Anyone else cut contact with parents/ family

[Safireblue7]

I posted a while ago under a different name to get advice long story short my parents ( mainly my mother) got a chihuahua dog who is nasty and bit a stranger, the dog is now 3 years old and she said she would get training never happened. So myself and my partner earlier this year told them the dog isn’t welcome in our house anymore as he’s growled and went for my daughter before , but biting the stranger ( 2nd stranger he bit I found out) made us realise it cannot carry on . Anyway they went really funny and she tried to visit with the dog just turned up in august so we said no the dog can go in the garden but she said forget it then and walked off. Only contact from them was there dropping presents off for dcs ( that was in Oct) and at the door - since then it’s been no contact I am feeling ok about it because my children’s safety come first and she won’t compromise at all like getting a cage he could go in my kitchen when they visit I feel she’s put the dog above us all - has anyone else went no contact with family and just wondered if you think I done the right thing.
I didn’t cut the relationship off it just sort of happened after she said forget it then etc no phone calls or texts .
parents live 3 hours away so unfortunately the dog is always with them when visited .

Yes cut ties 15 years ago the woman who brought me up died about 8 years I think now didn’t go to her funeral. Remaining family I have no ties with.

yes. im working towards estrangement. There is no love in my family.

Like you say she should compromise. I love my dog but I’d either pay a dog sitter when I visited or get a cage like you suggested. Or can’t it be closed in the kitchen for an hour or so?

Your doing the right thing, you have to protect your children. Chihuahuas are classic biters and could easily disfigure a child with a bite to the face. If your selfish mother's putting a dog before you and her grandchildren she doesn't deserve to have that relationship.
For different reasons I had no relationship with my mother or siblings.
I've tried many times to reconnect with them but they never make the effort. In the end you give up trying.

I havent spoken to my brother for years . I havent spoken to my sister for a year . My family isnt close so no loss . I choose the people who stay in my life .
I have learnt the hard way that some friends are fair weather and thats ok . I have a few close friends and a lovely husband and son as well as a loving daughter in law step son and his partner and grandson . Im happy and thats all that matters.

Been nc with df for 24 years. Dm 10.. Had a bit of contact but was 10 years again before that. No regrets.

The worst thing about estrangement from family like this is that there's never closure, they won't admit they cause the rift, they want to behave in ways that make you go away but to think you need to keep coming back and are unreasonable to stay away. Few unreasonable people have the insight to see the mind f**k they create in others. They just don't care because their vision stops at their nose. The world is what they think and other people's wants and needs are a temporary illusion. Rather than them being in the universe, the universe is in their head. You can't reason with them, you're shouting into a void.

You are doing the right thing. She is clearly in the wrong and prioritising the dog over her own grandchild’s well-being. It’s not you that has broken contact, it’s her.