My MIL has some form of dog. They think it's a jack russell but no one is too sure.
Anyway, she is horrid, she is poorly socialised, jumps on the couch / knees / dining table (!!!) as and when she pleases, and the family just accept this as 'what dogs do'.
The thing that truly winds me up though, is when this vile creature snaps at my DD. She has never actually bitten to break the skin but she mouths at her in a vicious way. Now, I teach my DD to respect animals, we have a dog who you could probably beat around and she'd still come back for a cuddle, but naturally, dogs are animals and unpredictable and need to be treated with respect. I feel my DD does nothing inappropriate to this dog yet the dog still snaps at her, but to top it off MIL does nothing to stop this. She doesn't shout, remove the dog from the room, in fact, she doesn't say anything at all (and this was the woman who had the cheek to tell us that our soft daft dog was likely to attack our DD...)
Last time this happened my DD got quite upset, she's only 2, started crying and said 'doggy hurt me' which tore me apart.
Is this ok?! I know its her dog, her house, her rules, but surely she shouldn't allow her animal to snap at her granddaughter?! WWYD?!