to be annoyed by this...

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Ive watched my parents dog again...while they go for a look around shops.

Within 2 minutes of walking into my house he had peed in my kitchen. Within 4 minutes he had shit in my passage.
Within an hour he had peed in my passage again.

Every single bastard time i have him i end up cleaning up piss and shit off my floors!

They say he doesnt do this in their house, but he does. Everytime i am there he does it.

I told my dad that he had done it again, and has my house stinking. He said "oh thats no good. You need to walk him every hour, you know" like fuck am i walking him every hour! Hes a tiny dog, that doesnt need that much exercise and i have things to do myself. They also knew i was waiting in for a parcel.
Im not saying i dont walk him. I do. Just not every hour!

Aibu to be pissed off with that? Or is he bu to expect that of me?

I am not watching him again. I have 4 kids,i have 3 cats. One of which he fights with constantly. Playfully, but the barking drives me insane.

At least 3 times a week i am dealing with this and ive had enough.
I have to watch him tomorrow too, but at their house.

I dont know why they wont leave him on his own!

He also causes me a great deal of stress, if you can tell! He eats the kids' toys, so i have tantrums to deal with on top of it all.

I had him for 4 and a half hours today! 4 and a half hours and im stresssssssed to bits!

YANBU.

The dog would survive being left alone for four and a half hours.

If they think their dog needs.constant attention its their reaponsibility to give it, not dump him on you all the time. YANBU

YANBU. If your parents really think he's house trained, why don't they just leave him in the house when they go shopping?

Yanbu....obviously your parents don't leave dog in their own home for a reason.

That is even worse then! If they are giving him to me so that he doesnt do his business in their house...when they KNOW he does it in mine!!
My dad even always jokes "he only poopsnin your house" ...no he doesnt! He shits in their house every time im there!

I dont know why he thinks i believe that, as he knows that i know he does it at his house as i have had to pick it up there also!

And to think i have felt bad about telling them i dont want to watch him at my house anymore!

He has put me off ever wanting another dog!

No. They wont do any training. I have done all of his basic training like sit, lie down, paw etc.

I dont have the time to house train him. Plus he is one now, it would be far too hard for me and time consuming.

They need to put the effort in aswel. They rehomed their last dog because they wouldnt train him and they hated how he didnt listen to everything.
I tried training that one too, but they let him do whatever once i left. In the end he started snapping at me so i thought sod it. Deal with it yourselves. Then they rehomed him.

This dog now though is too jumpy uppy. With my littleuns its no good. He burst my 5yo nose last week jumping up all playfully, and then my 3yo a few days ago diving onto the settee into his face!

According to my dad he doesnt bite.
He does bite. Playfully or not it bloody well hurts!

Ive been stupid for letting him be here as often as i have. But you try to do something good...

Dont knpw why i bother. They never say thank you!

gross! I would be refusing to help them out with their dog sitting at all. they are in denial about the fact their little darling is not house trained.

ah, having seen your update, that they refuse to train, that they have previously resorted to rehoming an untrained dog, and that he is a jumpy-uppy dog, I would actually be seriously be tempted to report them. They are just not fit owners, they really aren't. It is not fair on the dog.

are they otherwise responsible ie is he vaccinated, wormed etc?

Yes they love him to bits. Injections all up to date, wormed and deflead, he gets his paws trimmed often and hair cut when needed. He is walked often.

They pussy foot about him far too much. He even refuses to eat his food. Me dad gives him bits of thos and that so bow he just refuses point blank to eat his food. So my dad is forever buying different types of dog food. Gets excited when he eats one, and then the next day he refuses again...so it starts again.
I am sick of telling him to not give human food and just put the bloody food down. He will eat it when he is hungry.
He even tries to get him to eat through hand feeding.

Does my head right in.
I had him everyday for a week, last week i think it was. My dad now comments on how he has changed for the better. But they think it is down t something they have done.

Give me strength

Get them to read the OP of "Today I sobbed at work" in AIBU. Very thought provoking.

Doggy nappies? Buy some and once your parents have left stick one on him

I agree that they should be training any dog that they get, that is the real issue.

I have a very fussy dog that I have had to change to raw feeding because she won't eat dog food, so just tackle the training.

It doesn't sound like they should have a dog at all.

agreed. Get a message round the local dogs homes and get them blacklisted. And refuse any more dog-sitting.

a dog that won't eat dog food? Even if the alternative is starvation? !!!

I look after my dad's dog occasionally and sometimes he does have an accident in the house, but then he is 15 years old with dementia. Your parents dog is only a year old and quite frankly it's not on, my 2 year old cocker could go 5/6 hrs without pissing/shitting everywhere at a year old. Refuse to look after the dog again, tell them to hire a sitter....

You know your children aren't safe, don't you?

Either of the situations you describe could easily have ended with one of your children being badly hurt, e.g. a claw catching their eye.

The dog is boisterous and not trained. He may not be ill tempered but he's certainly dangerous to have around young children. How would you and your parents feel if one of your children were permanently injured because of this situation?

For that reason alone I'd refuse to look after him any more.

I get that you may just be venting! But your parents sound like utter fools, and selfish to boot. NOTHING about this situation will change unless you simply refuse to have the dog in the house unless he is a. toilet trained and b. no longer jumps up/dives at/play attacks your children.

It's people like your parents that see healthy dogs eventually PTS. Please stop enabling them.

And refuse means refuse. As you say, your parents insist the dog doesn't foul in their house/he's only being friendly etc. etc. Doesn't matter. You laugh and say, well, he does here and incidentally he's fouled your house every time I've been there. And he's very friendly, yes, and he's also dangerous to have around children and has already accidentally hurt them both. So I will no longer look after him until he's properly trained.

I daresay they will get rid of him just like the last one, which is where you tell them that you will report them if they get another.

YANBU. They are. just say 'no' I think you have gone way above and beyond what you should be expected to doxx

Thank you talkativejim and everyone for your comments.

You are right, i am enabling them everytime i take him off their hands.
One of my sisters refuses to have him in her house, and i am left to look after him when they visit.
My other sister has him when i refuse, but they ask me mostly. I think thats down to me never refusing.
I have tried, but am met with guilt trips or bribery.

I wont be falling for that anymore though, i have seriously had enough.

My 3yo refuses to go to their house because of him, and i really dont blame him.

As i say, i will watch him at their house tomorrow. The kids will be at school and nursery.
So thats not too bad.

I have to agree with you all. It isnt good, no matter ehat angle you view it from.

I hope that with me refusing, they will try a little harder.

I meant when i actually cant. Like if i am out or something. Not when i refuse.

Poor thing. He sounds undertrained and over stressed. I don't think it's possible for you to do the training if your parents are not doing it when he is at home with them.
It seems that they treat the dog like a spoiled child and you are reaping the results.

So tomorrow - I am guessing you can't get out of it - when he poops or pees just shut the door and leave the dog and the mess in that room

Oops sorry pksted too soon.

When your parents get back feign ignorance and swear blind that he has only just done it

You don't actually clean it up at their house do you? I'd be very tempted to leave it there as starfish says. Evidence.

If you shut him in or out of a room he just barks and barks lol. Hes a lil bugger.

They definitely treat him like a small child.
They do try and keep up his training. They just need consistency.

I was just really stressed out earlier and in need of a rant. They do love him and hopefully, in time his boistrousness calms down. He did calm quite a bit after i had him daily.

I just wish they would work at what they want him to do, rather than allowing him to do what he wants to do.

They could easily go out and leave him for a few hours...he may bark, he may not. He will survive i know that much. They wont do it.

They could shut him out of the room. He will bark, but can only do it for so long.

He has one bark at my house when i shut him in another room, and that is it.
At theirs he goes on and on. Simply as he knows they will give in. He knows i wont.

He is like a little toddler who knows exactly how to work them.