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[quote=Anonymous]We're hosting Thanksgiving for the first time in our new house for a large extended family, we've never hosted before because this is the first time we're not in a tiny apartment We're expecting 20 relatives, including some elderly parents who will be staying with us for one night, and younger relatives staying for a few nights after the elderly ones have left.

Two families are planning to bring (large) dogs. These people are very attached to their dogs and treat them like offspring, and during other events in the past (not at our place) they have insisted on bringing dogs inside, would refuse to leave them alone for an extended time, etc. DH and I aren't much into pets, and it annoys the hell out of me when pet are allowed on furniture, getting their snout into the snacks, tracking mud through the house, getting in the way in the kitchen. Yes, call me uptight, but it's my house, right?

So... how do we set parameters without causing a war? If we say 'no dogs allowed' then these families won't come and we will have imploded the Thanksgiving plan. We need to find some kind of amicable compromise. Any ideas?
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