I just don't want their dog here

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Pil are coming to visit this weekend. They stay in a hotel as our house is too small to accommodate them.

Mil has this ancient dog that is blind and well, imo, ready to be put down. She wants to bring it with them. It will have to stay with us whilst they are in the hotel.

I don't want the dog here, especially not a disabled one that will probably poo and wee every where. We don't have a garden as it's currently a building site.

If I wanted a dog, I'd get one. I don't so I won't. I've got 3 dcs and that's really enough for me. Plus all the cooking and hospitality for pil this weekend - which of course I don't mind but I think bringing the dog is an imposition.

Aibu?

This weekend booked I meant.

Indeed you are the voice of reason LineRunner (and are you a linesperson btw?) :)

Andrew, I'll tell you what I did should, heaven forbid, it happen. If I'm still alive afterwards.

I can tell you which choice I'd make if it was your DC versus my dogs now though, if that helps.

It has been hard to pay attention Linerunner, ive been giggling like a school girl at all the cuntishness and giggling, especially like a school girl, so doesnt suit me.

YABU and really cold hearted tbh. Unless the dog is a danger to your children (its does not sound like it is) or you are allergic to it, I see no reason why you cannot be kind enough to allow the dog there for a couple of days. As you said they are staying in a hotel and the dog is too sick to leave in kennels, and can't be left in the hotel.

YANBU, Id never allow any dog, sick or healthy, stay in my house. I really cant stand doggy smell for a start :(

Well,if you do accommodate the dog it will probably be the last time you'll be asked to.

A bit of kindness goes a long way.

"YABU and really cold hearted tbh"

I totally disagree. I don't think you understand that not all people are dog lovers. If you aren't fond of dogs you don't want a dog in your house regardless of the circumstances.

I quite like dogs, I grew up with them, but there is no way I want a dog in my house, let alone an old, very sick dog. I just wouldn't want the responsibility. I think it is totally unreasonable for the MIL to expect someone else to nursemaid a poorly dog. From my experience an old dog is likely to be incontinent and may need to be let out during the night. At least a cat can use a litter tray.

An incontinent cat couldnt use a litter tray.

Claw, stop being a smartarse. That's very cuntish of you! :o :o

YANBU

I'm a dog lover and have my own, but I hate having my MIL's dog to stay (we have him whenever they go abroad). It is blind, deaf and incontinent and can't be left for more than an hour or so. last time he piddled on both of my doormats which had to be thrown away. He's also sick alot and has ruined my lounge carpet which I cannot afford to replace. I can understand your MIL's difficulty, but YANBU in not wanting to take care of her dog. I feel EXACTLY the same.

OP, your PIL are completely unreasonable. They are going against the vet's advice to have the thing put down, so instead are dragging it on a car journey and leaving it with you for the weekend while they stay in a hotel?

You may well be finding dog dead on kitchen floor in the morning.....

If they are determined to let it suffer until the end, the least they can do is postpone their weekend away and stay at home with it.

Andrewfogg - last winter we had someone on this board say that if they had to choose between saving their dog or their child if both fell through ice on a frozen river at the same time, that they would go for the dog first. I read it with my own eyes and it sickened me. So there really are people out there like that unfortunately.

Spadkle12, do you think people say stuff like that to be controversial? Surely no one really means things like that.

sparkle, that wasn't me, was it?

:o

DBF if you honestly don't know, then you're a truly dreadful person. Your poor children.

FWIW, I would save your children before any number of dogs, even though they'll probably grow up as horrid as you.

Thanks for that, DBF. Unless you earn your living as a firefighter in the area where I live I'm not overly troubled by your remark.

Oh Dogsbestfriend, saving a dog, instead of child, unless the said child is a spotty teenager, would be well.......a bit cuntish really!

Not firefighting, Andrew. It might surprise you to know that I work with dogs.

I would save my children first. But I'd save my dogs next over anyone else, because I'm responsible for them in the same way that I am for my children. I chose to have them they are family and that's that. And yes I have friends, a social life, I'm not addicted to anything wierdy and am perfectly normal. It's called loyalty, which dogs give lots of and they deserve the same back.
And my contract said "no sleep in duties"

I'd never have guessed.

Why would anyone save someone elses child over their own family? Just because one has fur and one has skin?

I'm more concerned about the OPs MIL who's making the cuntish decision to allow her dog to suffer.

Surely any decent vet would have put some significant pressure upon her to do the right thing? What the feck's going on there?

Thank you, intelligenceitself - and good to hear from you. I hope, really I hope, that all goes well for you in respect of another thread.