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[quote=Anonymous]My sister and her husband have been married for 4 years. No kids (a bit by choice, a bit by not really ' trying' that hard according to her). 
Her DH has wanted a dog forever. She finally caved and they got one. 
Well, now she is over the top obsessed with this dog. Everything in her life revolves around this dog. 
They have had it for just under a year so this isn't exactly a puppy. 
She is changing summer plans, refusing to go to family things etc. all because she has to be with this dog.  She is the crazy one but her DH goes along with it and doesn't really say much about it. 
Some examples:
She and her DH are not coming to our other sister's 4th of July party (has been every year for 8 years) because She doesn't want to leave the dog at home and doesn't want it near kids or fireworks.
She bailed on helping my mom paint her kitchen as she promised because her husband was out of town with his brother and she didn't want to leave the dog along or bring it over
This weekend while we were out to lunch for 2 hours, she called and checked on the dog (with her neighbor) 3 times.

These are just a few examples. 
It is starting to affect her mental health. She is always worried about the dog getting sick, getting into something etc. She follows the dog around constantly in new environments to ensure it won't eat something or do something. Again, this is a year old dog at this point and she is acting like it is a newborn. 
They refuse to leave it alone ever so they split where it is at while they work between their neighbor's house and doggy daycare.

Do i say something, anything? I thought this would phase out as the dog aged and the newness wore off but it is getting more intense. [/quote]

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