You are right. The point is, that even if you don't get the pet owner perpective (let's be real:not everybody understands the importance of pets) at least they should understand the medical part.

Logged into say the same! My dogs > visitors. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I feel so badly for the homeowners, but they are going to have to stand up to their ugly hearted family members and put them in their place. I know it's so hard sometimes but it's the only way to have some peace in their own home. This man deserves to stay in his own home with his service dog and not be questioned or second guessed by anyone. Every family member who has a complaint about their lives are just disgusting. Yes, her brother and his family need to GTFO ASAP! They're sad, loathsome, vile, people who don't appreciate anything being done for them. People this rotten need to learn to take care of themselves. If she had previously been attacked by a dog, I might understand the reactions they're having, but no one has mentioned anything of that nature. I'd definitely give them notice asap. They don't deserve their kindness. I definitely wouldn't want them to take out any of their frustration on the dog either, who can't tell on them if they did. I'd be concerned for it's safety.

I glossed over this fact and focused on the service dog part, but you are absolutely right! As a pet sitter myself, I have turned down jobs that I was uncomfortable with but most jobs I do end up taking. I am an In-home pet sitter and mostly just watch dogs but I've worked with a variety of animals (cats, parrots, chickens, snakes, lizards, bunnies, rats, mice, an axolotl once, and off my job I have exp with other animals-ostrich, emu, horse, goat, pig, peacock {which ended up chasing me into a cactus}, and some other animals) and if someone entered my house and asked me to get rid of my animal....they'd be kicking bricks fast. Don't care if they're related to me. Tough cookies!

Exactly, you're a guest in the animal's home whether the animal is a service animal or a family pet. You don't ask any of your hosts to move out while you're there. If you're uncomfortable staying with them, it's you who goes elsewhere.

Send brother and his family to animal shelter and see if anyone will adopt them

I used to be TERRIFIED of dogs. To the point that I would walk into the middle of heavy traffic to avoid being near them on a footpath. I wasn't uncomfortable, there was serious, genuine fear. If I was ever at someone's house and there was a pet dog, I would do my best to stay away.. and if the dog was too rambunctious and I wasn't in a position to leave myself (such as when I was in my teens and wholly reliant on my parents for transport), I only asked for the dog to be kept out of the room I was in. Let the dog have free reign over the rest of the house and/or garden. How did I develop such a fear? A cousin who did everything she could (but thankfully failed) to teach her dog to attack and bite me on command. Her dog was bigger than me when it stood on its hind legs, rambunctious, and I was under 10. It was scary to realise this was a possibility - that someone could train a dog to attack me on command.

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Maybe, because in the case of a pet, you can ask a friend to take care of the pet for SOME time, but a service animal is a needed support for the person. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should necessarily move your pet, because of your guests' wants, but some people would be more inclined to compromise in the case of a pet.

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A SERVICE dog?! We're doing them a favor by having them in the house and they should appreciate that. Did I get that right? What the hell's wrong with you? Animals are just as important parts of the family, obviously not to you but to many they are. Have some f*****g respect. And to a service dog!!? Do you even know what that is?

Try teaching fúcking entitled kids and parents like this. They are in every class now. Teachers -- thanks for your service (it's, "domestic peace corps").

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For someone to say that I have to ask you consider yourself to be a good person? Are you kind in this world or do you add to the misery and unhappiness and sickness of it all? I find that there are two types of people, one who gets frustrated and may act out of character under those circumstances others that are bad people and act like that all the time with no regard to their fellow human. I think you need to do some soul searching because I'm not going to tell you what to do cuz I believe you already know but I want to let you know that people are paying attention and people do see you being your worst self and if you believe in a higher power, someone else is watching too

Your first sentence is it. THE point! Learn it and repeat it while you are young enough to enforce it. Once you're my age.... well, I have a big walking stick and had a nice size (if somewhat older) dog. I can use that cane and my furry baby always knew precisely whose home it was and exactly who did belonged here. I miss him. Sorry.

Does not matter. My pets would not be kicked out because some mooching twat wad "uncomfortable " with them. My home is their home. I rescued them and would not dump them for a stupid reason like that.

Your brother and his family are ungrateful. Don’t relocate your dog and absolutely, don’t relocate your husband and his best friend/helper. Their is a want and your husband is a need to have his dog.

Yeah, this was a chance to teach the niece empathy, which is often in short supply among teenagers, and the parents blew it.

Yes! I am wondering what specifically is making the niece uncomfortable. Is she afraid of dogs in general? Is she uncertain how to interact with her uncle and transferring that to the dog? (As a younger teen, she may not have had an opportunity to sort that for herself yet. Not everyone instinctively gets that you interact with the person, not the disability.) Does she mean makes me feel "awkward" rather than "uncomfortable"? Decidedly missed opportunity for the parents. The OP is absolutely NTA! The guest adults however failed both their hosts and their child

With the way OP said niece is acting I wouldn't be surprised if her parents are saying things to her or around her that make OPs husband sound dumb or like he can never do anything by himself, or maybe that the service dog isn't real (sorta how people see emotional support animals)? It's a complicated situation that we don't have enough answers to

That's what decent guests do everywhere. These people just aren't of that kind, but ungrateful and demanding. They must have seen the door, though...

TLDR; service dog behaved better than any child or adult I ever met and was nothing but an angel

I've never personally had a problem with cats and dogs getting along, maybe I've just had well behaved dogs tho lol 😁 EDIT honestly my cats love my dogs it's great

You are right. Those dogs are hand-picked for their intelligence and temperament. And specially trained to respond to their owner's needs, and to be able to do all of this without being distracted. You provided excellent info for a lot of people. You've had personal experience.