Ok so, there’s a few reasons for my upset.
To cut a long story short(er) we have a Chihuahua. Had him under 2 years, for the first year he was brilliantly trained, toilet trained, not yappy and brilliant temperament. I really do love him. But the last few months It become very stressful to look after him. I’ve always grew up with large breeds of dog, but this was while I was living at home. I loved out with DP and we decided to get a dog but DP would only have a chihuahua breed as his dad has them and that’s what he likes.
But anyway, I’m now working full time and although he doesn’t have separation anxiety and I can usually get a family member to pop round during the day to tend to him, I feel like it’s not fair on him, I think he noticed this as he’s started barking a lot more, being a bit of a nugget stealing things and hiding them to chew them up. He’s chewed up over £100 worth of brand new shoes now, as well as torn up up vinyl flooring in both the living room and kitchen. He was outside playing with the cat while I was sorting the nursery the other day, and he just came in and did a big wee on the brand new rug in the baby’s room... I shouted at him and sent him away, then he came back and did a poo on it while I was putting clothes away in there, the back door was wide open and he was literally just out there I just could not believe my eyes. I’ve spoken to DP and said I never ever want to be that person that gets rid of their dog when the going gets tough but I’m really starting to get upset and resent him. We can barely afford to replace the flooring but we have to. His dad is semi retired and has two other chihuahuas and is happy looking after ours when we go away. DP said that if it’s a struggle his dad will have him. But I really don’t want to just give up on him. We’ve tried everything from letting him out every hour, giving him more attention, less attention, tried treating him on good regards but then when he knows he isn’t getting a treat he will do something naughty.
I’m just so worried about him and worried about the baby.
He a very licky dog and always wants to lick your face, he eats his poo a lot, every opportunity he has he eats his poo. We’ve spoken to the vet and he’s healthy and they have no concerns, but he just won’t stop doing it and I can’t cope with the fact I won’t be able to put baby on the floor for tummy time without having to separate them from the dog, it feels so horrible.
I’m worried I won’t be able to cope when DP goes back to work and I’m trying to breastfeed and keep the dog from locking us at the same time.. I don’t have enough hands for that.
I really need either some advice, or someone to tell me I’m not being unreasonable to consider letting his dad have him, he’ll have a better life there with more time and he will have the other dogs to play with, but I can’t help but feel like I’m giving up on him.
What do I do?
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DoubtingMyPatience · 13/10/2019 16:18
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