Our dogs are allowed on the lounge, but BUT they always have been allowed on the lounge We haven't changed our rules.... the only time they weren't allowed on the lounge was when our girls were under 2 years old... the children needed to be higher than the dogs, but once the girls were climbing up on the lounges, the dogs went to the kiddie fold out lounges and eventually back onto our lounges. I did extensive training prior to children, and one dog was a puppy when I was pregnant so her rules didn't change. Our other dog was always an extremely submissive so she didn't mind as long as we told her where to go....