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To sit in this horrible bedroom and just weep?

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recklesswoman · 29/12/2010 23:34

Oh my Christ.

DH and I are staying the night with BiL. I've spent the evening fighting off two huge dogs who repeatedly jumped up, lunged at my face, sat on my handbag and scratched (cue SiL cheerfully 'oh we think she has mange!'), walked the length of the room weeing..

This continued while we attempted to eat dinner from our laps, one-handed whilst shoving dogs noses away from our plates.

I've just gone up to spare room, DH still happily downstairs, and the bed is literally covered in dog hairs. Sheets, duvet, both pillows. The whole house including the bedroom stinks of unwashed dogs.

Aibu to sit in the corner of the room and just cry? What the bloody hell should I do? I can't bring myself to lie down in that disgusting bed!

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recklesswoman · 30/12/2010 01:24

Dh would like to also say thankyou, we've had to pull over as I've been reading the thread to him and the cat lady and sausage dog stories made us absolutely howl, he can't drive as he can't see the road through his tears!

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LittleMissHootsMon · 30/12/2010 01:28

LOL, tell your H that the CAT Lady cost me best part of 300 Euros....

But nice of her to offer her house... I did still hang out with her, but timed my visits to make sure that we weren't there long.

The day I left, when I hit the motorway to my next town, the radio was playing Hotel California....

I kid you not.

You can't make some stuff up...

LittlePushka · 30/12/2010 01:40

Wonder if BIL is in said room right now, thinking "Its as well she's gone, it smells a bit in here of vagina...". Well done - I love my dogs but I would gag if I had to sleep in their bed and if I had food on my lap they would go if I said "Go". Not all dogs manifest offinsiveness!!

LittlePushka tootles off whistling the tune to great escape,.....do-do, do-doo-do do do,....Wink

VallhalaLalalalalalalalaaaaaa · 30/12/2010 01:42

This made for interesting reading as I struggle with insomnia tonight, tucked up in bed with a Labrador asleep beside me with his head on my knees and two German Shepherds in their baskets alongside my bed. :o

LovePinkBitsOfMyHorse · 30/12/2010 01:44

I was interested too, under my blanket of spaniel and cats and kittens.

VallhalaLalalalalalalalaaaaaa · 30/12/2010 01:50

:o LovePink.

I'll have both Sheps up on the bed beside me at some point tonight too, I always do. :o

I find it hard to get worked up about this, but then again I choose to spend my holidays and free time staying at a dog rescue where there are about 60 dogs. You kinda get used to fur everywhere after a very short while.

One mans meat and all that! :)

MadamDeathstare · 30/12/2010 01:53

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SarahStrattonsBaubles · 30/12/2010 02:05

I'm mean. Mine sleep in their dens/crates. Otherwise we get uppity I'm boss dogfighting :(

ChippingIn · 30/12/2010 02:07

LovePink, Vall - I love cats & dogs. My spaniel used to sleep on my bed instead with me. My cats have always slept on the bed... now the neighbours cats come in some nights. I'm happy for the resident cat or dog to come and share - but I get the distinct impression that this house was like my ExBIL's just generally filthy and full of old, dirty dog hair/poo/pee - more skanky than 'fresh animal' :)

SarahStrattonsBaubles · 30/12/2010 02:26

I thought it was the dogs Madame? Would make me twitch about sleeping in a hairy, pissy bed.

K12Mom · 30/12/2010 02:51

OMG, all these stories remind me of my Mum's house. It literally stinks from all the dogs and lack of housework. The last time we were there, we had dinner with this mangy old dog literally 2 feet away licking its (very large and erect) dick.

thelittlestkiwi · 30/12/2010 03:20

'Shaved a monkey on the bed'.

Love it.

Al1son · 30/12/2010 08:56

Well done OP for getting out of there and back to civilisation.

femalevictormeldrew · 30/12/2010 09:38

My sister and her husband once went to a friends for dinner, the husband of the woman spent the evening playing with the dog and grabbing it's erm 'twigs and berries'

He then went to prepare their food with dog bollock hands.

They got up and left.

This brought tears to my eyes Grin

LoveBeingADaddysGirl · 30/12/2010 09:45

My throat was closing up just Reading about the state of that bed, bless you dh your knight in shining armor!

SlartyBartFast · 30/12/2010 09:48

[fbear]

Xmas Grin
Katisha · 30/12/2010 09:58

Oh excellent - had to go to bed last night before the denouement.
I was convinced the DH would want to keep the peace so good on him!

Oblomov · 30/12/2010 10:13

shaved a monkey ? nearly bought a fur ball to my throat. god yuk. are you bil and sil normal people otherwise ?
I feel ill.

AlistairSim · 30/12/2010 10:21

Why would anyone touch a dog penis?

I mean, really, why?

duchesse · 30/12/2010 10:23

Have to say I would NEVER share a bed with my dog. He licks his private parts and anus, sheds enormous amounts of hair and walks in mud. Why the feck would ANYONE want all that all over their bed? I like my bed to be clean. Apart from anything else dogs need to know their place. And that is not tucked up with their owners. I love my dog but he has his own bed(s) (one in the cloakroom in case of nervous visitors), is not allowed upstairs AT ALL and we have one sitting room that is dog-free in case of allergic visitors.

at thought of people sharing their bed with a pile of pets.

thenightsky · 30/12/2010 10:29

Why in God's name would anyone want to spend the night playing with the dog's bollocks?? Why?? Shock

That actually sounds like animal abuse Hmm

Was the dog smiling though? Grin

MilliONaire · 30/12/2010 10:45

duchesse, I totally agree with you, we have 2 very happy and much loved dogs but there is NO way I would let them sleep on my bed!! As it is they have commandeered one of the sofas as their bed, but we have 2 blankets we put out for them at night & they lie only on the blanket and I wash the blanket every couple of nights. We also have a dog free sitting room too. And they go in the utility room if we have children over who are afraid of dogs etc.

My MIL's house is exactly like the house the OP described - she has about 16 dogs ranging from great dane to tiny jack russells etc and aboout 10 cats and she seems utterly allergic to housework so the place is absolutely FILTH, I mean it is crawling with dirt and dog shit everywhere - the fur and hairs are the least of the issues really. When you walk in the door (which i try to do as rarely as possible) you are quite literally hit with a wall of stench of dirt and animal. I cannot fathom how anyone can live like that. I have to dose up with clarityn etc when we go there as I literally swell up all around my face and can't stop sneezing and my eyes stream tears the entire time.I think the cats affect me more than the dogs tbh.

Anyway, glad you and dh got out of there, you did the right thing! Please tell me there are no kids in that house???

AlistairSim · 30/12/2010 10:46

I think I can say, with some degree of certainty, that I would go out of my way not to touch a dog's undercarriage.

MilliONaire · 30/12/2010 10:47

ps I meant to say our dogs also have their own beds in the kitchen which are also washed regularly (I have a bit of a thing about not wanting our house to smell of dog - MIL's house may be directly responsible for this obsession!) but they decided that the sofa in the sitting room is comfier! They are small terriers.

FancyALittle · 30/12/2010 11:10

Oh recklesswoman, it sounds exactly like my MIL's house. Thank goodness you escaped. Did you know it was going to be like that?