to wish my sister would not ask me to go round to her dog

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She lives 2 doors away from me and whenever she is out for a while she is phoning me and asking me to let her dog out.
That may not seem like too much bother but most of the time whenever I go the dog has pooed and wet everywhere in the hallway and I feel obliged to clean it up.
Although I have a dog myself it doesn.t do this and can be left all day and I would never dream of asking someone to go round to my dog.
I work fulltime and I have enough to do but I haven,t the heart to tell my sister I don,t want to see to her dog.
My dh goes mad and tells me to make out I went round or just let the dog out but don,t clean up any mess.
AIBU.

I'd go round and let the dog out but no way would I clean up the mess.

The poor dog obviously doesn't get let out enough.

Stop cleaning up the mess!

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Again, i wouldn't clean up the mess, but, it sounds as though things are badly organised.

The dog is now probably used to 'going' in the house.

If you are answering if you should help out, then it is something that i would carry on with, if there is no other way round things.

Agree, don't clean up the mess but do keep going round to let the dog out, it's not the dog's fault!

stop cleaning up the mess.

There isn't much point letting the dog out when it has already done it's business in the house is there?

For the sake of the dog, who is the innocent party if you like.

Let him out, you don't have to travel too far.
But don't clean up after him.
Otherwise your sister doesn't know the extent of her (is neglect too strong a word here?) - poor animal husbandry skills.

Does she ring you on a landline or mobile? If it's a mobile you could say you are not home.

If it's a landline I would either just say sorry it's not convenient or do, as others have said, and let the dog out but don't clean up. It might teach her to be a bit more responsible in looking after her own dog.

Good point, Sparkling

Does your sister know her dog is regularly shitting all over the house?

The dog still needs a bit of fresh air and exercise if he's being cooped up for ages.

Where does your sister go? Is she at work?

Ask her to get a dog flap installed in her back door?? We had one for a labrador in ours, and it was fine.

And stop cleaning up the mess, your DSIS will never know the extent of the issue if you clean it up before she sees it.

Have you spoken to your DSis or only your DP and us? She could be in blissful ignorance, thinking her dog has an amazing capacity.

Poor dog

I agree wth Babylon- tell her to get a dog flap but make sure it is magnetic for security.