My mother in law is not a dog fan - she rarely comes to my house (not that I care) but she is always asking my husband why do you have dogs in the house?
I came from a large farming family, my fathers side trained horses for cart racing. In addition to horses we had dogs, cats and various other crittiers. When I met my husband he had never owned a pet in his life. Of course I had 2 Yorkies, 2 cats and a Mastiff in my house. When we got married he bought me a Rottie. His mother went nuts! She wanted all the animals outside. We only lived 4 miles from them at the time. After 2 years of constant complaining my husband and I moved out of state. We've been married 15 years now and that woman still refuses to come to our home. My husband has learned that animals do enrich our lives and I make my living as a groomer so not having animals isn't even a consideration.
AND I keep a VERY tidy house.
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