The Good Hostess’s Guide
to Surviving a Baby Shower
by Sirena Van Schaik
The Pets
If you don’t have any pets then you can skip ahead to the next section but for those of you who do, you will need to figure out what to do with your pets during the day of the shower.
The problems with dogs can be obvious; they might jump up on guests, or get into the presents or bark at everyone who rings the doorbell. This can be very disruptive to a shower and if you have guests that are afraid of dogs, it can be even worse. Cats can offer many of the same problems that dogs do with jumping on guests, getting into the food and presents, and some people are even afraid of cats. I was first aware of this problem during a party my mother was hosting when I was a teenager. Her best friend arrived at the party, saw my black calico cat lying on the back of the couch and started screaming. She was absolutely terrified of cats and in the time it took me to scoop the cat off the couch and hide it in my room, the guest had almost passed out and was hyperventilating. This put a certain tone on the party and no one really enjoyed themselves after that, least of all my mother’s terrified friend, and definitely not my affronted cat, Tigra, who angrily meowed through my bedroom door.
Even if no one is afraid of the animals, there are still allergies to take into account. Try to get your shower space in the house as free of pet hair as possible so guests don’t leave covered in it. If you have an area of the house where you can keep them, by all means do so, but the best decision, particularly for dogs, is to take them over to a friend’s or family member’s house for the day. Kennelling them for the day before and the day of the shower is another option which gives you time to clean without dogs running after you depositing their lovely hair back in all the spaces you just cleaned.
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