my cat Pinky had premature kittens I did CPR on them to try and revive them but they didn't live. I was do devastated by that and hurt for her loss. She got killed crossing the road. They came and went as they pleased because they were homeless cats that I took in. I miss having cats and digs in the house, but we aren't allowed to have any in the home.

They would out my front door before they could finish their sentence. I had a ex friend come over, and my one female cat is a princess, she will throw her ball, and expect you to play. She will climb on your lap and lay down. She sat how irritating she was and gross how she was sitting on her, or her ball touched her. I never went out with her that day, and she was out of my front door so fast. It would annoy me, and I would put up with it, they would be gone in no time. I have gone to people's houses, and had animals sit on me on time a cow kicking me, but never said anything.

That person heart is cold, pets are lovely...i have 2 dogs

I know my dogs are annoying as BLEEP and I seriously don't need anyone else to point it out.They are my Babies and I love them deeply. Widget is a Brug (brussels griffon/pug)and very up in your face kind of lovey and he loves everyone. He bounces like Tigger on crank when someone visits . Winston (Chihuahua)on the other hand screams when someone shows up and hides in my clothes . I know that is annoying but they are my Babies .

I don't like dogs. If I am to visit a house where there are dogs, I let them know ahead of time that I am afraid of dogs. Sometimes they'll offer to put the dog away for my visit, like put it outside or lock it in a room. If they don't offer this then I probably would cancel the visit because I really am that afraid of dogs.. but I don't get mad about it or anything. I understand if you don't want to put your dog away.. it just means I won't visit. My sister in law always had dogs.. a couple of really big dogs. One of them was a St. Bernard which is the type of dog that bit me when I was a child, and the type of dog I am most afraid of. At first she knew to tie them up. I pretended to be fine with the dogs because I was a guest. Once she saw that I was okay with them, she stopped tying them up.. so I had to stop visiting. I have cats, one of my cats is annoying. He likes to jump on people's shoulders. I will often lock him up when I have visitors because he won't leave them alone and I wouldn't be a good hostess if I allowed my cat to bother my guests.. even though my cats are my babies as well. One time though a friend came to stay with me for a few days. I had a kitten at the time, and she knew about it. She also had cats so I expected her to be fine with my kitten, but she wasn't. She got so mad at my kitten, just for it being a typical kitten. It was playful, and she got mad at it. The kitten climbed on my sofa where she had her clothes laying out, so the kitten climbed all over her clothes and she threw a fit that the kitten was going to destroy her clothes! That made me mad!

I have had people say things that I don't like about my pets but I also see the other side. You know and love your pets but they may be a bit much for the visitor. I hvae a friend who has a dog that they let eat off their plates. I am not ok with that and I get annoyed when he comes to me and tries to paw my plate out of my hands. I don't say much because I know it's his home but it is annoying.

If somebody said that about our dog, he would have been out the next second. You know there is a saying that once you got a dog, you can find out who are your real friends. I think it is true. Owning a dog made us realize who really care about us and who is only a fake friend. I don't think somebody could say our dog is annoying, because all the people that come to visit us are dog people or, at least, are people who understand our passion for dogs.

I also have experienced that. We have an unexpected visitor, so we have not prepared to keep our dogs away from the door. Our dogs are staying indoors, and we already treat them like my little sisters. They even sleep with me when I was still single. Now that I'm married, they still sleep with my mom. And that visitor is never a dog lover so she shooed them and gave comments like why do we keep dogs indoors, they should be staying outdoors. I also got annoyed and just called my dogs and we stayed inside my room.

My pets belong to me and I love them very much. If people are afraid of dogs I put them in the cage (they go there themselves btw). When I have friends over and the dogs are too busy getting attention I just tell them "No! you go!!". That does it always. But I won't allow people telling me that my dogs are annoying. Our dogs are part of the family!