Guess you have to figure out the priorities...If the grands and the dog can't enjoy it, then I can't either. I do like a nice bedroom, but as you can tell, we have a Schnauzer and they don't shed ( and there are other breeds that way as well). Guess you could always lay a sheet over the quilt til you knew someone was coming....Our Maggie knows her limits and at a recent Open House we had, I put my blue ribon quilt on the bed and she was good enough not to get on it...go figure...dogs are really perceptive...the Open house was Dec. 30th from 2-4 and she never got on the bed. What can I say, Good Luck and good dog make for a good day!teehee