We have two dachshunds. Our house is very tiny, and our dogs are super annoying because they were never socialized and they never go outside unless it’s to pee. (I know. It’s awful, but I don’t live here full time.) I try to take them out and they’re either too anxious or one of them is now a senior and can’t walk too well. 

My mom is currently throwing my niece a birthday party. She put both of the dogs in my bedroom. The whole party, everyone could hear them whining and barking. Then i realized how cruel that is. One of my dogs has an anxiety disorder (both come from not great homes) and I didn’t realize her whining and barking was from her being scared, not just her being annoying. I have been sitting in my room with my dogs for an hour now, and I finally got them to calm down. They went from nonstop barking and whining and running around to laying on the bed with me quietly. Every now and then someone will make a loud noise or my mom will speak and my dog with the anxiety disorder will get riled up. 

I feel like this is so unfair to the dogs. Someone would happily watch the dogs for 4/5 hours for probably $40, which isn’t unreasonable for her. It would make the party a lot more enjoyable because the dogs wouldn’t be barking, and my dogs wouldn’t be alone and scared by themselves, and I wouldn’t feel obligated to miss out on the party to make them feel better and calm down. 

Maybe I’m overreacting. I don’t think my mom would take this criticism well and she would blame the dogs for being annoying and say it isn’t her problem. 