MIL with Dogs moving in.

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Registered: 01-12-2007
MIL with Dogs moving in.
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Fri, 01-12-2007 - 8:34am

My MIL is going to be moving in with us as soon as our new home is finished. The problem is that she has 2 older small dogs that are not housebroken. Whenever she comes to visit, she brings the dogs keeping one in the house and one in the garage. Well, they both urinate and poo all over the place. My husband will not say anything to her and just cleans up a mess when he sees one. I did persuade him to buy a diaper for the one she keeps in the house. She will put it on the dog when we are home but when we leave, she takes the diaper off! I have caught her more than once when we are walking in the door rushing to put the diaper back on the dog. I have found urine on the carpet and on the funiture. She does have a pet carrier for the dog but will not use it unless traveling.

The other dog in the garage is just as bad as he has ruined the concrete with urine stains and the smell just makes me sick. She does go out and clean up the poo and mops the concrete but you can not get all of that yuck out of there as he goes underneath and around the vehicles.

My MIL is 77 years old. She is healthy and gets around with no problems. I understand the need for my husband to want to take care of her in her senior years.. I just don't know how to handle this. I feel resentment towards her for the lack of respect she shows us in our home. I dread her moving in with us and trashing our new home. My husband just says she is old and the animals are all she's got. What would you do?

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 01-15-2007 - 7:36pm

Hi Benetime, welcome!

I would tell MIL that she has to keep her animals OUTSIDE if they aren't housebroken. Why should you have animals messing up your new house?!?!?








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