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I don’t approve of people suggesting making the dog sick. This is crazy. Also on another point my dogs shared my popsicles when I was a kid and I’m still alive. Lol. That being said leave the dog at home. Or they could just leave the dog in a bedroom and have the owners let it go potty periodically. But probably best at home or a boarding facility.
However if the OP would like to do something about future gatherings with the St. Bernard they could always slip the dog cheese, ice cream, Whipped cream, and other dairy products. While not toxic to dogs, dogs do not produce enough lactase to break down the lactose found in milk dairy products and it can trigger digestive trouble in dogs, including diarrhea.
With any luck at all, the results will convince the owner that future events are too much trouble.
What a HORRIBLE cowardly suggestion! Make the dog suffer for something it didn't even have control over. Disgusting.
No, they can't due to the logistics/circumstances involved.
What could those possibly be? She doesn't know one other person that is attending? That no one else owns a car?
You say your home is too small. People with small homes have parties. It is called renting a banquet room.
I think you are the only one that cares about the dog. Like I said in a previous post it is better than a damn cat. Those are the ones climbing around the kitchen cabinets and counter.
Since someone else is hosting, and the OP is clear that due to providing transportation for the honored guest there is nothing to be done about it this time around.
However if the OP would like to do something about future gatherings with the St. Bernard they could always slip the dog cheese, ice cream, Whipped cream, and other dairy products. While not toxic to dogs, dogs do not produce enough lactase to break down the lactose found in milk dairy products and it can trigger digestive trouble in dogs, including diarrhea.
With any luck at all, the results will convince the owner that future events are too much trouble.
The dog owner isn't hosting, but a close relative is. The host is afraid to say anything to them.
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This post implies that the host does not want the dog there either but is too chicken to tell their dog owning "close relative" that the dog is not welcome.
What could those possibly be? She doesn't know one other person that is attending? That no one else owns a car?
You say your home is too small. People with small homes have parties. It is called renting a banquet room.
I think you are the only one that cares about the dog. Like I said in a previous post it is better than a damn cat. Those are the ones climbing around the kitchen cabinets and counter.
Exactly, that response made no sense.
It's a family gathering so she clearly knows other people, and sounds like they all live in fairly close proximity to one another, surely someone else could drive her.
It's a family gathering so she clearly knows other people, and sounds like they all live in fairly close proximity to one another, surely someone else could drive her.
And considering she is the guest of honor... I would think everyone at the party would know her.
What would happen if the OP became sick on the day of the party, or couldn't go for some other reason? Would they just cancel it? That seems unlikely...
The idea that dogs "suffer with diarrhea" from eating ice cream or whipped cream is so much BS.
They don't cramp up, don't howl in pain, don't even whimper They have loose stools and go on about their business.
It's the owners who have the problem, not the dogs.
Get real.
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