Yesterday, I had an email:
We positively welcome dogs. However, on our web pages it is quite clear that we don't allow puppies. Dogs have to: "be over 9 months old and not have destructive vices". Not that anyone bothers to read all the junk that I write.Hi. my daughter who is in the party has just bought a puppy And wants to bring it with her she has a cage where the dog sleeps in And it will be in the kitchen
So, we should really just say no. But that means that he will either have to cancel, resulting in 9 unhappy people and a diminished chance that they will ever want to book with us again. Or, he will have to leave his daughter behind: unhappiness again.
I know very little about dogs. I know that I don't like being licked, sniffed, slobbered on and deafened by barking. I'm just not a dog person. I do know that I'm in a minority and most people seem to love being licked etc. Consequently I don't know about the likelihood of a puppy being messy and/or destructive. The puppy is 10 weeks old. Can anyone enlighten me?
We normally take a £200 damage deposit. Do you think that increasing the damage deposit substantially will ensure that the puppy is suitably controlled?