AIBU to be really annoyed by people selling their dogs

[Framboise18]

I get so frustrated with people who decide they want to sell their 18 month puppy etc I mean dogs that you buy are for life. It's frustrating when I see people sell them because they don't have time etc it's like did you not think of that before you brought the dog? I just get annoyed and feel bad for the dog. I understand extreme cases but not when people just do it because they can get rid. I wish they got penalties or something.

Yeah I think compulsory dog training classes would be a good idea definitely for first time owners. Saying that I am a first time dog owner and I did quite a lot of research on dog behaviour beforehand and my partner has always had dogs. The world is a scary place when you think of all the bad that exists. It's really sad when you think about it

I do wish there was an exam pet owners had to take before getting a licence to get an animal.

It amazes me that people get dogs for example thinking they never have to walk them because they're small! Or think it's funny that rover got into the chocolate/grapes/ect again!

We did so much research before getting our dog
How much she would shed, how much neutering costs, how much food was and how much she would need, how sociable the breed is, all that because I never would have forgiven myself if I had brought her home and had to pass her into a new home or shelter because I couldn't cope.

My daughter has just bought a dog for my son from a man who had had his working hours increased.The chap was very upset to let her go but it is obvious from her behaviour that she is not good at being alone and is extremely attention seeking, which because he works from home he can give her.The seller was willing to give her away once they had been introduced but my daughter insisted on paying. I think he just wanted to be sure that any buyer was serious. He also had another dog that lived outside (well looked after but hated being indoors Akita -type dog), he was keeping this dog as it was happy being alone for long periods, so he was trying his best for both animals.

Jackelope that's horrific! Was he given a prison sentence?

YANBU. It's not the giving it away that's annoying but the buying a totally inappropriate pet in the first time without considering how things might change. There was a woman at work who bought a very energetic collie when she lives in a flat and works full time.

Or people that buy a dog as a filler until they have their baby then realise they can't be bothered any more!

Oh god. There a lady at school who just got a lab puppy. She's got 2 young children and one particularly wet day she rocked up at school (about a week before she picked the puppy up) as I was just leaving. I commented about how it was days like these when having the dog wasn't so much fun as walking in the rain can be miserable, and she looked at me in a slightly horrified way and said "You don't have to take it out on days like this do you? Even in the rain?"
Um, yes. You do. And if you didn't know this piece if fairly basic information, then what do you know? Because you have only 7 days left to find it all out...

Urgh, YANBU, op. I'm disgusted with some of the people I work with, 4 of them now have bought themselves a puppy or taken one on on a whim, discovered it to be "too much work" or that their lifestyle "is unfair on the dog" I can't be arsed to walk it, only to go out and buy another one 6 months down the line when suddenly "the time is right". Boils my piss!

Who would buy an 18 month old dog? Why not go to a rescue centre? I can see why, assuming you know the owner well, you might agree to take their dog on, but why would you pay them?

I found out after she got rid of it. I think of my dog as my child and I would not separate away even if my living situation changed I would make it around him as to me I committed myself to him. I work part-time and partner works from home during the day I take him for walks and play with him and when we go out we take him with us most of the time. I don't feel like it has restricted us in any way or form. Instead we just receive love and affection. I've also established pet sitters before we got teddy it was a whole load of planning, if we ever go on holiday my mother would look after him or my brother, chances are we would take him with us knowing me. I just needed to rant so sorry guys

On a brighter note here's a picture of my little terror thank you all for your responses

It should be a lot harder to get a dog, or any pet, in the first place. It's far too easy in the UK for anyone to decide they want a dog one minute and go online and get one from some shitty backyard breeder or puppy farm dealer the next. It should not be as easy to buy a sentient, living, dependent being as it is to buy a pair of shoes or a TV. It's harder to get a fucking mobile phone contract than it is to get a dog.

In Switzerland all first-time dog owners have to go on a mandatory theory course before getting a dog, and then all owners, regardless of experience, have to go on a practical course within 12 months of getting their dog. You have to do this for every dog you get. All dogs have to be microchipped and registered, and only a vet can do the proper registration. An annual 'dog tax' has to be paid and having public liability insurance is mandatory. There are also more local/cantonal regulations to follow.

It makes getting a dog a lot harder, but it should be hard. Owning a dog is a privilege, not a right, and it is a massive responsibility, one that far too many people don't take seriously enough. Yes, people's circumstances do sometimes change unexpectedly, but in my 10 years of experience as a vet, the majority of dogs that I've seen given up are not 'catastrophic' death/divorce cases, but people not thinking it through properly in the first place and 'not realising what they've taken on', people who just can't be bothered to train or exercise the dog properly, or understand the slightest thing about dog behaviour.