Hello!
I feel in a bit of an awkward situation atm and wanted to get it off my chest and maybe get some advice.
My mum got a dog almost 2 years ago from a puppy. She is a Hungarian Puli. I do like animals and I wanted my mum to be happy, she always wanted a dog so badly. The problem is, it turns out that the dog is nasty. She's bitten loads of people and we're not cruel to her. My mum cares for her really well, she gets 2 walks a day and lots of love and attention. My mum is home with her all of the time so she's hardly ever left on her own.
She bit me because she stole a flapjack from my 3yr old DS, and I took it back off of her. My dh was playing with her last night a game of "find the ball", and he was not winding her up in any way, but when he went to pick up the ball she bit him. She'll lie in the middle of the floor and then bite you and growl at you if you walk too close to her. She jumps up at everyone. She bit the hairdresser last night. The lady is nervous of dogs and I think that the dog sensed that and bit her.
My problem is that my mum still thinks that the sun shines out of her dog's arse and doesn't see an issue. I would now rather just go to my mum's house and keep out of the dog's way, and the dog keep out of my way. I think that she should put a muzzle on her, the type where they can still open their mouth, but so that she can't get at people. I said this to my mum, but she didn't seem to like the idea or feel it was necessary.
If you're a dog owner, and you have people come over to your house whom you know are nervous of dogs, do you keep the dog out of the way? Is that not only fair?
Sorry for the long post, I'm just worried that the dog is going to bite my DS and I have another baby on the way soon. I don't want to fall out with my mum about it, but the dog just makes me want to stop going round to her house.