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Argh!!!!! I’m about ready to kill my mother! There is a guy at her work that she sometimes babysits for if he’s in a bind. That’s fine. What’s not fine is that she then brings the 2 kids (1 is 4 the other 2)over to our house. Our place is in no way childproofed and our dog must be supervised closely with small children. She knows this and still brings the kids over. She also doesn’t call ahead to let us know that she is bringing them over, she just shows up! So of course, I’m running around the house in a fleece lounging robe (it’s laundry day), and dad is out with the dog and has no idea that there will be small children roaming when he gets home. I am the one who winds up entertaining the kids, mum’s not watching them. Yay for black and white clipart and an old set of pencil crayons. The youngest grabbed and pulled fur a few times and got growled and snapped at. Mum just watches while we try to deal with it. Finally they left. Both Dad and I are pretty irritated and the worst thing is that we can’t say anything with out starteing a fight. according to her this is her house and she doesn’t have to tell anyone what she is doing. I think the worst part is the dog. if he did wind up biting the kid, he would be at fault and probably have to be put down. Never mind that the small child was attempting to ride him and pulling great handfuls of fur.
Do you live with your parents?? I got lost there.
I hope your day gets better I could say I hope your mom gets more ocnsiderate but fat chance of that happeningUnfortunately, Yes. I have since I moved back to Calgary from a Job in another province. I’d love to escape however, there are economic considerations. There are lots of jobs here, which is why I’m here, but the housing/Rental market is stupidly expensive.
I highly doubt she’ll be more considerate. Or if it happens it’ll last a month and then things will go back to normal 👿
I love kids, but they do need to behave. Have you tried correcting the children? Also, take a stand and tell your mom, look the kids could potentially get hurt and the dog would be blamed. It could lead to a potential law suit.
Tell her that most people will sue homeowners insurance of the dog owner if something were to happen. This could lead to your insurance company dropping you or forcing you to get rid of the dog.
Give her potential consequences of these children interacting with your dog. How horrible it would be to have a child scared for life and your dog being confiscated and put down for hurting a child.
Maybe if you are dramatic enough, it will sink in.
I have 12 Min Pins and no children are allowed in my fenced, pad locked back yard. God forbid someone would get bitten!!!
Just a few suggestions! Hope they help. Def play the worst case scenarios!!!!
keschete wrote:I love kids, but they do need to behave. Have you tried correcting the children? Also, take a stand and tell your mom, look the kids could potentially get hurt and the dog would be blamed. It could lead to a potential law suit.
Tell her that most people will sue homeowners insurance of the dog owner if something were to happen. This could lead to your insurance company dropping you or forcing you to get rid of the dog.
Give her potential consequences of these children interacting with your dog. How horrible it would be to have a child scared for life and your dog being confiscated and put down for hurting a child.
Maybe if you are dramatic enough, it will sink in.
I have 12 Min Pins and no children are allowed in my fenced, pad locked back yard. God forbid someone would get bitten!!!
Just a few suggestions! Hope they help. Def play the worst case scenarios!!!!
That’s the new plan. I try to correct the kids but they are so young that the attention spans are near nil. Mum does nothing while they are here. It seems that she thinks taht the way to get the dog to accept kids is to turn them loose on him.
Also, redirect, redirect, redirect and be firm with the kids. Have some toys, at that age cheap toys are great! When they do a no no, pick them up, turn them around and redirect at a fascinating toy.
The fisher price little people toys are cheap and they can be used with good results, also a fischer price medical kit. You spend about $20 and get toys that last forever.
I keep a little people farm and a doctors kit in my closet, and when little people come over….they have instant mental stimulation.
Another great solution is a few cheap baby gates…to keep them contained.
PM me if you would like. I have 10 years of pediatric experience as a medical provider and I can give you a ton of ways to redirect them. 3 and 4 year olds are old enough to correct. 2 years, it is easier to redirect.
Hugs, hang in there! Little people are very interesting!
Yeah, I did childcare for 10 years before I changed careers. It’s more the fact that there is no warning so no chance to find the little person stuff before they arrive. I had to scramble to find the old pencil crayons, the kids ain’t gettin my good ones! That and having such a cuddly looking dog. The kids think he’s a giant stuffed toy. Unfortunately he’s a resuce and has ‘issues’ with strange people, esspecially when they pull fur.
I would leave the house when she ‘watches’ the kids. It is her house. 🙂 I suggest taking the dog for a walk.
And umm keeping the Windstones padlocked at all times!!! If the go for the Dog and those aren’t protected those will probably be next!! 😯 😯
skigod377 wrote:I would leave the house when she ‘watches’ the kids. It is her house. 🙂 I suggest taking the dog for a walk.
My thoughts exactly! You didn’t volunteer for the job, she did. Just leave when the kids show up.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmYour dog would most likely enjoy the walk when you’re able to leave when they arrive. But at that age redirecting the kids is about the only thing you can do, short of closing off your dog out of their reach. Hope everything works out ok. Let us know how it goes. 🙂
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