Should I try to get rid of the dogs?

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Me and my mother both split up from our partners and decided to go halves together on a house. This means we are both paying half of all utility bills etc. I found out I was pregnant, and my mom got two dogs. The dogs are puppies, only 17 weeks old but they're running wild around the house (peeing, pooing eating everything) and I am only 20 weeks pregnant. Before my mom got the dogs she knew I was pregnant but still went ahead even though I told her I didn't really want them. Today one of the dogs was really aggressive to me and actually drew blood. They don't like the sound of our neighbours child crying and I'm really worried for the safety of my child. Financially I can't afford to live on my own as ex-partner has abandoned me and baby so I need to share this house with my mom. By the time the baby is here in approx 4 months I really don't feel that the dogs would have been well enough trained as in the 9 weeks we've had them they haven't even learnt not to pee in the house. They are puppies and I get that they will misbehave but I am genuinely concerned they will hurt or cause harm to the baby. Am I wrong to ask her to get rid of the dogs?

*just to add, my mom doesn't seem to be actively trying to train the puppies. As we are paying half of the living costs I would have expected to have had more of a choice about getting them, I did say to her I didn't want them but she still went ahead

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Yes, that's wrong to ask your mom to get rid of her puppies. They need to be trained.

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I say get rid of them... pee and boo all over the house gross😷

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They need to be trained! Or become outside dogs when the baby comes! It's not safe!!!!

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If your mom won't train them get rid of them. Give her four weeks to have them housebroken and tell her so. That's completely unsanitary and she sounds like a bad dog mom, they and you deserve better.

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There are lots of places that offer dog training at good prices. I would at least try to get some professional help training them before jumping to get rid of them cus that's pretty hard on animals. But in the end if nothing works out then you have to make sure your baby is safe and I understand that.

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I think it's time for you and her to sit down and talk about this. The puppies definitely need to be trained in order for them to be safe around children, and even then, they should never be left unsupervised with your baby. I don't know if I would say you should get rid of them, unless the refuses to train them. If that is the case, they deserve to go to a home that will care for them properly, including training.

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You can help train them. I doubt she's just going to get rid of them.

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Tell her she needs to train them. I have a puppyand have no worries of my dogs w kids because I made a habit of training them around kids. They're new you can't expect miracles with no training

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I think it would be wrong to ask to get rid of them but you should have a talk with your mom about them. It sounds like they just need to be trained better since they should be pretty well potty trained by 9 weeks.

Should I try to get rid of the dogs?

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