Leave your dog at home!

Let me just begin by stating that I LOVE DOGS!! I've always been a dog person-we've had a dog ever since I can remember. First it was Twiggy, then Peppie, after that was Madge, then Archie. Again, I'll repeat I LOVE DOGS! However, if I invite you to my house for any reason, be it dinner, a playdate with your child and my daughter, or whatever, recognize that I am not extending said invitation to your dog. Lately, for some reason, everyone wants to bring their dogs over. My father in law came for dinner one night and his uninvited poodle gnawed the plug off of the chord on our television. There has been no mention of helping to fix or replace the damage. Other friends of ours brought their dog to our annual Christmastime 7-fish dinner. The dog ate a whole stick of butter and got sick everywhere. Yesterday, a girlfriend came over, didn't knock before entering my house and sent her border collie in first who tore throught the downstairs with paws resembling mudboots. My carpet is new. Hello? I have 2 cats. This is their home. Your dog is trying to eat my cats. If you'd asked me about bringing your dog, I'd have said NO, but you never even gave me the chance. It's totally rude and I can't believe anyone wouldn't ask first. And then when your dog is here (uninvited), you proceed to not watch him at all while he rummages through my trashcan, tearing up poopy diapers and maxi pads, and then after it's happened, you stand and watch me while I clean up the mess. Pardon me for saying this, but YOU SUCK (and let me just remind you that I still do and always will LOVE DOGS-even yours, still; I'm just not loving you so much right now, and until you get your damn dog out of my house and back to your house, where he belongs, I will contine to feel the same!!