'My sister-in-law wants me to change my dog's name for bonkers reason – I won't do it'

A woman has slammed her 'entitled' sister-in-law for ordering her to change her dog's name so she can give the moniker to her unborn child.

She explained how her sister-in-law is pregnant with a girl - and wants her daughter's name to start with the letter Z in honour of her grandmother. But the only Z name she likes happens to already be in use in the family.

The woman said: "My dog's name is Zahava, which is basically the Hebrew feminine form for the word for gold/gilded. I've had her for six years.

"My sister-in-law is pregnant with a girl and now apparently wants to use the name in honor of her grandmother. However, she let my husband know that she was "uncomfortable" having her daughter share the same name as a dog."

Following this, her sister-in-law asked her to change her dog's name to 'make her life easier'. She added: "I said absolutely not. She knows her name, her recall is trained to her name, we like her name.

"So now she's freaking out and saying that it doesn't matter, it's a dog not a person, she won't know the difference (she will), it will be "embarrassing" for her daughter to share a name with an animal. I told her that if she's that worried about it she could pick a different name and now she's annoyed."

Wanting to know whether she's in the wrong, she has taken to social media to ask users for their thoughts. In response, one user said: "Her grandmother wasn't named Zahava so she's not naming her daughter after her grandmother. She just wants another name beginning with a Z. Start texting her female Z names and keep your dog's name the same."

Another user added: "The dog has been trained for six years to recognise its name, exactly because it is a dog and not a person it will not understand why suddenly it is being called differently. Even more so, when the niece grows up and people start calling her by name, I assure you the dog will react too.

"Honestly, tell your sister there is nothing "embarrassing" to have a dog-namesake - the kids love stuff like that. And even if she doesn't accept it - tough luck, she got pregnant six years too late. I am sure there are plenty of other nice Hebrew names with Z at the start (why not just take the grandma's name?)." A third user said: "You could always change the dog's name to the sister-in-laws name."