I went round to my grandmothers place for some tea tonight and to see my sister & her partner, I haven’t seen them all Christmas as they are London way. They take their rescue Greyhound dog everywhere with them, and so much of the conversation is based on their precious pet and his walks. I get it, I am a dog lover and love my dog but she lets this dog jump and lie everywhere! I am boundaried with my dog and make sure she gets off furniture and doesn’t get in way. My sister is adamant she wants to be child free forever, hates kids and her dog is like her baby. Whereas, I’m the opposite to her, I’m 7 months pregnant and I do love my dog but I think they should know their place..
So to the point, AIBU…her dog was laid sprawled across my grandmothers sofa, there was no other seating available, my husband went to shift the dog over and sit.. the dog barked and growled. Got over it. Then my grandma came to sit down on her own sofa, just perched on the armchair part, and the dog growled and snapped at her, so intensely that my grandma screamed and she fell to the floor. I lost it, I shouted ‘right, the dog needs to be on his dog bed, this isn’t your house, it’s made grandma fall over and this isn’t right!’ My sister came back with ‘I warned you all to leave him on the sofa by himself, he’s allowed to have his space, he doesn’t have to sit on his own bed!’ She then screamed insults at me along lines of ‘that my dog was naughty too, that because I’m pregnant I’m not special, I could still give up my seat for grandma to sit’ she was so mad and her comments made me feel more annoyed..and her partner was saying something like ‘he can stay on the sofa all he likes.. that my grandma shouldn’t sit on her own sofa?! Wtf.
ugh it just wound me up so much, people shouldn’t allow their dogs to dominate their lives and environments. I’m so worried when my baby comes about my baby being snapped at. They take the dog everywhere and treat it like a prince!! Her comments were unnecessary. I’m so annoyed that they never even apologised to my grandma or my husband or rectified their dogs behaviour. My grandma struggled to get up off the floor, and they just watched and made sure their dog was ok instead.
they are here for the weekend and I can’t be bothered with anymore conversations with them. I didn’t like her pregnancy comments and it came across as bitter tbh, just for pointing out her dog should be on a dog bed.