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We had a collie who always slept in my bed. Paid off. I was her favorite human. I think taking her for a romp in the large field nearby also bought me points. That dog loved me!
Yes, I Always share bed with my dogs they are my child. also gain some quick bucks and learning on some Slotland Casino Gamerules would sufice the cost of it.
I read once that a dog is like a child. If you want it clean, you have to keep it clean.
I always let my Dobe sleep on the bed and except in the hottest summers, he liked to sleep under the covers as well. I kept my dog clean. He was brushed and bathed regularly and when you pet him, you didn't get that dusty, dirty feeling on your hands. He was as slick and shiny as a seal. I like dogs, but I hate to pet dirty ones.
A child can give itself a bath. At least, after a certain age. They can also go to the bathroom by themselves. A child is very different from a dog, in all respects.
I worked for someone who got a new dog. They said "please do not feed him people food, I don't want him to start bad habits". That was easy for me because I don't feed pets people food, and certainly not someone elses pets.
They invite me over to supper one night. The dog spent the night with his nose on the table. Then the same someone who said "don't feed him people food" slipped him some supper.
We have a family member who brings their dog to holiday meals and the dog begs. Drives me crazy. No one else will speak up but I'll shoo him right out of the room. Once I said I was going to put him in a bedroom until we were done eating. I refuse to be polite when I have to push someone's animal away while I'm eating at a table inside a house! (note it's not the pet-owners house, they are a guest)
I am the same. I will not eat dinner at a table if I have to be pushing a dog away from me. My BF’s mom had Thanksgiving dinner at her very tiny house and there were THREE dogs in there. I put my foot down and put all three dogs outside until dinner was over. It was ridiculous.
Thanks for the reply. I can see it with a leather couch, and you do not appear to encourage the dogs to get on the sofa. But not everyone is a dog person and even on a leather couch a dog who routinely gets on the couch will probably try to do that with company sitting there too and that's over the line IMO.
I have a truck dedicated to taking my dog out. The wife or anyone else won't even get it it because it smells like a wet dog.
I worked for someone who got a new dog. They said "please do not feed him people food, I don't want him to start bad habits". That was easy for me because I don't feed pets people food, and certainly not someone elses pets.
They invite me over to supper one night. The dog spent the night with his nose on the table. Then the same someone who said "don't feed him people food" slipped him some supper.
We have a family member who brings their dog to holiday meals and the dog begs. Drives me crazy. No one else will speak up but I'll shoo him right out of the room. Once I said I was going to put him in a bedroom until we were done eating. I refuse to be polite when I have to push someone's animal away while I'm eating at a table inside a house! (note it's not the pet-owners house, they are a guest)
We once "trained" our Royal Standard Poodle to stay out of the dining room, sort of. He would stick his black paw over the red carpet, start wagging his tail, and "laughing." Then, he'd lunge into the dining room and start barking.
Impossibly naughty and impossibly cute. That dog had quite a personality.
Poster’s comment makes it very clear who are animal lovers and who are not. People can say they love animals but actions speak louder than words. I am also shocked that some people are a guest in someone’s house and then tell the owner where their dog can be. People set their own rules in their homes and if I disagree I decline the invitation.
I’m also shocked that one person has a relative that brings their dog with them when they are a guest I’m assuming without permission and then the guest doesn’t ensure that the dog isn’t begging at the table.
At one point I had 4 small dogs and my son moved in with 2 big dogs. If someone was coming for dinner for the first time I would always warn them that they must love dogs as we had 6. None were begging at the table.
If someone tried to tell me what to do with my dogs in my home they would never be invited again. Despite having many big dinner parties of 30 people only once did someone try that and I never invited them again. There’s common sense courtesy for being a guest in someone else’s home even if they are family.
Poster’s comment makes it very clear who are animal lovers and who are not. People can say they love animals but actions speak louder than words. I am also shocked that some people are a guest in someone’s house and then tell the owner where their dog can be. People set their own rules in their homes and if I disagree I decline the invitation.
I’m also shocked that one person has a relative that brings their dog with them when they are a guest I’m assuming without permission and then the guest doesn’t ensure that the dog isn’t begging at the table.
At one point I had 4 small dogs and my son moved in with 2 big dogs. If someone was coming for dinner for the first time I would always warn them that they must love dogs as we had 6. None were begging at the table.
If someone tried to tell me what to do with my dogs in my home they would never be invited again. Despite having many big dinner parties of 30 people only once did someone try that and I never invited them again. There’s common sense courtesy for being a guest in someone else’s home even if they are family.
Since I'm that poster, I can tell you I am shocked too. It's family and we weren't brought up like that. They never asked to bring the dog, they just assumed it's ok and then we have to have to deal with begging too? I was quiet for a few years but got tired of it and started to speak up. Now others do too.
I won't tell someone their dog has to leave the room when I'm a guest in their house but I do draw the line at their dog (or any pet for that matter) trying to get its nose in my plate.
I am that person at the party playing with the dog - but not sharing my food (or bed)!
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(note it's not the pet-owners house, they are a guest)
