Thanks for your support. Yes, I think that was unprofessional too. After some closer thought about the event with the dog I have some suspicions that the owner of the dog might have been my counselor's daughter.

My counselor didn't really greet this person but just called for the dog and said she had forgotten the dog would be accompanying. My counselor just sat on the floor outside her office to pet the dog and that would be rather strange if the owner of the dog had been her patient.

The dog was a puppy and seemed to have moved from a kennel to it's family very recently and by that my counselor can't have met this dog that many times to be so familiar with it so she takes the dog to another room to show it to her colleague. But if this person is her daughter that explains why.

I know my counselor has daughters and that at least one of them has a dog so this person who visited could be of them.

Also, her "client" just entered the room without saying anything and normally you wait for the personnel to welcome you into the room. The office door was open but still.

It's of course triggering to me even if I understand my counselor doesn't plan for it to be. I don't think family members nor pets should be allowed to visit in such a way that they risk meeting with patients.