So I made a post a while back about my husband and wanting a big dog even tho I said I didn’t want one as we live in a tiny 2 bedroom condo with our 2 young children and no yard. His parents are the breeders so they breed Belgian Malinois and Italian mastiffs. When our frenchie passed away in the summer time they offered to gift us a puppy from one of the breeders they know. It would be a large breed mainly ones that are bred as working dogs. I’ve told my husband my feelings on this numerous times and he never really says much. Well tonight while at his parents place for dinner they brought up the dog thing again and I said I didn’t want one of the breeds they were thinking of until we were in a bigger house and the kids were older. Well my husband went off on me saying he didn’t care what I wanted and that if he wants a big dog he’s getting a big dog and that’s that and I’ll just have to get used to it. His mom was on his side which really bothered me. I felt backed into a small corner. I suffer from anxiety so this shot my anxiety through the roof and I had to hold back tears the entire night. I felt sick to my stomach and didn’t really speak much the rest of the night. I haven’t said a word to hubby since, I don’t even know what to say. I just feel like he’s all of a sudden being very controlling and it doesn’t feel good at all. Also I don’t understand how it’s fair that he gets to get a dog of his choice even tho I’m not comfortable with it yet when I said how about we both decide on a dog together, maybe something more on the medium to small side and his response was “you can get a small dog but I’m getting a big one end of story”. I’m uncomfortable with a big dog because our house is tiny, we have no yard, my husbands life is dedicated to the gym as hers a personal trainer so he’s literally never home and I already struggle with doing absolutely everything on my own with my 2 kids. Adding a large dog into that makes it even harder. Plus our son won’t be able to walk it if it’s a large breed like he used to walk our frenchie on his own and I’ll always have to be in the same room as our three year old just to make sure the dog doesn’t bite her. Not to mention she’s terrified of big dogs.