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Dog alone in AirB&B or take dog with me?

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Worriedhound · 29/06/2026 19:32

I'm in a very dog-friendly countryside location in a dog-friendly air B&B with a friend and our dogs. We've booked a day out tomorrow, tour along a beach and around some old history locations etc. It was booked a long time ago.

I had decided to not take my dog because she's reactive to other dogs (albeit fine with my friends) & doesn't like loud noises or crowds etc.

However as the time gets closer I am worried (possibly irrationally) about leaving her in the Air B&B. She's aged a lot in the time since the tour was booked and subsequently become more clingy to me and more reactive and grumpy. She's recently been on some pain medication which made her a bit ill although seems fine now.

I'm worried she'll be scared in a strange place.

I'm also irrationally worried that someone will gain access to the AirB&B (possible a bonkers worry as I could just as easily be burgled or such if I had left her at home for any length of time, but at least she's comfortable there).

I am thinking of taking her and just hoping for the best, that there's no other dogs or it isn't crowded and no screaming children given it is term-time.

WWYD?

(Just to preempt questions I might get, yes the AirB&B host allows dogs to be left while guests go out and yes the tour is also dog-friendly. Tour is nearby and about 2.5-3 hrs. Dog is very well behaved while at home, no chewing or toilet accidents etc).

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BillieWiper · 30/06/2026 20:20

Worriedhound · 30/06/2026 17:13

Thank you so much all, these responses are a mixed bag and I appreciate the advice and perspectives!

Day out (I shouldn't have called it that, it was 3 hours altogether) has been and gone, and all was fine, everyone (including dog) happy and back now.

What I did was compromised. Early on, we left her and went for a walk but nearby, listened to see if she barked/howled and nothing. Took her for a decent but not too much for her walk this morning, left her at the AirB&B (with TV and fan on) for the talk and guidance bit, and then we were all left to look around, so I went back earlier than my friend.

I gauged it on what she was like. After our walk this morning she was tired and sleepy. Not a muff out of her when we left. When I returned (maybe just under 2 hours later) she wasn't even that fussy over me coming in, didn't come down to greet me, and was still in the same place she had been when we left. Seemingly very unbothered.

@AlcoholicAntibiotic The terrain where we walked was very uneven, lots of rocks etc which I don't think her joints would've liked albeit she'd have done it, plus I wouldn't have been able to do much of the looking around as she'd have been just keen to get in the sea! So it was the right thing to do.
Once back I stayed with her for a bit and then walked her back to meet my friend on her way back, stopped and had a glass of wine and so dog could have a rest, then back.

She's absolutely fine Smile As @WeddingInvitation says, dogs do make it quite clear when they're not interested in going out and would be happier left to rest and mine very much did this morning. And it wasn't for long. It's only 19 degrees here, warm but not hot.

@Tinywhitebutterfly you were right, she was fine. She's an intelligent breed, I think although she is anxious and clingy she knew what she needed and had cottoned on to the 'this is our home for a few days she they're coming back' so she was fine, I was more the worried/clingy one here!

@parachutegirl I was a little worried but had relaxed a bit and was quite glad when my self-allocated time had come to go back to her! But I told myself it was so unlikely anything untoward could happen, and I'd seen how relaxed she was this morning. She was very unbothered when I got back, walking her was a good idea. And no, unfortunately she's over 6stone! If she was a pick-up-able dog that would've made my decision easily, I'd have just carried her about.

@BillieWiper 'It'.
I knew she wouldn't do anything like that unless she was ill, which she wasn't, and I am more likely to break something than she is if I am honest clumsy as hell

I think some folk do catastrophise, it is always possible that any AirB&B guest (dog or otherwise) could have an accident or break something. I would just clean it up/replace anything damaged or pay for it, job done. These things come with risks, like anything else.

Thank you again for all input, I was unduly worried about this.

Sorry I wasn't trying to be disrespectful by saying 'it'. I just forgot or failed to notice what sex you said the dog was.

Empress13 · 30/06/2026 22:48

So glad all was well OP

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Worriedhound · 01/07/2026 07:17

BillieWiper · 30/06/2026 20:20

Sorry I wasn't trying to be disrespectful by saying 'it'. I just forgot or failed to notice what sex you said the dog was.

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Thank you, I am sorry for assuming too and I guess as someone single who hand-reared my beautiful intelligent dog who is a huge part of who I am and has been for 11 years, I can be over-sensitive to 'it' labels, she isnt a 'thing' 🙂 but I know this will probably place me in the mumsnet 'dogs are everywhere now/'furbaby' (ugh) brigade! 😆

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NewLifter · 01/07/2026 07:32

Sounds like a great solution op! I hope you're having a great holiday

BillieWiper · 01/07/2026 19:16

Worriedhound · 01/07/2026 07:17

Thank you, I am sorry for assuming too and I guess as someone single who hand-reared my beautiful intelligent dog who is a huge part of who I am and has been for 11 years, I can be over-sensitive to 'it' labels, she isnt a 'thing' 🙂 but I know this will probably place me in the mumsnet 'dogs are everywhere now/'furbaby' (ugh) brigade! 😆

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No worries at all. I understand. I feel that way about my cats. I love dogs too though. X

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