Why the past tense? All that still goes, far as I know. We have stayed there with a few different dogs at different times. I had forgotten about the sherry but you're right, and Mrs. Homer was quite impressed. Our German Shepherd once quelled some trouble in the lounge. An unleashed springer spaniel came charging down the stairs looking for trouble and Conrad jumped up and told him to calm down and be good. Okay, he knocked over our table when he jumped up but that was an accident. We haven't stayed overnight for a few years but we still stop in for a drink once in a while. Carmel is perhaps the most dog-friendly town in the U.S.A.
HOWEVER, you are NOT allowed to have your pets in the room WITHOUT you in it.....if you go out to dinner they have to be in the car or a dog sitter!!! There was NO GRASS ANYWHERE in Carmel for our Little Lhaso Apso to go to the bathroom but there was a LOT of FOXTAIL weed that PIERCED our little dog’s eardrum and we had to have Emergency Surgery and she was never able to FLY again!!! BUT we still love Carmel and Doris Day and the Cypress Inn!!