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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Forward-Feeling-9000 on 2023-07-18 04:15:06.
In January, my(F33) mom and stepdad were watching my children. They were also watching my sister’s(25) Australian Shepard. The dog bit my son(5) in the face causing lacerations and some minor scaring that was patched up at the hospital. This was the second time the dog bit my son, the first time we thought was a fluke, but this time it was clearly out of nowhere. The dog attacked him for no reason. That day, my mom said she would be getting rid of the dog immediately.
A few days later they still had the dog and I find out through my husband that they “feel too attached to the dog” and they are actually keeping it instead of giving it back to my sister. I told my mom that was unacceptable and my children would not be at their house if they plan on keeping a vicious dog. They promise to lock the dog up behind multiple doors every time we come over, but we just dont feel comfortable or trust my stepdad to do that.
So now it’s been 7 months since we’ve been to their house, they still have the dog, and this is causing a major riff in the family.
I feel I’m being reasonable by saying I will not allow my children to be at the same house as a vicious animal. There’s more backstory to the way this is making me feel, but I think this is the gist of it.
am i being the asshole here?
Already two incidents of actually biting. You can’t keep that around kids, and maybe not adults. If that was reported here that would be legally a put down dog already if it bit twice. No. I don’t care if the kid made the dog bite them. It still happened. You can’t have kids around dogs that will bite and they let it happen. There’s no way it’s safe around them at all. It has to go or you don’t go. They picked the dog over your kids. They made the choice. Not you. If they want alive grandchildren they will return the dog. They’re lucky the hospital didn’t report it biting twice or there’s a different policy than where I live because they would have no dog now.