It's Super Bowl time! Are you hosting a party? Here are a few tips of what to do with your dog before, during and after the party.

First, I would recommend that you walk your dog(s) and give them their dinner before the party. This ensures that you have met their exercise and food needs before you have people over (who will probably carry around food on plates). It may not bother you if your dog begs fro your guests or snoops around looking for food. If that's the case, stop after step one and enjoy the party!

If you don't want your dog to beg and snoop, however, I would recommend informing your guests that your dog(s) are not allowed to have people food, so please don't intentionally feed them. No matter how well trained your dog is, the very fact that there is food around them will taunt them and they will be inclined to snoop at the very least. When I have people over and my dogs get snoopy, I send them out of the space and reward them for leaving the space.

If you are planning to have elderly people over, or you have elderly dogs, I would recommend crating them no matter what.

Your dog could be the best trained one on the block, but people still trip over dogs on accident, and elderly dogs still go unnoticed until they get stepped on.

Give your dog a specific job during the party! Tell them to "go to their spot" and lay down, or have guests play frisbee with them outside during commercials. Guests LOVE helping you out by playing with or helping you train your dog (the dog loving guests, anyway).

Don'g be afraid to crate your dog after they've been exercised and fed if they are simply getting too annoying for any reason. The mere exposure of guests in your house while they're in or out of the crate is very good for them. If you choose to crate them, don't make it a punishment. Instead, give your dog a treat in the crate and don't put them in the crate on the heels of reprimanding them.