An Aunt Disciplined Her Nephew for Hitting Their Sleeping Dog. Now, the Boy’s Mom Is Demanding an Apology

A young boy did the opposite of letting sleeping dogs lie.

An aunt recalled on the community forum Mumsnet that her nephew hit the family’s golden retriever on the head while the dog was “dozing,” so she disciplined him, leading to his mom demanding an apology from her. 

“We have a gorgeous 12-year-old golden retriever who is enjoying his golden years sunbathing on the sofa,” the aunt, who lives with her parents, explained before recounting a recent visit from her sister, her sister’s husband, and their son that resulted in an unresolved family spat.

“Anyway, I was in the living room on my phone when I saw my little toddler nephew [who turns 3 in four months] go up to my dog on the sofa and hit him on the head with a coaster,” she added. “I ran up to my nephew and held him by arm and said, ‘We do not throw things at Lucky. How would you like it if I hit you in the face? That was very mean of you.’ ”

She then took the coaster from her nephew and told him he couldn’t use it.

“Not a big deal. Pretty normal way to deal with it in my view,” the aunt said. “But my sister is now demanding an apology [after my brother-in-law who] was sat sort of to the side reading a magazine snitched.”

The aunt noted that she refuses to apologize based on principle. 

“Dog took it in his stride, but you can’t be allowing s— like that to happen,” the aunt asserted. “Our parents have literally begged me [to apologize] as apparently she won’t visit while I am home.”

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In a Mumsnet poll under her post, 60 percent of more than 2,000 voters picked “You are NOT being unreasonable” as their voting option.

“Don’t apologize — it’s right that you told him off,” one reader commented. “Children need to be told to be kind to animals.”

Another person replied, “Your reaction was fine. I’d point out that the dad should have stepped in to tell the child that’s not how we treat animals.”

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