I may be jumping the gun here and I will TRY to keep this as short and simple as possible.
My ex-husband is trying to get custody of our two children. One of their "concerns" for the children is that my ex had allergies to animals. My kids do not, if they did they would have cropped up years ago! I do admit, four dogs and two cats, with a come and go stray cat I feed is alot. But I am an animal lover, as well as my children. If I left it to my oldest daughter every stray in the world she saw would be living in my home.
They are trying to bring up how a German Shepherd is a "guard dog" and not good around children. I am already printing out everything that shows they are great with kids. However finding information like that on Chihuahua's is not as easy. They have said things like these dogs hate children, blah blah blah... well, as we all know that is not the case. Sure some don't like small children, but heck, some large dogs don't either. I made sure all my furkids could get along with each other as well as my children. I would NEVER put either of them, furkids or my kids, in danger for a second if I thought they would not be able to get along.
I just don't know what to do. The judge continued our case until late December, and I feel I need to either do something or just continue to stand my ground. I am also going to locate all the information I can from the web as well as my doctor on how young children growing up in a home with animals are less likely to develop allergies later on in life.
My mother and others in my family have stated that I should get rid of my animals before i go back to court to show the judge that I am willing to do anything to keep my kids. I would and will do anything to keep my children, but I just can't see how getting rid of all my animals is the right thing to do.
What are your thoughts on this, or do you have any great info I can find to support these facts about chis and allergies etc.???
I don't want to see my family fall apart! But I guess the judge could order me to remove most if not all my animals from the home, or worse, just give the children to their father. Their father BTW is in the Navy, and moves ALL the time, he could even be stationed as far away as Spain in the next few years.
Sorry, it has been a VERY emotional few weeks for me.
MD
My ex-husband is trying to get custody of our two children. One of their "concerns" for the children is that my ex had allergies to animals. My kids do not, if they did they would have cropped up years ago! I do admit, four dogs and two cats, with a come and go stray cat I feed is alot. But I am an animal lover, as well as my children. If I left it to my oldest daughter every stray in the world she saw would be living in my home.
They are trying to bring up how a German Shepherd is a "guard dog" and not good around children. I am already printing out everything that shows they are great with kids. However finding information like that on Chihuahua's is not as easy. They have said things like these dogs hate children, blah blah blah... well, as we all know that is not the case. Sure some don't like small children, but heck, some large dogs don't either. I made sure all my furkids could get along with each other as well as my children. I would NEVER put either of them, furkids or my kids, in danger for a second if I thought they would not be able to get along.
I just don't know what to do. The judge continued our case until late December, and I feel I need to either do something or just continue to stand my ground. I am also going to locate all the information I can from the web as well as my doctor on how young children growing up in a home with animals are less likely to develop allergies later on in life.
My mother and others in my family have stated that I should get rid of my animals before i go back to court to show the judge that I am willing to do anything to keep my kids. I would and will do anything to keep my children, but I just can't see how getting rid of all my animals is the right thing to do.
What are your thoughts on this, or do you have any great info I can find to support these facts about chis and allergies etc.???
I don't want to see my family fall apart! But I guess the judge could order me to remove most if not all my animals from the home, or worse, just give the children to their father. Their father BTW is in the Navy, and moves ALL the time, he could even be stationed as far away as Spain in the next few years.
Sorry, it has been a VERY emotional few weeks for me.
MD