Dog came to our house viewing

To add; I have Guinea pigs, who are petrified of dogs.

I think I'd go nuclear if a buyer just flounced in with a dog.

My poor boys would likely have a heart attack and I'm not even kidding. Dogs and GPs are a big no no unless you've specifically trained the dog to be around them.

My neighbour stood outside our lounge window during Covid with her cat 🐈 and even that distance scared the boys.

So what if the dog walked where your kids play, it wont do them any harm at all. Its a dog, it hasnt done any harm at all by being in your house. Nothing was broken, nobody died. YABU.

It such a weird thing to do, I've got 3 dogs and it wouldn't cross my mind yo take them with me! It's odd but I wouldn't dwell on it.

I'm assuming guide dogs would be regarded differently?

Out of interest, what would happen if the seller was allergic?

OP: after that I'd change agents.

Very strange, what if you had really bad allergies or it decided to cock its leg 😱. I’d be having a word, calling out the lying in an email to the branch manager and switching agents, just because life’s too short to deal with people who you’ve engaged to provide a service who aren’t honest.

They still need to ask. For both religious and health reasons. Dogs can't always enter a family home.

I'd bring my assistance dog to a viewing and take legal action against any estate agent or seller who had an issue with that and before the OP says it wasn't an assistance dog - there are a variety of breeds used as assistance dogs, a variety of assistance dog charities, and a variety of uniforms (some assistance dogs don't have uniforms). They all still have access rights. Tread carefully before you challenge this, I doubt you'd be able to prove 100% it wasn't an assistance dog. I've seen spaniels, poodles, cockerpoos, labradors, german shephards, collies, cavaliers, terriers all sorts as I also work for a registered AD charity.

I would be LIVID. I'm highly allergic to dogs so certainly wouldn't want one in my home. The estate agent having the keys to my property should have my absolute trust and that would now be shattered if they had lied and said the dog had been carried throughout. Change estate agents and bill them for a carpet deep clean. Appalling entitled behaviour.

But a) you had good reason and b) you ASKED!

I think you can decide that, can't you?

What response do you expect from a dog?

If you like the look of the dog you could offer a reduction if they will let you have the dog. Maybe.

It's very disrespectful to bring a dog into your home and it's weird that the EA allowed them in.

My ex dh let a friend in once with their dog and it left fleas behind. Absolute nightmare and expense to get rid of.

I would lose my 💩 I have a cat and if someone brought a dog without permission then I would get a new estate agent. They also aren’t listening to you about potential buyers.
but not everyone has house on market when viewing.

I am a dog lover and the owner of two dogs and I would be furious with that. You just cannot take your dog in to someone's home like that and I find it bizarre that both the potential buyer and the estate agent found this acceptable!

I’d be really annoyed as my husband is extremely allergic to dogs and dog hair. It wouldn’t cross my mind to mention it to the estate agent because I wouldn’t expect someone to even consider bringing their dog to a viewing!

As you can see on the thread many people would say no. It’s the sheer entitlement of not even asking and the EA lying about it.

Thats the issue(s)

Totally out of order to take a dog on a viewing but do you have a camera indoors where you watch people going round your house? How did you know they held it over your baby's cot?

That the EA lied. What else would they lie about or cut corners on? It's meant to be a professional relationship of the highest trust. They don't know people socially. They promise good standards of respectful and accountable behaviour because they have strangers' house keys and traipse around their homes with yet more strangers.

Imgojng to buck the trend here. Absolutely they should have asked, but if they did would you really have said no? You've not saus you or your children have allergies or anything. Not sure what the issue is.

I have 2 dogs so there’s no way somebody else is bringing their dog in. Equally, when I come to sell, they’ll be popped in the car/out for a walk and there’ll be no signs of dogs in the house. We live in an increasingly diverse area and I don’t want to put off any potential buyers.

As we’ll be moving hundreds of miles away, ours will come with us but stay in the car while we view.

I would be billing them for a carpet clean and moving agents. Absolutely disgraceful, my eldest has a severe dog allergy and would be really unwell if one had been in the house

I'm fuming for you!
Estate agent should be paying for you to have your carpets cleaned!

Cheek of the person that brings their dog around!

I’m an agent. Wholly unacceptable. Any pet that comes on a viewing should be left in the vehicle or tied up outside. Would never have allowed this!

Same as shoes off is standard proceedure. It’s a matter of respect for the people who currently reside in the home.

I’d be absolutely furious. I don’t allow my own mother’s dog in my home let alone someone else’s. The fact the EA lied about it too thinking they could get away with it I’d definitely pull them up about it more seriously.

This isn’t normal. However, I’d leave it. Just set the expectation that no pets are to come into the house. I’d also ask people not to wear shoes through the house. Some people are nasty stepping in anything and everything.