To think if you have an assistance dog....

[MeggyMooAndTinkerToo]

That people who visit your home need to understand they cannot demand you put them in another room or outside?

I have an assistance dog (she's a hearing dog) and my constant companion. DD's boyfriends mother came to collect some hay from us tonight. She KNEW about the dog yet felt the need to comment "Oh, does it have to be in the livingroom?" "Can't you put it out?" This is the first time I've met the woman. She kept talking to DD and DH as if I wasnt there asking THEM if they could put Ruby out. DD was mortified and DH said "no I won't put Ruby out she stays with Meggy constantly, anyway ask Meggy not us." She made her excuses and then left. I feel like some sort of non existent being as she barely acknowledged me. I can honestly say I've never been in a situation like this before.

NoIsNotACompleteSentence your instinct is right. I myself would tell the person to leave and not come back. Even a family member.

I think even if my assistance dog were just a pet, I'd be furious at being told what to do in my own home.

NoIsNotACompleteSentence tbh, if someone was coming into my home I would imagine that I would have met them before and be aware of their dog phobia, so we would probably just stay in the kitchen while the dog stayed in the lounge. But if it were a stranger and they asked me to put the dog out I would just tell them that the dog is fine and wouldn't hurt them, I wouldn't be expecting them to stay for any length of time anyway and would keep the dog close to me to ensure he didn't enter their space.

Yes it would be a bloody nerve to even ask someone to remove the dog in their own home. Fine to ask that the dog not be brought to their house, but not ok to ask someone to put the dog away in its space.

someone asking that wouldn't be invited back.

How did it go? Hope you survived it

I think the meal was yesterday? I hope you and the lovely Ruby had a nice time.