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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. These responses are really helpful, thanks. No there is no tradition of people bringing dogs to the holidays. For one family it is a brand new dog (they’ve had it for less than a year) and the other family is usually excluded from family gatherings but they live close so we invited them. It had never occurred to me they would want to bring dogs to such a crowded gathering until they mentioned it. [/quote]

Oh boy. So the new dog family has no experience how their dog will handle being around a lot of other people never mind another dog.

And the other family is not part of whatever tradition there is. (why is the other family "usually excluded"? did you just mean they don't ordinarily attend but are coming because you live close?)

I say no, unless they agree the dogs will be kenneled outside/in garage to accommodate if they don't have available dog sitting arrangements. Seriously, you do NOT know how two dogs will interact with each other or a lot of people they are not used to being around a lot. I speak as another dog owner who is pretty comfortable with chaos and lets pets on the furniture.

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