Guests with dogs

dmd77
Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:30:02 +0000

I have numerous friends with dogs (because most of my friends also compete in dog sports). Some of the time some of the dogs are welcome and I try to be very specific about which dogs when.

Anyone who doesn’t get that dogs aren’t always welcome… well, that’s their problem.

Years ago, when I had a dog that was extremely nasty to other dogs, a friend brought her 4-pound purse dog into the house, and didn’t tell me. It wasn’t until my dog tore a hole in the side of her purse that I found out. I haven’t seen her since, although we were able to stop my (60-pound) dog in time.

Editing to add that my dogs always stay in the car until I’m quite sure they’re welcome inside; even then, I might bring only one in at a time so that I can supervise properly.