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So I'll start off by saying I am not an animal person.. I find them just as cute as the next person but that's as far as it goes for me. So I may be bias in asking this Q -
Since I've had my now 4 month old my sister has been trying to warm her small dog up to lo.. The dog always wants to smell and jump up and follow her around when holding lo..
I don't much care for lo warming up to dog as I'm really afraid of a quick nip to lo or bite of some kind.. It's also not my dog so I don't feel lo needs to get adjusted to the dog.. My sister always seems very interested in this happening with lo and doggy - I'll add that my sister got the dog as a rescue and there was significant abuse to doggy.. Doggy still growls when I visit my sister - like 1.5 years later...
Went to a family function yesterday and when I was leaving SIL mentioned that while DH and I were doing other things my sister had doggy licking lo face/mouth whatever..
I won't say anything to my sister about this because she is so defensive about doggy as it is and clearly doesn't care what I think anyway as she knows that I would never say it's ok for dog to lick lo face
Anyway - I figure I'll just go the route of not leaving her alone with lo in future when doggy is there. Is that a complete overreaction?
It annoys me that she doesn't seem to take my fear seriously.. Oddly when I once dropped in and offered to take her doggy for a walk as we were heading to a park she said "no way"... So it's ok for her to be protective of her loved one but my fear is unfounded?
Either way I don't want anyone who licks their own ass to lick my babies face..Period..
Am I wrong to feel this way?
I get how some regard their animals - but I am not one of those people and I am not going to change my stance on that.. If she had a baby her baby wouldn't lick lo face...
I'm busy raising humans and I just don't have the time or patience or inclination to add animals to the mix (I have an indoor/outdoor cat and he doesn't try to touch lo) and I'm just really not an animal person.. Like some people don't much care for babies? I don't much care for raising animals..
Since I've had my now 4 month old my sister has been trying to warm her small dog up to lo.. The dog always wants to smell and jump up and follow her around when holding lo..
I don't much care for lo warming up to dog as I'm really afraid of a quick nip to lo or bite of some kind.. It's also not my dog so I don't feel lo needs to get adjusted to the dog.. My sister always seems very interested in this happening with lo and doggy - I'll add that my sister got the dog as a rescue and there was significant abuse to doggy.. Doggy still growls when I visit my sister - like 1.5 years later...
Went to a family function yesterday and when I was leaving SIL mentioned that while DH and I were doing other things my sister had doggy licking lo face/mouth whatever..
I won't say anything to my sister about this because she is so defensive about doggy as it is and clearly doesn't care what I think anyway as she knows that I would never say it's ok for dog to lick lo face
Anyway - I figure I'll just go the route of not leaving her alone with lo in future when doggy is there. Is that a complete overreaction?
It annoys me that she doesn't seem to take my fear seriously.. Oddly when I once dropped in and offered to take her doggy for a walk as we were heading to a park she said "no way"... So it's ok for her to be protective of her loved one but my fear is unfounded?
Either way I don't want anyone who licks their own ass to lick my babies face..Period..
Am I wrong to feel this way?
I get how some regard their animals - but I am not one of those people and I am not going to change my stance on that.. If she had a baby her baby wouldn't lick lo face...
I'm busy raising humans and I just don't have the time or patience or inclination to add animals to the mix (I have an indoor/outdoor cat and he doesn't try to touch lo) and I'm just really not an animal person.. Like some people don't much care for babies? I don't much care for raising animals..