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Family favors come with history.

Sometimes that history bites.

So after her sister mistreats her dog, a babysitting request arrives.

She says no immediately.

See why the family somehow calls that cruel.

AITA for refusing to babysit my sister’s miracle baby after what she did to my dog?

My sister (32F) had a baby last year after years of struggling with infertility.

We were all happy for her.

She called him her miracle baby, and honestly, I didn’t mind the attention he got until things got weird.

This woman has a sweet dog named Benny.

I (28F) have a golden retriever named Benny. He’s 5.

He’s the sweetest boy alive.

Everyone in the family loves him.

Even my sister used to, until the baby came along.

Her sister asked her to leave Benny outside.

One time, I brought Benny over when I visited. He stayed on his mat didn’t bark or even move.

The baby started crying.

My sister said, “I think he’s making the baby nervous.” And she asked me to put him outside in the middle of winter.

I said no and left early.

That was strike one.

Her sister was uncomfortable about Benny being close to her baby.

Next time I saw her, she told me straight up she didn’t want Benny around her son because he’s a dog.

I said, “Okay, whatever.”

I stopped bringing him, but I could tell something shifted.

Her sister asked to stay at her place.

Then one day, I was out of town for a weekend, and she begged me to let her stay at my place because hers was getting fumigated.

I agreed thinking it was chill.

Benny has been locked in the laundry room for two days.

I come home Sunday night.

Benny is hiding under the bed trembling looking all scared.

I find out she locked him in the laundry room for two days straight because he was staring too much, and that made the baby fussy.

No food or water bowl just locked him.

She was furious.

I lost it.

I told her she was never setting foot in my house again, and that she was lucky I didn’t call animal services.

Now, her sister is asking her to babysit, and she said no.

Fast forward a month, she’s going back to work, and suddenly, I’m her first choice for free childcare.

She wants me to watch her baby, two days a week.

I said no.

Thier mom got involved.

She flipped, and called me bitter and selfish. She said I don’t understand what it means to love family unconditionally.

My mom got involved and said I’m being cruel when I could be helping.

She doesn’t like the way Benny was treated.

But this isn’t just about a dog.

It’s about how she treated something I love without remorse.

Now, she expects me to drop everything and help her like nothing happened.

AITA for saying no to babysitting my nephew because of what she did to my dog?

Her sister was cruel to her dog. It’s hard to want to help someone like that.

Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit.

This person gives their honest opinion.

Report your sister for animal cruelty, says this person.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

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This person offers some honest advice.

And lastly, here’s a valid point.

She refused free childcare after learning her sister had locked Benny away for two days without food or water.

Her sister called her selfish, but the request ignored a serious breach of trust that had never been repaired.

Unconditional love apparently came with very conditional treatment for the dog.