[DBlain]

lots of good advice and of course you have to protect your dogs against anything that would bring them harm, I am saying a prayer that she does not decide to get her kids a pet. Since you have such a large group of other grandkids or kids I am curious what their thoughts are about the way she lets her kids run amok when visiting their houses, perhaps you can find an ally in some of them. What about a sibling or a cousin that may have younger children, I am sure they would be nervous about having her rowdy boys near any toddlers. Perhaps if she heard this from several other family members it would sink in a little. But truthfully it sounds like she is to far gone in her "boys will be boys" lazy approach to parenting to change. I think you guys visiting her is really the best solution.