My 2.5y old son goes to my parents 3 days a week. They have a safety gate on the stairs and one in the door leading to the kitchen.
At home we rarely use the safety gate to our stairs now as he can climb the stairs confidently. We have a room divider across our kitchen (baby dann style gate system) as our lounge and kitchen is open plan. We close the gate when we are cooking and he doesn't come in the kitchen at that time. At other times, we don't mind him going in the kitchen, although he rarely does.
My parents have 2 dogs. A labradoodle who is the size of a horse(!) and a springer pup. The gate across their kitchen is a wall mount style one like this My Mum mentioned the other day that the bar nearest the hinged part of the gate was broken and had come away rom the piece that goes across. It wasn't affecting the functionality of the gate so I said just keep an eye on it. She commented that she didnt know how it had broken but that her labradoodle quite often runs into it/leans on it when it's closed and this could have done it. Her springer pup has now figured out she can jump the gate. She is usually kept in the kitchen when my son visits but now can jump over into the lounge.
This morning my mum text asking whether we still use the gate that comes into our lounge because another bar has broken on her kitchen gate. I suggested she use the one off her stairs as my son is fine with stairs now. I also asked did she really need one on the kitchen now ad she said she would prefer to have one if she is cooking to keep my son out and away from hot things.
Question is, who pays for a replacement? Part of me ones think we should as it's for our son. Part of me thinks she should because it appears her dogs have broken it.