We have our MIL visiting for 3 weeks !!! what possessed the old soul to grace us with her presence for 3 weeks is anyones guess!!! the longest she has ever spent with us is 2 days because the dogs irritate her

Now we are also moving on the 27th and quite frankly the last 2 months have been horrific , between losing my dad and christmas and having to move , i feel as though im held togther by sheer luck

Anyhow , my poor wuppers have actually been very good , they listen nicely they are a bit "unsettled" because mom isnt her self and of course they can sense we are moving , so hubs and i arent concerned about much except keeping them happy , especially miki who doesnt like disruptions in her life.

Now when miki and monty meet someone they are friendly , miki is a bit overdone and monty tends to be a bit wary , now MIL has been here for a few days and they want to be pals .. and to them thats simple ... she just needs to sit still and get slobbered from time to time .... like the cats .. they have to be content to be slobbered and then everyones happy

MIL howver gets the heebie jeebies everytime miki or monty comes near her She doesnt like the dogs ... well thats her problem .. i wont have my two upset now .. and hubs got very irrtated with her last nite and said to her she has got until the 9/1 to put up with them and he suggests she gets used to it ....we will not put the dogs away and thats the end of it.

I cant get her to understand that all they want to do is say hullo ..investigate her knitting and they will leave her alone .... they havent tried to damage it all they want to do is look ...... magic has caused more damage to her flippin knittin.


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Life is too short for this c%^&p.

I am so sorry Carol about all the stress in your mom. We very rarely have people over because most are just not the animal lover that I am. It seems like they always want me to put them away and that drives me crazy. Josh doesn't understand why I am that way either which further infuriates me. Josh's grandma especially drives me crazy. I just don't get how anyone can not like dogs. She told me once that just because someone has dogs doesn't mean she should have to touch them or be around them. I want to say well don't come to my house then! I come from a family of dog and animal lover's. My mom has 3 chi's. My grandparents have 4 chi's. My brother has a chug. My aunt has 2 chi's. One of my stepsisters have several large birds and another used to have boxer named Bronson who trust me-was a member of that family just like a child would have been until his passing. (They travel alot so they decided not to get another one.) My other stepsister in Florida has one chi from mine and mom's plus a rescued chi. Her daughter wants to be a vet. They also have a rescued pig as a pet(the butchering kind). I could go on and on. We are loud. Our homes are loud. They are full of barks, hair, tails, and wet noses. I love it! I love every single part of it all the way down to the headache of traveling alone 2 hrs. with four dogs in a pickup to visit family for four days. Christmas day at grandma's 1000 sq. ft tiny home means no less than 7 chi's, one beagle, one minpin, one chug, and one slobbery boxer who is a little confused as to what he is. I hope things get better for you. I wish I had some advice to give to make things easier but I don't. All I can say is I can feel your frustrations. Not everybody "gets"us when it comes to our pets.

Carol,

I'm sorry. Our rule here (and thankfully we are all on the same page) is if you don't like dogs, if hair on your clothes upsets you, if you aren't willing to accept a kiss from the dog - don't bother to visit us. In this home a dog lives here, it's his home as well as ours and unless a visitor can accept that they really aren't welcome. Funny, we don't get many visitors

Now Carol, tell your sweet old MIL to buck up, pat the doggies and get on with her knitting!

Except ones called Ramone bringing lots and lots fo meat

Aww...I know what you mean. So sorry your Christmas has been so stressful. I think I'd move if my MIL was here for 3 weeks...so I understand your grief. Mine came over and proceeded to vacuum my furniture for an HOUR to get the dog hair off it. I said to my bf, what's up with her coming over and cleaning my house??? And then she proceeded to yell at Boomer for jumping up on the couch! OMG! It's his couch! Well, I was happy that as soon as she left he jumped up on that chair she worked so diligently on and got fur all over it again Good Boy! I had two choices for Christmas dinner, either I bring him to their house and he has to sit outside in the cold and watch us through the glass door, or I put him in his kennel in my bedroom. I picked the kennel. But I was none to happy with it. I wish that people would just get over it...our Boxers are our babies and they are not going away. You know it's funny though, my mom and sd came over for a weekend, and they don't like big dogs...but Boomer had them eating out of his paws by the end. He snuggled up and gave them some sniffs in the neck/ear and kept it up with the wiggles and attention. My mom told me that they were saying that if I ever had to not have Boomer anymore, that they could take him (like that would ever happen) but I must say I was so happy to hear that he converted them. They're such loving slobbery creatures...I wish that everyone could just 'get it'.

My thoughts and prayers for a calm and happy new year are with you.

Jess

I know how you feel Carol. When we visit my MIL Farley and my BIL's dog Jazzy have to stay in the basement. When she talks to them it is to say "get away" and she steps back and holds her hands up like they will give her the plague. Then she complains that they have left hair all over her house, even though they only walked through in order to get to the basement, which is concrete floors and one measly rug. I hate taking Farley there and I avoid it if at all possible. But it is her house...

Of course, she would never venture out of her teeny tiny town to come into the city and visit us at our place so no worries there!! Everyone else who comes understands that there will be a boxer in their lap for the duration of the visit.

I sure feel for you, we do not get many visitors either, just the dog lovers, very few of them. No one understands a boxer's joy for life. My MIL is very nice but not a dog person, actually screams when dogs get too close to her. I hate when they come since they want my girl outside & hubby does it which annoys me. If you do not like it - just do not come over. Thank heavens it is hardly ever.

I don't have a MIL to worry about... And thankfully, my family all loves Toffee, as do my friends. Toffee spends a bit of time with her grandparents, and they both adore her. She slept with her head on my Dad's shoulder one night My brother plays games with her if he comes over--gets her all riled up! Most of my friends are dog people too. I'm lucky!

I understand too, all of our visitors like Oobie, but its dad who get the 'irrits' about her. He wants to pat and hug her like a 'normal' dog but as soon as he tries, she goes bananas and wants to wiggle and lick -he doesn't understand that the less he does it, the more she will react the same, he needs to get over the slobber and grin and bare it till she settles around him !