Reply #13: Over the summer my parents came to visit with their dog/child. My husband was a little

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put off by the way my dad treated the dog. I am NOT exaggerating when I say he treats the dog better than he did his kids. They got into a bit of a discussion about how my dad feeds the dog only people food and literally treats the dog like a kid. My husband then told my dad "yeah but it all comes down to if anything were to happen to you and mom and you were all inside the house and couldn't get out, the dog would eat you for survival, would you do the same to him?" That was the end of that conversation.