Why take the dogs where you're making someone else's house full hair or dander? We leave our dogs at a wonderful kennel when we go visit my family. Mom can't stand dog hair on stuff and I have a german shedder dog. They get a good sized kennel to share at night and during the day their are big fenced yards that the dogs get to play in with dogs of similar temperament and size. If I gather up their bedding and take it out to the truck they both start crying and jumping around until we get in the truck to go. They love going there and playing with the other dogs for a few days and it helps make sure they get socialization with other dogs.
well it's not like she lives far away only about 30 minutes or so. And I have dogs already, I do keep my house pretty clean and I know it's coincidence but my dogs started itching today... lol If it's not one thing it's another I suppose. Anyways she takes her dog to alot of places. it behaves well it's just not a friend of poultry and neither of us were aware of that. I'm not even mad at the dog, not really, it was just ignorant as was my sister to how it would react to my loose chickens. I know better though, because I lost a lot of my chickens a few years back to my dog and I just gave the rest of the chickens away I couldn't part with the dog. I should have taken anticipatory action and locked all of my chickens up early. It's not like it takes much I just make a fist and they come running thinking I have some meal worms.