swirt
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I saw this in one of the Blogs to Innspire posts in the left column of this site. It is a blog for a B&B that is written from the point of view of the inn's dog.
I bring this up not to disect that specific blog (good or bad) but to bring up the idea in general. I thought the concept was cute and a good read from a guest / potential guest point of view. As I was reading it though it occurred to me that since we opened our B&B we have had the sun set on two of our dogs lives and I wouldn't want to share that sadness with our guests past present or future.
I am also reminded of a B&B website I ran across that had their dog guide the website visitor on each page of the site, I thought that was cute too until I read the notice on the home page that the dog I had come to know through the tour had passed away due to some illness. That didn't leave me with a warm fuzzy feeling ... more like a sad damp feeling.
I see the positives of having a cute character to play up events at the inn...am I being too morbid at looking farther down the road?
I bring this up not to disect that specific blog (good or bad) but to bring up the idea in general. I thought the concept was cute and a good read from a guest / potential guest point of view. As I was reading it though it occurred to me that since we opened our B&B we have had the sun set on two of our dogs lives and I wouldn't want to share that sadness with our guests past present or future.
I am also reminded of a B&B website I ran across that had their dog guide the website visitor on each page of the site, I thought that was cute too until I read the notice on the home page that the dog I had come to know through the tour had passed away due to some illness. That didn't leave me with a warm fuzzy feeling ... more like a sad damp feeling.
I see the positives of having a cute character to play up events at the inn...am I being too morbid at looking farther down the road?