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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP my DD of the same age told her best friend last year that she was deeply afraid of her dog and didn't think she should go to her house any more.

This "friend" has not spoken to my DD since, literally not spoken to her. She ignores her at school, not even a "hello" and I have not heard anything from the parents either.

So this is actually ok with us, the friend was very high maintenance and the dog was scary, but be prepared it may be a similar situation plays out for you, depending on the family. Best of luck.[/quote]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your daughter's friendship, and the stress you experienced.

Do you think the friendship would be have preserved if you'd done anything differently about how you informed the dog family?

I was planning to tell the parents myself, directly, so my DD doesn't appear to have anything to do with the decision. Both of my kids were relieved when I told them of my decision and seemed really accepting of it. this makes me think they were already scared of the dog.

Funny, this pal is ALSO high drama. Everything the family does is a total circus, and the poor child lies all the time to get what she wants. Any number of ridiculous incidents have made me feel a certain way about their friendship, irrespective of the dog. But odd coincidence.

thanks for sharing.[/quote]

I think if I had informed the parents it would have been a very sticky situation indeed, I realize this only in retrospect because the response to my DD casually mentioning it was like they were mortally offended, worse than anything ever. Hence the silence. I guess the house full of crazy, un-neutered dogs comes before any kind of human friendship.

I don't recommend you go in there making a pronouncement about this. I would wait till you have a situation where you need to respond to a direct question about coming over.[/quote]

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