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Am I the bad guy for prioritizing my son's dog over my wife's pregnancy? My son is currently

14 years old and when he was 8 we got a dog. He's half great dain and half some dog that my

friend's dog met during an unauthorized absence. My son loves this dog and does all the care for him

except for vet stuff and is a very responsible dog owner. This dog is pretty much his best friend.

My wife is 12 weeks pregnant and ever since we confirmed the pregnancy she's been acting weird

around the dog. She avoids him, puts her hand over her stomach when he's around, and jolt

whenever he makes a noise. Today she told me that she wants to re-home the dog. I asked her,

what are you talking about? She said that she's been having anxiety that he'll jump on her.

This is completely unreasonable. He doesn't jump on people. We trained him not to jump on people

or run into people very young because he's half great dain. And I felt this was important for all

dogs, but especially one who could possibly grow to such a large size, which he did. There's no

reason for her to think the dog will jump on her. She said there's no way to know for sure the

dog won't jump on her and if he does our baby could be hurt. This dog has never so much as growled

at her. She said even if the dog doesn't jump on her, her anxiety about it is bad for her health.

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