Stop in for a cup of coffee
I mean seriously if it is just you and a dog i see no reason for the chairs. Other than they can become a clothes rack. They are just in the way when you sweep up dog hair from your German Shedder. And the dining room table becomes office desk as well. I am simply far more efficient when she is not here. By same token I am dead man walking I don’t get this house back in some semblance of order prior to her return!