SweetDommes
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In our house, the dogs make themselves our first thoughts when someone comes over - they get all bouncy lol I know that not all dogs are like ours, but if one of the dogs was sleeping in the hall and got tripped over (which was stated in the most recent post by the OP, I believe), then at that point, there is your reminder to take care of the dogs. Another point, though, is that it is stated that there is no yard and the dogs can open doors - which says to me that they have no way to contain the dogs at all, no matter what the situation is - and that's just asking for trouble, if not now (which, it has caused trouble) then in the future. This is why our dogs are all crate-trained and with a few exceptions of getting over excited or scared, they stay put when told. The two who escape - one of them does it during thunderstorms because she's terrified of them - the other has only done it twice, but we prefer not to take chances if she makes people nervous. We are also well aware of the effect our dogs have on other people. We have a large German Shepherd, an American Staffordshire Terrier mix (those are the two that escape), an American Pitbull Terrier, and two Shih Tzus - and until they are all calm when someone comes over and the guest is comfortable with them being out, they all stay in their crates. If they can't get calm, then they stay there. Just because it's our house and our dogs doesn't mean that we can't be respectful to people who are nervous around large dogs.
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