This made me laugh and I wanted to share it.. when I do repeat sits I sometimes find the house rules have changed.. one place a senior dog had died since my last sit and the last dog had had a puppy.. game changer!
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@Highfive, thanks for sharing.
Through housesitting, we have certainly come to appreciate that the human-pet relationship varies enormously. Our own [late] dog was #3-4 on your schedule ‘The dog can get on furniture only by invitation’. But we have come across some higher ratings through housesitting. Oh boy.
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I’ve seen nearly all of these variations while sitting.
We’re on No. 7 with our own dog at home, and he has his own little blankets. He’s a good sleeper with us, and has plenty of beds of his own to wander off to, as he pleases.
For me, how much freedom to give my own dog would depend on their behavior.
Ours has free rein in our house at all times, because he’s proven to be good even from early days of being adopted — he chews up his toys, but isn’t otherwise destructive, and came fully house trained. He’s woken me up to go outside even when sick, rather than have diarrhea inside. He doesn’t steal food, either, surprisingly, even though he’s highly food motivated.
The funniest thing is, I bought him a bag of toys once that included one shaped like a little human house slipper. And he could tell the difference — he chewed that, but he’s never chewed on my house slippers.
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I’d definitely give him house room he sounds wonderful! What a star!
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He’s got serious issues with reactivity and more, fear-based, unfortunately. (That’s why we always hire professional sitters he knows well.) But we love him to bits. And there are minor imperfections that I find lovable — like one of his ears is off kilter. It’s as if someone at the dog factory were lazy and just randomly stuck his ears on. 
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