'If it's a choice between her kid and the dogs, she will always pick the dogs': Mother constantly allows her badly-behaved dogs to eat everyone's food, so her daughter bans them from their family trip, even though another dog is coming

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Jul 30, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Look, as people who have dogs, we understand loving your dogs no matter what, we understand wanting to bring them everywhere, and we understand the desire to have people be as patient as we are to our dogs when they are behaving not quite pawfectly. But we also know that it is not the case. People don't owe us understanding, not really, and we - for the sake of our dogs - have to accept that. 

You cannot just pull your dog out on a flight, expecting everyone to be okay with it. You cannot let your unleashed dog jump on random people on the street, even if you, as the owner, know that your dog is friendly and won't do anything. And you cannot, as we would think is obvious, let your dogs eat everyone's food without any consequences. Which is what happened here. Over and over, this mother let her dogs do just that, and her daughter has just about had enough of it. 

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    "[Would I be wrong] if I told my mom that her dogs are the only ones not allowed on family vacation?"

    "She's either unable or unwilling to control her dogs' behavior"
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    My mom has 2 half Yorkie half Maltese dogs, these dogs are my mom's world. The problem is they are obsessed with food, they will go to any lengths to get human food. It started with a bag of barbecue potatoes chips on my kitchen counter ripped open and devoured, leaving a huge barbeque dust mess
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    Next was an entire pizza that was snatched off of the table the moment I went to grab sodas from the kitchen. In the span of less than a minute when I returned half of the pizza was gone, the dogs were standing in the other half of the pizza and there was pizza sauce all over my carpet.
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    Next get together they found there way inside even tho I asked my mom to keep them in the backyard. They got into my kitchen and tore open 2 bags of hamburger buns, and ate around 40 dollars worth of seasoned raw hamburger meat and a block of cheddar cheese.
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    At this point I told my mother her dogs were not allowed at my home. She has stopped coming by altogether, which does hurt my feelings because if it's a choice between her kid and the dogs she will always pick the dogs.
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    I'm planning a family vacation, booked a nice cabin for the whole family to stay in. My sister is bringing her dog (well behaved female Pitt) so I know it's going to be an issue when I tell my mom her dogs are not allowed to come with us.
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    I don't want to spend the whole weekend making sure not a single scrap of food is left out for even a second otherwise her dogs with tear it apart and potentially make a huge mess in the cabin I paid the deposit on.
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    My sister told me to just tell my mom that she has to keep a close eye on her dogs but I have tried that before and shes proven time and time again that she's either unable or unwilling to control her dogs behavior.
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    WIBTA if I tell my mom her food crazed dogs are not allowed on family vacation even tho another dog will be there?
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  • This might be the saddest part of it all. We think that if the mother ever came across this, if she knew that her daughter truly believed that the mother would choose the dogs over her own children… she would change her ways. At least that is what we hope. 

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    Swim Accomplished9487 • 1d ago And I bet mom would blame everyone else if the dogs ate something dangerous that made them sick or killed them...
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    Parking-Ratio 155 OP. 1d ago My mom has bragged that her dogs ate a half a box of chocolate covered cordial cherries and didn't get sick. I'm worried she thinks they can't get sick
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    Wonderful-Result2036 1d ago NTA Good luck, it sounds like you will need it. If your mom showed you before that she chooses her dogs over coming to your house, I'm fairly certain she won't come to the cabin.
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    Parking-Ratio155 OP • 1d ago I was hoping the allure of the entire family might be enough for her to want to come but I'm starting to fear you might be right
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    Fewer Yesterdays • 1d ago Info What is her reaction normally to their behavior? Is she apologetic, replacing food, helping to clean at all?
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    Parking-Ratio155 OP • 1d ago It's the same excuse every time "they are hungry! They can tell we're eating!" And she doesn't really clean up after them but that might be my fault, she kinda stares at the mess and is like oops there's a mess, so I end up springing into action so nothing stains or gets more spread around than it already is.
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  • It is entirely fair to ask the mother to not bring her dogs if she cannot control them, but we have to say that we understand her bring upset about it when other dogs are allowed. We would consider, again, making this a pet-free vacation for the family. 

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    unreliable_ibex • 1d ago NTA but just say "no dogs" to avoid hurt feelings. Is that an option?
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    Parking-Ratio155 OP • 1d ago So my sisters dog Lola (the beautiful pittie) gets pretty horrible separation anxiety. Last time my sister left her at a kennel she was banned from the establishment for behavior problems. Other than that she's a saint, I don't want her to be punished because of my mom's dogs behavior
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    • Mira_DFalco ⚫ 1d ago Nope, NTA. If your mom is going to insist on her feral destructo-mutts being included, she needs to book the accommodations and be responsible for the deposit. Otherwise she's just going to have to be content with staying in the doghouse. Even if she does step up for that, I wouldn't share accommodations with animals that are so out of control. Sorry, not sorry, but I wouldn't tolerate every meal turning into a battle to keep my food.
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    No_Garbage3192 NTA but your mum is. I get some dogs are incredibly food driven (I have labs) but you need to up the training to teach them not to get into food. It is incredibly dangerous for the dogs to be eating whatever they like. If your mum can't train them, she needs to employ a professional, for the dogs sake.
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