A reader offers more advice for 'Cat Lady,' who wrote Annie seeking help for how to deal with relatives who regularly bring over messy dogs.
the woman whose mother- and sister-in-law bring their large dogs over to make a mess in her home while babysitting. While you offered great advice, it may not have the desired result, so, as a neat freak who owns four dogs, I’m writing to share some additional ideas.
Buy washable, waterproof covers for the furniture. Deploy child or pet gates at the doorways of rooms you don’t want the dogs to enter, or install locking doorknobs on the doors to those rooms, with the keyhole side on the outside of the door. Make the key accessible in case of fire, of course, but “Cat Lady” should have her husband explain to his family that those rooms are off limits to the dogs, and the doors are to be kept closed and locked.
The mother-in-law may be miffed, but after working hard all day, no one should come home to a huge cleanup project that is avoidable.Thank you for these practical, at-home solutions. A number of other readers also suggested having Grandma watch the kiddos at her house instead, eliminating the dog issue completely. If this is a feasible option for all parties, I highly recommend a trial run. It could be just the cure for everyone’s headache.
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