Mum fuming with mother-in-law after she hit the family dog and called her granddaughter, 10, ‘selfish’ at Christmas
AN UPSET woman shared that her mother-in-law had hit their family dog and insulted her 10-year-old daughter at Christmas.
The woman explained that she was close to banning her husband's mum from the house after her bad behaviour at Christmas.
She said that it wasn't the first time she had hurt one of the pets after she brushed their kitten off the table "like he was a breadcrumb".
Taking to , the upset woman said: "We have a one-year-old medium sized dog.
"He isn't badly behaved and doesn't normally jump up. When [my mother-in-law] arrived for Christmas, he was a little excited - but honestly nothing hyperactive at all.
"He jumped around when [my mother-in-law] was hugging my daughter and I told him to get down.
"I turned my back and he must have done it again as suddenly he was sneezing and shaking his head.
"This is what he does when he's knocked his nose on something eg. the coffee table. The kids told me that [my mother-in-law] had hit him.
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"I wasn't sure what to do and spend the rest of the time keeping him out of her way - although to be honest he did that himself anyway.
"She's been horrible to our pets before - once flicking our three-month-old kitten off the table like he was a breadcrumb.
"[My husband] has just grown a spine and spoken to her about another issue - she told our 10-year-old daughter she was 'selfish and didn't think about other people' because she didn't want to wear the Christmas jumper he had bought her.
"This was said in private, but [my daughter] luckily told me as she was upset by it.
"Would I be unreasonable to tell her she's not welcome to ever come back if she shows aggression to our pets again, or speaks badly to our kids?"
Fellow Mumsnet users were quick to jump in with their opinion of the situation.
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One said: "Your mother-in-law sounds like the sort of bossy bully who thinks her 'no-nonsense, old-school' schtick gives her the right to bulldoze other people's boundaries and impose her own values on others.
"I would ask her to go home, personally. Animal cruelty isn't a borderline issue, she needs to know it can't happen."
Another said: "It wasn't just one episode, she was nasty to a kitten and children.
"If people don't like dogs jumping, the thing to do is turn your back on the animal not smack it on a really sensitive area of its body (perhaps think of it like someone making you bite your tongue really hard)."
While a third said: "Hitting my pet and insulting my children would be a sure fire way to get shown the exit."
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