Not wanting dogs at my garden party?

I think if dogs have been at the previous events you should have specified not at yours. But for a NYE party, that is quite restrictive. I don’t leave mine for more than three or four hours.

We are happy to have dogs here (we have one ourselves), but leaving shit is just not on. Our guests always pick dog shit up the second it happens.

I think you should specify if dogs aren’t welcome.

I am a dog lover. Have had dogs my entire life. They are not handbags and I would NEVER take them to someone else’s place. (If I’m not there I would want them to be at home guarding the place for a start.) I am so sick of people anthropomorphising bloody dogs! The fact that FOUR dogs showed at your place and no one asked is so weird. Also, they thought it was okay to bring one INSIDE??? No fucking boundaries, manners or common sense.

But I also don't think it's outrageous if they just assumed

Also - you should have just said actually can you pick up the shit now

I take my dog everywhere- but if it was someone new I would check -

Even if they said was okay I would ALWAYS check before he went up on sofa

Even with my good friends I still always check if okay on furniture

Leaving dog shit on someone’s lawn all afternoon is disgusting.
I imagine you had yellow patches on the grass afterwards too.
How bloody rude. Would never assume like that.

This. You should have said in advance. I wouldn't want dogs in my house or dog shit on my lawn either. They were rude to bring the dogs inside.

As a PP said, you need to accept that this means that people won't come because of their bloody dogs 🙄

I might have misunderstood but if it’s your usual group and they usually take the dogs to the house hosting the gathering, then you probably should have made it clear ‘no dogs’.

Your house/garden your rules. I would always check before bringing our dog and if he couldn’t come I would sort out alternative care for him or one of us would stay with him.

TBH its reasons like these im dubious of being friends with dog owners. So fucking rude and to leave shit lying around is disgusting

Absolutely up to you if you don't want dogs there and I think the owners should have asked.

Youd have to expect the dog owners to not come or leave early though so if you don't mind dogs in the garden I'd let them.

Its not fair on the dogs to have them out during fireworks if it upsets thrm though. That's poor behaviour from the owner and just assuming it was OK to take the dog inside and onto your sofa is very rude.

Sounds like it'll be a few tears before you're due to host again so I wouldn't say anything until next time.

YANBU but if you know you are inviting people who have dogs it might be a good idea to make it clear the dogs aren’t invited so people can accept / decline / arrange dog sitters as needed.

However, I wouldn’t expect a random dog to be taken into my house at a garden party without explicitly checking even if dogs were welcome outside,

The longest we’re prepared to leave our dogs is four hours so we probably wouldn’t go. We’d want pre warning of fireworks so we could take the dogs away well before they started.

You say in advance "No dogs please" then dog owners plan accordingly. You knew these people had dogs so you should have made it clear they shouldn't bring them.

Out of touch I think. It wouldn't bother me if people brought their dogs, sounds like it was an all day event. You can't leave dogs alone for that length of time

It’s fine to not to want dogs in your garden. People should of course ask before they bring them.

You may have to accept people don’t come / leave early as a result.

eg no way I’d be out all afternoon and to midnight leaving dog, I’d have to leave after 4 hours.