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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a child who is afraid of dogs.  We are working on this - but right now he is afraid of dogs.

2 of my brothers have dogs.  Brother #1 has an older lab that just hangs out.  Brother #2 has a high energy Goldendoodle.   
Thanksgiving was at the house with the older lab.  We had worked with my son a lot over the last week to prepare him to be in the house with the dog.  We reminded him that the dog is friendly, although it is big does not  jump etc.  In addition over the last week my son had spoken with his Aunt about the dog and she assured him of his calm demeanor.

We get to Thanksgiving yesterday and greeted by the barking of the goldendoodle who is leashed  to the sofa.  My child now has the death grip on me and does not relax all day.  It was exhausting.  My SIL who was hosting said that she forgot to mention the dog was coming.  I am shocked that she forgot to mention it given that we discussed her dog multiple times over the last week with my son.  I was not in an environment to discuss it with my SIL yesterday since there were no private places for conversations.

Would you let it go or bring it up?

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You should have asked them to put the dog in a another room.  Even dog lovers don't want some hyper thing in their house as a guest.  Who ties some out of control thing to a sofa at another's house?  Compliment the Lab bro/SIL on their dog and the Lab's behavior not only at this age but ever since you met the dog.  Be effusive.  Ask your brother and SIL with the Lab about the golden doodle's behavior then ask when they found out the poorly behaved golden doodle was coming.

Unless those dogs know each other it's really dicey to bring one to another's house.  They should have put it in a room or a crate since it was so poorly behaved it couldn't walk around the house. [/quote]

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