Wife wants to give away our dog. I do not.

My wife and I met 8 years ago. At the time, she had just moved into her first townhome. About 6 months later, she gets a rescue puppy that’s about 3 months old (lab/Sheppard mix). At the time, I wasn’t a huge fan of her getting this dog (it’s a big commitment), but we have only been dating for 6 months, and we didn’t live together, so who am I to say anything?

As the years go on, we end up getting engaged, then married, and at this moment in time, we have two kids under two in a house that we own together.

During my wife’s first pregnancy (about 2ish years ago) she suddenly grew very annoyed/frustrated with our dog. Our dog is very friendly, very loving/cuddly, doesn’t bark, is great/gentle around other dogs/kids/etc; however, our dog is a massive shedder, and my wife is a bit of a clean-freak. There is dog hair everywhere, every day, no matter how often we vacuum/clean. Ever since she became pregnant with our first child, she seems to have hyper-focused on the dirtiness of our dog.

Now, at this point, she can’t stand the sight of our dog around the house. To this day, she will say the dog is too much of a shedder, is filthy, and is constantly in the way when she’s walking around the house, and she wants our dog gone.

She hasn’t mentioned any specifics of how she wants to get rid of our dog (a shelter, etc) but she doesn’t want to give her away to someone we know.

In my opinion, I realize she is overwhelmed by the amount of shedding our dog is capable of; however, I don’t think that should be a cause to get rid of her. If she knew lab mixes were shedding dogs, I don’t understand why she picked a dog that would shed so much to begin with, and it makes me think she didn’t think the adoption through.

AITAH for refusing to get rid of our family dog, even though the dog stresses out/overwhelms my wife?