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Was the dog invited?

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:26

Follow up to last week's post re: uninvited dog arriving at ours over the weekend alongside brother in law and wife...

Dog arrived. My husband had already had the conversation with his brother that he should have asked if it could come. Brother in law agreed, but promised the dog would be no trouble.

And then... we are all woken up at 5 am on Sunday morning by it barking its little furry ass off loudly and continually inside the house, the yappy little bugger.

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 10/08/2026 19:29

Can you like your previous thread?

Weeellokthen · 10/08/2026 19:31

😂Thanks for the update, op. When do they leave?

FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:33

Just chill. It's one morning! I can't believe people get so antsy about a dog visiting. Dogs are the best and I thank my lucky stars that our family always saw our dog (RIP) as a member of our family and if we were invited then he was invited (according to them).

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:34

Weeellokthen · 10/08/2026 19:31

😂Thanks for the update, op. When do they leave?

They've gone.

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AnneLovesGilbert · 10/08/2026 19:34

If only it had been possible for you to tell them not to bring it…

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:35

FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:33

Just chill. It's one morning! I can't believe people get so antsy about a dog visiting. Dogs are the best and I thank my lucky stars that our family always saw our dog (RIP) as a member of our family and if we were invited then he was invited (according to them).

Yeah, I fucking love waking up at 5am on a Sunday...😒

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:37

AnneLovesGilbert · 10/08/2026 19:34

If only it had been possible for you to tell them not to bring it…

Yeah, if only I had cancelled my husband's long-planned weekend with his brother. That would have been a really nice thing to do...

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FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:39

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:41

I was a joy and a delight until 5am Sunday morning.

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Gloriia · 10/08/2026 19:41

Did they apologise for the 5am disturbance or did they think it was all fine?

oviraptor21 · 10/08/2026 19:41

FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:33

Just chill. It's one morning! I can't believe people get so antsy about a dog visiting. Dogs are the best and I thank my lucky stars that our family always saw our dog (RIP) as a member of our family and if we were invited then he was invited (according to them).

Wow! As a former dog owner it's really not that simple. A dog in a non-dogproofed house is a serious imposition.

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:43

Gloriia · 10/08/2026 19:41

Did they apologise for the 5am disturbance or did they think it was all fine?

Somewhere in between...

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Gloriia · 10/08/2026 19:46

Big dog or little dog? We're dog owners and there a massive difference to the deafening woofs of a lab or alsation as opposed to a yap from a shitzu.

Still, if dh said they should've asked hopefully it won't happen again!

FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:47

oviraptor21 · 10/08/2026 19:41

Wow! As a former dog owner it's really not that simple. A dog in a non-dogproofed house is a serious imposition.

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Dog- proofed?

How naughty is your dog?

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:48

It's a little yappy dog.

Not sure how it's better to be up at 5 on a Sunday because a little dog has woken you up rather than a big dog.

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:49

Gloriia · 10/08/2026 19:46

Big dog or little dog? We're dog owners and there a massive difference to the deafening woofs of a lab or alsation as opposed to a yap from a shitzu.

Still, if dh said they should've asked hopefully it won't happen again!

"A yap" might have been ignorable.

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Gloriia · 10/08/2026 19:53

DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:48

It's a little yappy dog.

Not sure how it's better to be up at 5 on a Sunday because a little dog has woken you up rather than a big dog.

It isn't better to be woken by a little dog at all but from a loudness point of view big dogs are much noisier.

caringcarer · 10/08/2026 19:55

I've got 2 dogs but is only take them to visit in so eone else's house if they were invited. My adult DS would stay overnight at my house with dogs if they were not invited.

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 19:56

Gloriia · 10/08/2026 19:53

It isn't better to be woken by a little dog at all but from a loudness point of view big dogs are much noisier.

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Well, yeah, but... FIVE O'CLOCK ON A SUNDAY!!!

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bakingdisasterqueen · 10/08/2026 19:56

Commiserations OP. I can't get over the entitlement of your in laws imposing their yappy mongrel on unsuspecting hosts

GlosGirl82 · 10/08/2026 19:56

Honestly - so so rude of them

FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:59

bakingdisasterqueen · 10/08/2026 19:56

Commiserations OP. I can't get over the entitlement of your in laws imposing their yappy mongrel on unsuspecting hosts

She invited them to stop on their way home from their UK holiday with their dog.... what were they supposed to do with him??

Flowersandfauna · 10/08/2026 20:03

Get up at 5 and enjoy these wonderful mornings we are having at the moment ☀️
They'll soon be gone 😔

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DoggyAuntie · 10/08/2026 20:04

FrannyScraps · 10/08/2026 19:59

She invited them to stop on their way home from their UK holiday with their dog.... what were they supposed to do with him??

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Asked if they could bring it.

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