Is Your Dog Universally Loved?

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robilee writes:

We do go to my folks place once in awhile to run the fields and they do go inside for a bit but I can feel my mom tense up partly because she is scared of them and partly because they might get her house hairy and dirty..lol. I mostly keep them outside when I take them out there.

Not to worry, your Mom's not the only one like that about her house. As much as my Mom loves the Collies, because of their shedding, they aren't allowed in her house. Murph is allowed if he stays in my lap, since he doesn't really shed that much.

I usually only take them all over there, when we're having a family b-b-que outside, so that we're not isolated from everybody else. My sister, who normally doesn't like dogs, is even agreeable to having them around for b-b-ques, because that's the only time my Nephews will stay outside with us the whole time and not be lured to the inside and video games.

I'm also, in the middle of converting the back of Mom's garage into a lil' mini apartment, that way I can go visit and stay the night and the dogs can come too.

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[Denyce]

Sequoia has charmed the treats out of anyone who has met her either briefly or over a period of time. My in-laws are just nuts about her. They ask how she is doing all the time and have no problem with us bringing her to visit even though they are allergic to dogs. We just don't allow her in their bedroom. And since we are usually staying for several days that is quite the ordeal. My almost 60 year old father in law the last time we were there visiting was down on his hands and knees with his butt wiggling in the air playing with her. She just turns on that husky charm and smiles and woos and people melt.