'My mother-in-law shipped my dog off to kennels - she told me he died'

While some welcome their in-laws into their hearts, others want nothing to do with them and try to give them a wide birth for their own sanity. A woman has been left outraged after her mother-in-law shipped her elderly dog off to kennels because she didn't want him around anymore.

Explaining how her mother-in-law is a "terrible person", the woman told Reddit of how her in-laws "bugged" her into swapping her beagle, Winston, for their younger dog called Minnie. She said: "We adopted a beagle named Winston from the shelter when he was already over 12-years-old.

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