It's a bloody dog!

Your allergic and compromised and they did this 😱😱😡🤬

I have dogs and even I see this as rude and inconsiderate big time

I do not take my dogs to others houses unless I ask but usually not.
if hosting my dogs are crated as they can get a bit excitable (even with the training) and if the smaller grandkids are there they might accidentally get knocked over so safer all round in their crates they go.

Madness. I sort of get it as having a dog as a companion is ace, but as with most dogs around here (farmers), the dogs live in the barns or an insulated shed. They are animals. They live outside. They don’t get presents. That’s not to say that I don’t talk to mine in a baby voice when I see them.. but they also know boss voice.

The thing is though, in a time where there's a huge amount of danger, you don't think in terms of "whose life has more value". You think "oh f* the house is on fire and someone I LOVE is in there". Most people would go for the person or animal they have an actual emotional connection to. It's the people who would risk those that they love to consider if they are worth enough that are probably psychopaths.

I'm going to substitute cat for dog but I agree with you. A stranger adds nothing to my life whereas my cat (when he was alive) absolutely did.

To be fair there are certain people that aren't strangers that I would have pushed out of the way to save my cat!

Yip. Selfish me.

Me too - ‘furbaby’ is a really creepy concept. My dog is a dog, not some sort of child substitute! That said, I did get him a dog Christmas jumper 🤣

Well that’s not normal behaviour , even for a dog lover, such as myself. My dog is family. I don’t take family to work.

@dontknowwhathappens
It's not a question over whether a strangers child "adds anything to your life" or not.
It's simply that anyone who is not utterly deranged and selfish would recognise that a child's life is vastly more important than a dogs 🤷‍♀️

Some might, I doubt all would. I'm vegan, and wouldn't eat any animal if I was starving, let alone kill one to eat in the first place. If I was starving, and I'm sure it must be a disastrous situation where things aren't going to get better in your scenario, I'd rather just end it.

Aaarghhh! Saw a fella in the pub the other night pretty much tonguing his dog, licking him all over the chops, much hilarity ensued. I just hope he had that dog wormed & up to date with its vaccs

It’s a dog. Perhaps a beloved pet but a pet. Not a baby. Not equivalent to a baby. And let’s face it, in the kind of emergency situation that saw people starving people would eat their pets.

You were not being unreasonable at all! If I was going to someone’s home that were not keen on dogs - I would tire the dog out and let her sleep
in crate later.

We had people over last night and the doggie was being too much and trying to take the cheese and biscuits. It’s not pleasant for the guests, nor fair to the dog (when the food is at coffee table height). Off to crate she went - back out when finished eating. It’s just manners!

Yes I've come across similar types. Call their dog their children's brother or sister. I was completely confused by a friend who had 1 child talking about her daughter,'s sister Lilly she meant their dog who she refers to as her youngest! Full kisses on lips and all.

@dontknowwhathappens thank you for saying that! They were trying to make out that we were being unreasonable dog haters (I mean to be fair we are dog haters but the boundaries we had agreed were so that we could compromise and have a nice time).

The irony is now it has made us far less willing to be accommodating. We were satisfied with taking antihistamines and suffering at bit when the dog would be kept away but it was allowed to roam the house and climb all over us and made us feel dreadful right into Boxing Day so we shall now be saying it’s us or the dog at family gatherings.

Even as a dog lover, this is ridiculous behaviour.

my dog was put in her crate over the Xmas dinner, she had a long walk in the morning and was tired out and slept through it all.

I would still save my dog from the burning building though.

I once had a labourer turn up to my house with a dog during building work. He asked if the dog could run around the garden while they worked, clearly assuming I’d say yes. I said no - we had an elderly cat with a heart condition. He was shocked, said the dog was like a child to him and couldn’t leave his side. Still no, mate. My cat’s health comes first.

He then totally flounced and went home in a huff after the lead builder failed to ‘back him up’. Bizarre behaviour, both the entitlement that I’d be ok with it, and the assumption that his boss would overrule me, the home owner and client! Nuts.

How is someone’s child that I don’t know, adding anything to my life? Love your armchair diagnosis though 🤣

Okay first point yes that is a bit crazy I aways buy my dogs gifts and the dog sitter from her but I wouldn’t buy a friends dog.

However some people were never blessed with children myself included so your dog does become a big focus in your life.

People should just let people be and do what makes them happy.

Also an over tired dog especially young can be an absolute nightmare so totally get them taking it away to sleep.

Yes normal. I work with companion animals & they really are part of the family now. It's a multi billion industry as well.

Well maybe it’s ’a bloody dog to you’ but it’s their baby.

@DearDarcy it’s less about what people choose to do with their own pets in their own homes and more about the impact this has on other people. BIL and his partner inflicted their puppy on us Xmas day - DH and I are both allergic, they disregarded the precious boundaries we had agreed that the puppy would be in a crate or pen unless on a walk and would not be present and the dinner table and altogether it took the entirety of the focus of attention for Christmas Day and totally killed the vibe - couldn’t get through a conversation without someone pathetically telling the stupid creature to “get down” etc etc.

The dog is not a person - it doesn’t need to come to Christmas and doesn’t need to be consisted “part of the family”…because it is a pet!

I just don’t get the problem here from a lot of posters.

Yes, there is a line, and by line I mean dressing them in clothes and shoes and posing for human like photos, pushing them in prams etc etc, (unless for health reasons)

But really what is the problem? They are not abused, starving, stuck outside in the cold. They are clearly loved and looked after and speaking as someone who has had a number of miscarriages, my dog, along with my partner, is my absolute rock and I don’t know how I would live without her to be honest!

As long as they are, fed properly, walked, washed, vet appointments, looked after and live a good life let them bloody spoil and pander to them!

"I would save my dog each and every time. No apology; The dog is adding a lot more to my life."

Then you are completely insane, possibly a psychopath.

It drives me mad. I was reported to RSPCA because I fed my dog DOG FOOD and not steaks and custard creams. Also because I bought my dog a kennel for outside. my neighbour was disgusted and said he wouldn't put a child in it so why should a dog go in lol. They also had a go at me because I didn't take my dog on holiday with me and put her into a kennel for a week.

I like dogs but in my eyes, a dog is a pet,maybe even a best friend. Part of the family to a certain extent. The dog sleeps in a dog bed, eats dog food and does things a dog should do. Not what humans should do.

That's pathetic and weird. My wonderful dad died in August - of course I didn't bring his ashes anywhere