At what point is a white lie just a lie?

[Fletch87]

So I’ve just found out from my daughter that daddy has said ‘tell mum we’ve walked the dog’ everytime he is off with the kids.
i work with animals & we have a fairly high energy dog so i am FUMING that the dog isn’t exercised & that he is asking our child to lie to me.
so at what point is a white lie just a Lie? Am I unreasonable to be REALLy peed off about this?

A white lie is to be kind imo. Such as Does my new dress suit me or to gracefully get out of an unwanted invitation.
This is just an outright lie for his own lazy benefit and worse is cruel to your dog and teaching your children to ignore animals needs and lie to suit themselves.

Give him a break, this is prime white lie territory. Maybe he only missed one of two walks, FUMIN' indeed

I'd be more annoyed that he's teaching your children that it's ok to lie

But what if it’s not a one off, we’re talking weekly, everytime he’s off & I’m at work?
is it still a white lie?

I agree with @Blackcats7 this is not a white lie. A white lie is to be kind and not hurt someone's feelings. Not walking the dog is a lie

I wouldn't class that as a white lie

A white lie is one that has no bad consequences for anyone but avoids embarrassment, awkwardness or spares someone's feelings

Saying thd dog has already been walked when it hasn't will have adverse consequences for the poor dog!

This isn't a white lie and it's a terrible thing to be teaching your children.

It's not a white lie. It's just a lie.

I would be furious!
It’s teaching your children to lie and teaching them it’s ok to not walk the dog when you can’t be bothered. Plus, the poor dog!
Dogs need to be walked for both their physical and mental wellbeing.

It's really cruel to your dog.

There's something a bit disconcerting about daddy asking his daughter to lie to mummy.

What's he had to say for himself about it?

This is definitely not a white lie , as pp said a white lie is only so you don't hurt someone's feelings or mitigate a small issue .

Teaching your kids to lie and be irresponsible towards pets is a fuck up in parenting.

He is basically training your dc not to respect you or your ddog.

I agree with @Blackcats7 too.

A white lie is to be kind to someone, such as saying you are already busy when they invite you to their talk on the different train numbers they have collected, and you don't want to tell them to their face you would rather stick pins in your eyes.
It isn't "a lie that isn't as bad as a really bad lie".

There is also the issue that he is asking your dc to lie to you, which I think is a bigger issue than not walking the dog (if it is a dog he wanted).