My boyfriend co-parents his dog with his ex. It made sense (to them) at the time because they share two kids and so they treated the dog as a third kid, trading houses whenever the kids did. But now… The poor dog is 16 and is being schlepped from house to house. His ex isn’t the best mom but kids are verbal and can express their needs (i’m hungry, i’m tired etc). She has cats and she often finds the dog eating from the cat food. I mean there are solutions for that (keep the cat food at a high place etc)
I just feel sooooooo bad for this dog.
So this system works if we all live in the same village (ie the grandparents can walk to parents house and take care of the grandbabies several times a week).
But if the parents are in a different country, this would not work?
^ please forgive my curiosity x