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[quote=Anonymous]You know, I love dogs.  But my wife has pet dander allergies.  That said, if the kids will let them, we allow dogs to kiss the kids. The one caveat is that when we're done playing with the the dog, we wash hands and face.

However, the one thing in your long message that was an issue for me is that it is against the lease.  I would not allow it when it was against the lease.  In your situation, when you asked MIL to come and she wanted to bring the dog, I would offer to pay for a kennel service.  If she wouldn't accept, then I would have taken the kid with me and found a local sitter from a nanny agency wherever I went.  I would not risk losing my home over a lease dispute.  Basically allowing your MIL to bring the dog raises, legal issues for you.  If you have any argument with the landlord, they can use this violation of the lease as cause to evict you; they don't need another reason.  Also, they will then charge you for a professional cleaning to get any and all pet dander and hair out of the property which will come out of your security deposit.  So, I don't like to create a situation with a landlord or give them any reason to evict me (even if they don't use it) or to hold my security deposit.

Everything else is a byproduct of needing an emergency favor and accepting their help.  You deal with the other consequences.  And FYI, you can rent a professional vacuum by the hour that will pick up pet hair better than your home machine.  Just rent one, go over the car and house and return it.  You'll have it one 1-2 hours and it should remove one more annoyance from your list of peeves.[/quote]

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