Me and my sister got dogs from the same litter of puppies around a year ago. We see each other regularly therefore the dogs see each other regularly and we also take them both to our parents home when we visit etc.
We have completely different views about how we raise our dogs which is absolutely fine, how she raises hers is none of my business yet she makes a point to constantly and openly judge me on how I raise mine.
For example, she asked what food I was changing him onto (butternut box) and when I told her she started going on about how she would never pay prices like that (I get a few discounted boxes which has really helped) and that dogs would be fine on the stuff you can get in the supermarket (which is completely true and nothing wrong with that).
Another example, when we go and visit our parents we are there for a long day so I take his treats along etc, something to keep him chewing and busy - I done a lot of research when he was a baby on what was best and I chose what worked best for us - natural treats such as rabbit ears, chicken feet, pig ears etc because it has natural vitamins and minerals, much lower in fat and has multiple health benefits including great for teeth cleaning! I can pick them up really cheap too, like the chicken feet are 30-40p each. My sister prefers like the pedigree sticks and gravy bone biscuits etc, which my dog has had before, again nothing wrong with them but nutritionally they don’t actually add much benefit so I tend to limit them.
Every time my dog has a treat she tuts and makes the same comments every single time how people are so woke they can’t even feed their dogs supermarket food, how the treats I give him are probably why so many dogs have stomach issues because it’s not good for them etc… my dog has always been absolutely fine on them!
It’s really starting to get on my nerves after nearly a year of this, so when she commented a while back I turned around and told her I was sick of the comments, how I feed my dog these things for the nutritional value and to try and prevent health issues and keep him healthy because of the research I have done and we have moved on from the days of dogs living on scraps!
Despite this she is still carrying on and it’s got to the point where I’m not feeding him directly in front of her or I’ll take an alternative food when it’s a long day which is ridiculous really (!) but I’m just so sick of the disapproving looks and comments all the time!
Any advice?!