What do you do with relatives that insist on bringing their dog to family dinners? My husband's nephew brings his Jack Russell Terrier to Thanksgiving dinner and last year he brought him to my mother in laws Christmas breakfast. It's not like the dog is a nice quite little lap dog - Jack Russell's practically have springs for legs - they are all over the place. Last year at Christmas breakfast I stopped eating because every time I turned around the dog had his front paws on the edge of the table and was sniffing everything withing reach. This doesn't seem to bother anybody but me and my daughter. Then after I went back in the living room to sit down the dog was bouncing on and off the couch and had it's butt in my face every 30 seconds, I finally went outside to get away from the dog. My husband his nephew get along pretty well so I have tried to get my husband to suggest to the boy that the dog doesn't really belong at family dinners, but my husband and everyone else I mention this to has the same response that my father in law loves the dog. And they look at me like I'm a monster because I don't want the dog there. Well I've never seen my father in law pay that much attention to the dog and regardless of how much he loves this dog he is not the only person there. Last year this dog snapped at my granddaughter when she tried to pet him and the nephew and his sister's acted like she had done something wrong - she was only 10 months old at the time. I'm really sick of this dog and everyone's attitude about it.


Any suggestions?


And I can't be the only one here who has to put up with rude relatives, does anyone else have anything you would like to get off your chest?