Your friend has put you in the impossible position of denying the importance of the poodle to her well-being...or of bearing witness to the inconveniences that you know this pair will impose on others at the event.
While it would be rude to renege on the commitment you made to attend...people do make mistakes. See if you can change your tickets, then apologize to your friend that you are actually attending on a different date.
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