AIBU to rehome my destructive dog?

[novaclover]

I'm rehoming my dog. When we adopted him as a puppy we had no idea what breed he was or what his temprement would be, and now we're left with a high energy, anxious, destructive dog who since our other dog died can't be left alone for more than an hour. He can escape crates, long walks don't stop his anxiety, he'll happily go to the bathroom inside and he will literally tear doors off of cupboards rather than play with his own toys. We've tried everything but it seems like the only solution will be to make sure he has company 24/7, which is obviously impossible.

The guilt is eating me alive and I feel like a failure because I can't cope anymore. It's been 6 years and today I came home to find all of my baby's toys had been destroyed despite me putting them in a high sided playpen.

AIBU to rehome him?

Judgmental much? You know where you can shove it. Abandoning them? I had my first cat for 12 years, and moved him from Australia to the UK with me and he died in quarantine - which I tried to avoid for him but the vet bolloxed up his rabies shots. He died as a result. Hardly abandoning.

This cat we got prior to some extremely life changing events which I had absolutely no control over. We waited to get a cat until we had purchased a property. I am prioritising my DSs first by taking them back to Australia and I won't put my skittish cat through the process. It would be cruel to do that. Anyone who thinks I should prioritise my cat over my DSs is just barking mad quite frankly.

“How awful though, to keep getting cats then abandoning them”

What bollocks.