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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So MIL is concerned that your dog, who lives with your son, is going to attack your son, which he has presumably not done before?[/quote]

My guess is that she thinks that our dog and her dog are going to attack each other and our son (who is newly crawling) is going to get in the middle of it.  It's completely irrational because (1) my dog is completely sweet to our son, (2) our dog and their dog have growled at each other but have never attacked one another, (3) in the 5 years our dogs have been together at their house we have always been aware that the dogs aren't bffs and make sure we pay attention to what they're doing at all times, (4) we have brought our son and our dog to their house 3 times already and she never mentioned that she didn't want our dog there.

No matter what the reason, my feeling is that family is more important than the dogs (although our dog is like a child to us!) and why are we cancelling this trip over the dogs?!?  Clearly this fight is more than just about the dogs.  [/quote]
If the dogs and have done things that make you aware they aren't BFF's, then MIL is right to think that they might not get along and maybe shouldn't be together.  The baby is newly crawling so something that seemed ok before might not seem ok now.  I agree that the whole thing seems like a lot of paranoia, but I could see the thought process.

Or, maybe MIL just doesn't want your dog and came up with an excuse that backfired.

But here's the thing.  It's her house.  She said no dog.  Don't bring the dog.  Your husband is completely wrong to dig in his heels and say if you can't bring the dog they can't see the baby.  That is actually so immature and wrong that I'd have a very hard time with it.[/quote]

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