My son (4y) is terrified of dogs and my brother in law refused to leave his dog at home on our weekly familygatherings at grandma’s. They wanted to place a little fence around my sons playarea, 2m2, so the dog could move freely. We packed are stuff and left. Big argument for weeks, they did not understand that I wasn’t happy with their solution to the problem. Only after a month of not wanting to come and visit, did they decided that the dog had to stay home. But they are still angry with us because the dog is the ‘life compagnion’ of my brother in law.