Mothers chihuahua ate half of my babies grape

You describe the dog as "vicious" and say it "bites" (plural) the baby, followed by:
"Their chihuahua has lightly bit my baby on the cheek once not left a mark."

So it was one "bite" then, not multiple bites?

And this "bite" from the dog's extremely sharp teeth on the baby's very delicate skin didn't leave any type of puncture wound, tear or bruising?

Extraordinary.

And there is no such thing as "lightly" biting. There is playful mouthing, often done when dogs are play fighting with each other and which leaves no injuries. Is that you mean?

Just another tedious anti-dog thread.

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Indeed I don’t know how mutts have survived for so long. My childhood dogs used to get lots of leftover mince and onions apparently onion is poisonous to dogs now. Remember the Dog Whisperer Caesar what’s his name? A bit of tit he was. I remember him suggesting garlic to the owner of a dog that was a fussy eater to make the dog’s food more appealing. It was a little Yorkie the garlic worked. Garlic is poisonous to dogs now. My dog ate a little bit of avocado. Apparently thats poisonous as well. Doggy was OK. I read an article about a man in California whose two dogs gobble up avocados when they fall from the tree in his garden. They have very shiny coats and the vet is very pleased with the dogs general health. Oh and no you shouldn’t let doggies bite children’s faces off.

It doesn’t sound like the OP was invited by her mum, the dog owner, she went to see her sister. OP knows the dog isn’t locked away and that it’s badly trained, the dog has bitten her children in the past and OP still chooses to take her baby there. It’s entirely on the OP. Both the baby and the dog are vulnerable in this situation, obviously the baby is not safe around the dog but that doesn’t mean the OP is entitled to be negligent in terms of keeping the dog safe if she chooses to visit the dog’s home. Obviously OP shouldn’t have the baby around the dog, she is being negligent with her children and just asking for one to be injured but that’s not the dogs fault. Regardless of the fact that the dog isn’t safe to be around children the OP is choosing to bring her baby into contact with the dog but should still have never have been feeding the baby grapes around the dog.

Oh my, you are tragic. ‘Look at my reactions’. Mortified for you.

Behaviour of the dog aside YABU to bring grapes into a house with dogs.

However there is no way I’d be bringing my baby into that house.

You take your children to a house with a dog that bites them….. ??

Stop putting your children in danger. You are their protector yet you take them somewhere they can be harmed or worse killed!
and yes for pp upthread grapes are highly toxic for dogs.
one grape can indeed kill. And I am guessing it’s even more dangerous the smaller the dog.
for everyone whose dog ate a few grapes and were fine . I’m glad they were ok. But not all dogs are so lucky.
The household seems to have a weird dynamic, I’m not sure what any of you get out of these visits. But for your children’s sakes stay away.

All the socks do increase the number of post reactions you can give yourself I suppose. 🙄

I wouldn’t say she was a proper mom to your sister given the unhealthy codependency between them where your 36 year old sister can’t go anywhere without her mother.

Having said that I would distance myself from them to protect your children but also your mental health instead of forcing yourself on people who don’t care about you.

I was half-expecting Freddie Starr to make an appearance.

Hmmm- the number is post reactions would largely disagree with you. But not
to worry. Some folk just really struggle with humour. I hope for your own happiness that can be improved for yourself in
the future. All the best!

You need to be firm OP and put some measures in place when you visit, including the dog being shut in the crate for the whole of time. Or see your relatives somewhere else without the dog. You sound as though you feel at the mercy of your mum but you're not. She'll miss her DGC if the meetings stop.

Don’t visit a household where free-roaming dogs bite children. This is parenting 101.

Given that your view of child safeguarding is clearly impaired, you may not be aware that grapes are a choking hazard for children and should always be cut up.

The vet bill is your mother’s responsibility.

I wouldn’t pay and they massively over reacted . No doubt the vet looked at the dog, said dig would be fine and charged them £100 .

Have only read OP's posts, so I expect I'm just repeating what others have said.

I can honestly say - STOP visiting them. The add nothing to your life, quite the opposite they give you nothing but stress.

As for "I went because my eldest loves my older sister who lives there and loves seeing her" - he's three. He loves everybody. Stop going there and after a few weeks he will have other people / things to love.

You are the adult here, and it is your job to protect your children. It would be lovely if your mother/sister were worth a damn, but they're not. You need to stop going to their house to protect your children from the dog, and to protect your children from your mother/sister. Just as you noticed there are no pictures of your children on the walls, so will they (eventually). Or they'll have just felt the lack of love from them. Don't subject your children to that, surround them with loving people.

You don't mention your father at all, except to say that he lives with your mother/sister. And there's another sister? What's your relationship like with them?

But, main point - don't go to their house again. Invite them to yours by all means (safe in the knowledge that they won't).

And DO NOT pay the vet's bill. That came about because they have failed to train their dog, and that is on them.

Probably quite a lot like this one, given they won't train it

It's probably a puppy. Puppies, like human babies, mouth & bite things. Everyone who's had their nipple bitten by a breast-feeding baby will understand. 😱

However, I always kept puppies away from my human children for this reason. Puppies should be crated or kept in a different room from small humans.

Oooooh careful now!

why precisley was your child on the floor with the dog to get bitten in the first place? that is my first quesiotn - it reeks of irrisponsability.

2 - for a chi - a grape could well be really bad - the bigger the dog the kess problematic unless it was a lot of grapes - but chi's are tiny.

also, dogs dont bite without provocation - what was the child doing at the time? was it grabbinfg at the dog, too close? trying to get in the dogs space?

Personally I would pay up and stop going to your mums at all

"and your baby for throwing the grape."

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I thought it was pretty obvious the post was in jest. I doubt the OP would have actually followed through on it.

The dog’s owner needs to wake up and start training it. It shouldn’t be eating anything off the floor unless it’s been told it can. They have a crate for it and if the dog had been in the crate, which it sounds for several reasons would have been a good idea, the whole episode could have been avoided. That’s on the owner. As is the fact it sounds like the owner wasn’t properly supervising the dog when it ran downstairs.

The OP mentioned the dog had form for resource guarding before “grape gate,” so coupled with the lack of training and owner supervision the dog eating something it shouldn’t was inevitable. Imagine if the OP hadn’t been witness to the dog eating the grape; the owner would have been none the wiser.
The owner is the dickhead in this story and for several reasons too.

Perhaps you’re using your ‘edginess’ as a crutch to disguise the fact you’re not very funny. HTH.

It bites your children and bites your crawling baby's face? They wouldn't be anywhere near her house in the first place. Fuck the grape and the vet bills.

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I cannot remotely comprehend why you are even in a position to be asking such a silly question. You know your children are at risk from these dogs and you are still visiting and allowing them near your children.