and she oughta just stay home...
or should dogs be banned to the yard or a closed bedroom or basement,
whenever we dog-folks have a party that includes food?

ohmidog! » Stay at home, mom

personally, NONE of my dogs ever begged, altho ppl would stuff my Basset x Doxie with treats on the theory that his melting brown gaze meant he was starving, LOL...
nah, he was just greedy - not the same thing!

so... what Do U Think?
--- terry

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It depends on who the guests are. Sometimes if I get a housefull of little kids (my dogs just haven't been around a lot of them ) they prefer to go into my room. I take my cues from the dogs and how the guests react. If the dogs don't like someone I would never force them to stick around, and on that note I'd be paying attention to the guest cause he/she is probably trouble or an idiot when they have been drinking. Don't think I've been steered wrong by my dogs a few humans maybe.....Jill

ps I also tell people they know I have dogs don't wear black. Dog hair is a condiment to dog lovers lol

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If there are a lot of people , whether the dogs know them or not , all the noise & excitement of a party is bound to wind them up , and excitable dogs jump around , can possibly nip (not through aggression) jump up at people ... could eat or drink something they shouldnt and you might not notice til its too late .... you may have guests who arent as dog happy as you are yourself, so it would ruin their fun to have the dogs around

Dogs are very sensitive so will be aware something new is happening , this will make them alert anyway ... Introduce the dogs to the people at the start of the party , but I just think it would be less stressful for the dogs to be shut away in a bedroom with a tv on or something and a fave treat once the party gets going

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If its just me and oh eating the dogs get to stay in the room while we eat.
If I have visiors over if its my mum or sisters the dogs get put out because they are not dog people and can't control them- its pointless me telling the dogs to get off because my mum or sister just ignores them or makes sily noises! Lol

But if its my dad or his oh then I leave the dogs where they are because they are dog people and know how to handle them.

Generally my dogs are well behaved around other people so I don't really have a problem.

We can take them to my oh mum for dinner and they are quite happy to run around in the garden or in the kitchen with everyone and be crated while we eat.

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It's my house, I suggest if people don't like dogs then they don't come over.

Whoever died from a dog nicking a sausage roll ey?

I couldn't stand it if a dog was in my face while I was eating though. She does have the decency to sit 3 feet away at least!

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I would let dogs be a part of the family and if visitors didn't like it then I'm sure they would remember where the door is. As long as the dogs weren't jumping up on people, then they would come first in my house

sounds as tho, so long as the dogs are reasonably well-behaved, most folks would at least let them say hi - or have them stay in the party.

i do keep a sharp eye on kids, if the party includes children under 10 to 12-YO; they can do things that *their* dog is accustomed to, and tolerates, which would be a shock to a strange dog, even a friendly one. ;--)

my party-loving friend with a Sheltie bitch constantly has to monitor her dog re her guests, as she will surreptitiously gather them all the while, LOL - everyone ends up in a knot in the garden, standing + chatting, or clustered in the living-room, and wondering how they got there!

cheers,
--- terry

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to be honest, we have the dogs at the back of the house, and they are not allowed in the loung/dining room/bedrooms, but do have access to conservatory/office/kitchen area, so when we have guest they dont have to sit on sofas covered in hairs, they dont have the dogs jumping up or bothering them. if they want to meet my dogs then I will take them through to the back of the house and let them meet them, we used to have clients come to our home when we had our own business, and we felt that some people may take umbrage at having dog hairs on their suits lol, if on the other hand the people are "dog people" ie MY friends and not hubbys then they come into the back of the house and get covered in hair lol

mo

Depends on the dog, the owners and the guests!

When we have people over, Scooter gets put outside for a bit while everyone is let in. He can be wary of letting new people into the house after a couple of bad experiences when he was younger, but once they're in all he wants is love
He stays in his bed in the hall while we eat, then he's normally let in to wander around the kitchen/dining room/sitting room area unless the guest is worried about dogs (quite a few of my little sister's friends are, and seeing as Scooter goes straight to the little people for a fuss it's not really fair on them). He's not allowed on the furniture so no worries about furry drooly sofas!

If someone came over and said that he ought to be shut outside while they were there then i don't think they'd get invited back again! Scooter is a member of the family that they've come to see and i take great offence when people come over and insult how we manage our home in terms of it's four-legged resident.
I think i'm just lucky that the vast majority of people who come to our house are dog lovers

Now i think of it, if we were to have a lot of people over that Scooter didn't already know (my sister's christening being a good example), he would be put in his outside run with a Kong more for his benefit than anything else - he needs to be introduced to anyone new on a one-to-one basis or he gets a bit overwhelmed when it should be a positive experience.
*Shakes head at neurotic dog*