My dog broke my husbands 4K (cost!) TV

[Florally]

I have to start this by saying… I told him not to buy it. But… he works hard and he is a brilliant husband / dad and basically he wanted one thing in the whole house.

So it’s on the wall, and it’s beautiful (I don’t see the difference) and today our dog sees (on Dog TV YouTube that we play for her)… a dog.

She is interested in dogs above all else. She runs. She jumps. She cracks the TV.

It’s not her fault. She’s a dog that saw a dog.

What TF do I do here? My husband is so upset (he really is amazing and this was his tech baby)… but he’s SO upset.

I can’t afford to replace this TV.

I also made a huge campaign for not getting this TV (because I don’t care for this stuff) but I worry it feels disingenuous.

Umm…. That’s it right. I have to replace it?

Theres nothing particularly high or unusual about a sofa for 4k. Ours was only 1500 from DFS recently, its small and cheap! If we got the ones I wanted it would have been around 4k.

Your own spending priorities are neither here nor there. A telly for 4k again its not particularly considered high for people who like good tech. Ours is probably around 10 years old and was about 150quid, but again thats our choice, Im not blind that others want a decent telly (OH in fact wants a different telly)

Priorities are fine. Being realistic about who/what you share your house with is just sensible.

Tbf this is the first instance I've heard of of a dog breaking a tv that's mounted on a wall so the fact I have a dog would not be taken in to consideration when buying one. Just repair it or claim. Must have some sort of insurance surely?

Is that typical, for dogs (and children) to smash wall-mounted TVs?

Even then, a silly decision doesn't make it a "silly TV". Some MNers seem to have weird ideas about higher-quality and/or big TVs… A sort of snootiness, as though anything fancier than basic Freeview on a 28" screen that was £299 from Argos in 2011 is just excessive and gross and dominates the room 🤣 You're not a better person if you don't care about your TV.

Yes, it's a dog, but it's also your dog and you and your partner should therefore know its personality.

The key here is whether it was you or both of you who put "dog TV" on YouTube. If you were both present and he had the opportunity to intervene, then I think you can both be held responsible.

if he wasn't there, then it's on you I'm afraid. At the very least you should offer to pay for it out of your joint account. If that means you have to make some sacrifices elsewhere (e.g., holidays), so be it.