Thank you for your comments.
I have a sister whose husband wants a dog but she is resisting the idea because she doesn’t like dogs, a legacy from our mother. I provide information such as this story and your comments to her, trying to get her to come around and let her husband have a dog.
My mother despises animals, wholesale.
My dad ‘liked’ them but didn’t treat them very kindly.
[I don’t know where I came from, really :) ]
I feel so sorry for your brother in law.
It’s a shame for a man to not have a dog.
I hope her heart softens.