Redditor Asks If They Are Wrong For Keeping Their Dog Out Even Though Their Nephew Is Scared Of It

Having a dog means making sure that it is comfortable, but also making sure everyone else is comfortable as well.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• February 22, 2023

Welcome back to another infamous dog post from Reddit that got a lot of attention recently. The Reddit AITA thread is a great place for people to come and get unbiased opinions on a situation going on in their lives.

Ultimately this person is coming to Reddit to see if they are wrong for keeping their dog inside of the home with her nephew, even though he's scared of it. The dog possibly did jump on the kid, and this might be the biggest cause of why people are giving the answer that they're giving.

OP's story needs to be taken into context for us to form an opinion, but these comments definitely are giving OP a look into how they feel. The comments were pretty split between OP being TA or not, and we don't usually see a lot of verdicts split like this, so we wanted to take a closer look into this post and see what everyone had to say.

If you're interested in seeing the original post and all the Reddit comments on it, then you'll want to stay tuned as we dive in and check out this post and the comments on it. Let's dive in.

OP starts off with talking about what kind of dog she has and what happened with the dog.

She gives reasons as to why she doesn't want her dog outside or locked away at times when she has company.

She also says that her dog has separation anxiety and it makes it hard to keep her locked away.

OP came back with a small update to let people know that she put her dog in a separate room.

Comments say that she's NTA, but that she should have the dog put away somewhere away from the child who is afraid of it.

This comment called OP TA in this situation because she could separate the dog and also she's downplaying the nephew's fear.

This is the continuation of the comment above this one. They are right, the bad habit can turn into a huge problem, especially if kids are involved.

This is true too that jumping on a child can hurt them even if the dog doesn't necessarily mean to.

A lot of the comments, however, are saying that it's her house, her dogs, so it means her rules.

People are saying that she needs to train her dog much better and get the dog not to jump on people, making it better around people in general.

This comment got us a little insight of what the parents think, because otherwise it's OP's call.

This situation definitely is a hard one, but if the parents haven't said anything, then it might not even be a problem worth fixing at this point. Ultimately people were pretty split on what they were voting for because, technically, both sides were right.

What do you think about this situation?

Daphnie