What the hell?!: New dog mom allegedly demands maternity leave for new puppy

Congratulations! It’s a…dog?Earlier this week on a popular Australian Gold Network show “Jonesy & Amanda,” hosts Amanda Keller and Brendan “Jonesy” Jones debated what can only be described as a modern-day HR headache — a woman who’s demanded maternity leave to care for her newborn puppy.In the clip, the hosts respond to a video of an unidentified woman in the US who claims to be the new dog mom’s boss, complaining that she “has a meeting with HR in the morning because I was accused by one of my employees of being insensitive to women that struggle with fertility.”The hosts then go on to read the dog mom’s e-mail (provided by her boss), where she follows up on her paw-ternity leave request — acknowledging that although HR “said maternity leave is for employees who give birth, I genuinely don’t see how that’s relevant.”“‘I recently brought home an eight-week-old golden retriever, and I’m now responsible for another living being,’” Keller reads from the email.“He wakes up every two hours.

I’m getting absolutely no sleep, and I’m experiencing all the challenges of being a new mother.”In the email, the jilted pup parent clarifies that she is “requesting eight weeks of fully paid maternity leave to bond with my son.”“‘If this gets denied, I’ll be filing a formal complaint for discrimination against women experiencing fertility [issues], who chose to become dog mums,’” the email concludes.“‘Thank you for respecting my journey into motherhood.’”Immediately, Keller and Jones get into a dog toy-esque tug of war.“Eight weeks — you know, maybe a week,” Jones reasoned.Keller self-admittedly played the role of devil’s advocate and reiterated the woman’s position — while acknowledging that a large number of others’ comments on the new dog mom’s plight hadn’t been quite so understanding.“This woman said, ‘I had my uterus cut open, sewn back up and had to care for a baby while recov...