“I told him they were our dogs, and we make the decisions about them”
If you are a pet owner, then you know that planning a vacation also requires finding a sitter for your pets while you are away. It’s pretty much the first thing you try to schedule along with your trip.
Every pet owner wants to go on vacation relaxed, knowing that his beloved pets will be well watched while he is away. After you arrange this issue, the rest is easy.
From experience, pet owners say that a professional sitter is much better than a member of a family or even friends. The reason for that is simple.
When you pay for a professional service, you get a professional service. Besides, sitters are mainly people who adore pets.
They already know pets’ needs, so with slight instruction, you can be sure that your pets will be in safe hands. As regards friends and family, they would certainly do everything they can, but would it be enough if they don’t have a pet of their own and have no experience babysitting them… Well, no one can tell for sure.
That’s why this Reddit user hired a sitter for his dogs while he would be away on vacation with his boyfriend. But the problem arose when his younger brother heard it.
He was planning to take his dogs to watch them. As he explained, they had never had pets as kids, so his brother thought this would be his chance to finally own dogs and play with them, even if it was just for a weekend.
But the Redditor stayed with his previous decision because he thinks his brother is an irresponsible person. He explained everything in the story below but still wonders if he was wrong for not allowing his brother to watch his dogs.
Here’s the story:
They were never allowed pets when they were kids, so his brother has no experience watching them.
So the Redditor had a good reason to reject his brother’s offer, but he didn’t think he would be so offended.
“I told him they were our dogs, and we make the decisions about them”
“You are not obligated to let him have time with YOUR pets.”
Someone wanted to clarify why he believes that his brother is irresponsible:
They are dogs, not toys
He’ll get over it once his rage passes him
“You’ve done nothing wrong here.”
Same here
His perception of the meaning of ‘watching dogs’ is childish
“He still acts like a child so it’s his fault you treat him like one.”
After all provided details, Redditors agreed that his decision to leave their dogs with a sitter rather than with his brother was the right one. Even though his brother has a strong desire to own pets and play with them, watching them for the entire weekend is a totally different situation which he is still not up to.
One day he may show his responsibility toward everything, even the dogs. But at this moment he is just not the right person for such an important task.
