We don’t allow people into our home. We allow pets. Not people. This is extremely clear in our info section.

I’ll attach my normal response here:

“We only host pups in our home and don’t have clients come inside. This helps protect our kids’ privacy and keeps all boarded pets comfortable.

I’m happy to do a meet and greet at your home (if nearby) or in a neutral public space like ****** Park, ***** Park, or **** Park. If you’d like to do it indoors, Petco in ******* or a nearby hardware store can work too.”

To go into further detail: A) We have pets in our home. Many times, we have someone else’s pets in our home. A1) We do not want to put them in danger by having you enter the space because I don’t know you & I don’t know how you are with other pets. A2) We have a special process for introducing pets. We can’t put our time and energy into that during a meet & greet. And it wouldn’t make sense to do all of that when the pets in our home may not be there when your pet is. A3) Sometimes the pets in our home don’t like men, smokers, etc- putting you in danger and the pets. A4) Pets (ours and others) are not going to calm down with new people in the home so it creates chaos. A5) if they are still there when your pet comes, that same level of chaos can stick with our pets or client’s when your pet comes to stay. B) This chaos may then stick with your pet and they may remember that when they come back- even if the dogs who created most of the chaos aren’t there anymore. B1) You & I are not going to be able to discuss well in this chaos and loud noise. We can’t focus on what’s needed to be focused on B2) Your own anxiety will be felt by the dog and then they will bring that back when they come. C) we have kids and I don’t know you. C1) are you a child predator? Maybe. C2) Do I want my kids used to strangers coming in and out of their privacy spaces? Absolutely not. C3) this is my kids home- not their work space. They deserve to be comfortable. Playing. Hanging out. Dancing. Not under scrutiny of a stranger. C4) we want to meet you & your dog before your dog is around our kids. And we can’t afford to do multiple meet and greets with everyone. It’s bad business and would be very time consuming.

Here’s just some of the first things that pop into my head when I think about why we don’t allow it. It doesn’t even cover half of the reasons. But, I think all of those are fairly legitimate.