PS. I don't want to sell you a religion but the Catholic Church has the Feast of St Frances when pets are blessed. It is usually outside the church if the weather is good. But there is also an annual ceremony to honor those that have served, the sheriffs office, military, retired veterans, others of merit, or are serving, including K-9. They mostly are not Catholic at all but they are invited and come. And anybody that wants to be there be come watch it. The DOGS come to the altar with their handlers and are given dog food bags to take home and presents. There was one famous K-9 one that was given a special recognition when it was retiring. A German Shepherd. He was at the altar, so why can they not be in the basement? Can anyone be so allergic to dogs that they can not be in the same space for an hour. I don't know.