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[quote=Anonymous]Look, I love dogs.  I was a dog owner previously, but I have not had a dog for many years because my wife is seriously allergic to most pet dander.  She will be polite and put up with pets when we visit others, but she needs to be doped up on antihistimines and will often still have reactions for the next 12-24 hours after we leave a pet home.

That said, before I married, I still had a no pet rule as much because of the pet owners as the pets themselves.  I find that pet owners who insist on traveling with their pets often have an unrealistic view of their pet.  Their pet is better behavior, less intrusive and less of an issue in the owner's mind than in reality.  Additionally, the pet owners who insist on treating their pets like their babies or who insist on traveling with their pets often are less restrictive on their pets than non pet owners are comfortable with, and they often don't really respect boundaries.  I once had friends visit for one evening when they were traveling.  I asked that they keep the dog in the kitchen and tried to put baby gates on the door, but the friends were aghast that I would do this; they said that their dog gets to roam freely in their home and that he wouldn't understand being limited to the kitchen.  I insisted, but they acting offended and affronted the entire evening, they took turns staying in the kitchen keeping the dog company and cut the evening short because they had to take the dog away.  [/quote]

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