Tarragon

Your comment about dogs hit home....our dog is not allowed in the dining room when we are eating....never begs for snacks when we are munching on chips etc., and is not allowed on, and does not try to get on, the furniture etc.  And does not pee on the carpet, cuz he/she is in a strange place that makes him/her "anxious".   Or bark endlessly, when left alone for more than 30 seconds.

For better or for worse, other people's dogs (and other people's young children, quite frankly) tend to live by different rules in their respective homes....which often does not translate well when visiting someone else's cottage.