Gypsy, we totally relate with you. My family is good with our babies but my husbands family is another story. Mike's sister can not stand animals PERIOD. She thought we were nuts when we got Bella....as a matter of fact her response was, "A puppy?! You need to be working on having a baby." I wanted to shoot her. Little does she know the infertility issues we are experiencing. It bothers us because she will never ask about Bella. Bella and Rocco are huge part of our lives and by ignoring them she is ignoring us! And now, if she comes over with her 2 kids she will take a ton of pictures with the kids and the babies because she wants them for her scrapbook. She will have them pose with the dogs and I sit there and seethe. It kills me, that is really the only time she shows any interest in the dogs. When we got Rocco, she and Mike's dad really thought we lost it. His dad shook his head and said something like we're crazy. They don't understand why we got such big dogs. It really bothered us for a while but now we have the attitude that if they don't like the decisions we've made by getting Bella and Rocco then too bad and if they don't care to be around the dogs, then they don't need to come over.Some people are judgemental, especially when you have large breeds, but our babies are so well behaved and so full of love and kisses, I swear you can't resist them. Sorry if I sound a little testy, its a sore subject with us.
