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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We will be hosting 18-23 for a week for Christmas (I know - insane 😂). 10 small children and we have three house pets ourselves (all very good with kids). This will be a massive undertaking for DH and I, but we are happy to have family here. MIL will have a 3 month old dachshund puppy she wants to bring to the house. We feel obliged to say yes since she always lets us being our large, German shepherd when we travel (we used to board her when she was younger and never brought her along as a puppy for obvious reasons). We agreed, but because our house is mostly carpet, said the puppy needs to stay crated or can run around outside and not run around the house.

Mil is very upset with this and is throwing a fit. Are we being cruel here? She wants to put pee pads down and let it run around the house, but we have a dog, cat and free roam rabbit as well. I don’t see how the puppy will truly be potty trained by then, and we really don’t want pee/poop in the house. There will be so much chaos already going on, this just seems so unkind to also put on us.

I’m firmly standing my ground here right now, but need a reality check as to if this is fair or not. [/quote]

So she allowed you to do it with your dog but now you're bringing down the hammer on her? Do you know how much you save on boarding?

You are entitled to do whatever you want. But you're kind of being a dick about it. I'd tell MIL to use a crate but when the dog is in the house, she's responsible for any messes. Plus, it's a small dog, not a great dane. How big of an issue can it be? Plus, not all puppies pee everywhere. I have a puppy now and she doesn't.

But if you stick with your plan, I'd be prepared not to bring my dog to her next time.[/quote]

There's a huge difference between bringing a housebroken and a non-housebroken dog to someone else's home. OP is not telling her to board the dog, just that the dog cannot roam freely until it is housebroken. This seems eminently fair. [/quote]

No there isn't, with the compromise the MIL proposed. Fencing in an area with puppy pads.
Also, OP is already having THIRTEEN children in her house. And she's worried about the dog in a fenced in area? LOL. Ok . .. the issue isn't the dog. It's her refusing her MIL. [/quote]

No, the issue is dog shit and piss all over the floor. If your CHILDREN piss and shit on the floor, I don't know what to tell you. [/quote]

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