it's the little things tripping you

[ratcreature]

I'm reading an erotic romance novel, so the characters are having sex early on, and the heroine's and hero's chemistry is decent, but I just can't get into the sex scene, because when the heroine woke up in the morning her dog was mentioned, and she didn't take it with her. So the heroine and hero had this chance meeting (well actually their second, but that's kind of irrelevant) some time before noon, and eventually we are getting to marathon sex in the evening after they do a lengthy lunch, and the heroine never got back to her apartment for her dog at any time.

How am I supposed to like a character who just forgets their dog because of pants feelings? Also it will certainly have peed and pooped in her apartment at this point.