To say no to a dog after what happened?

[LexL]

We recently moved to a home that now has a proper garden and DH said it would be nice to get a dog now the kids are at Uni. But neither of us have had a dog, so we are taking our time exploring the idea.

A friend of mine was going on holiday for a week, so we decided to look after her dog - a lovely Cavapoo. She gave us good instructions, the food and everything. So this lunchtime, we went to the local park for our first walk and DH was so excited about it. All was going well until the dog did a number 2. I was surprised that DH said, he was going to do it. I was already dubious because DH has a weak stomach, but since he wants a dog, I figured he should practice. I gave the bag to DH to deal with it and walked away with the dog - to leave him be. 30 seconds later I turn around - he is holding the bag out at arms length calling my name, he then went completely pale and started vomiting like he was in the exorcist - still holding the bag at arms length.

DH has always had a weak stomach when it comes to all things poo. He changed the DCs nappies only handful of times, because EVERY time he puked immediately after. He once puked because we parked under a tree and the windscreen had so much bird poo on it. He even puked when DCs were just teasing him by talking about poo graphically.

However despite all this, he still wants a dog. He says he will just practice until he doesn't vomit. I have said no. AIBU?

To be fair - I can clean up after my dogs, but cold, horrible poo from others really turns my stomach.

Dogs often eat socks, OP, and then you have to gently help them to pass them by pulling they poo.

They catch rabbits and rats, and then you have to drag the carcasses out of their mouths (and they are often half way down their throats by the time you get them - a large rat (which can be a foot long sans tail to begin with), can easily stretch to a good 18-20 inches when a dog is determined to hang onto it.

They also eat discarded sanitary napkins and tampons (you're be surprised how many of these there are lying about) and gleefully devour vomit left by drunks.

Love dogs - I have three, and at one point we had 8 in the house - but they are mingling in their personal habits.

Also not all dogs eat dog poo or have anal gland issues. You get plastic poo collectors that you pop a bag in so your hand doesn’t make contact (through the bag) and he could look the other way 😂.

I also think borrowmydoggy.com is a good idea.

If your DH didn't bother to practice for his own children he's not going to bother for a dog.
If you get a dog you are going to be responsible for every single walk, every single day. Even if he goes with you, you are still going to have to go. Are you prepared for that?

@Emotionalsupportviper Anal gland "juice" is the worst stench ever - it makes fox poo smell like the finest French parfum.

I pushed our dane's bum to get him out of the way of the telly one time, and the whole lot exploded all over the place (including my face and chest). We had flock wallpaper at the time and could I buggery get the muck off.

Oh man, that has made me laugh. Our dearly departed little dog used to engage in tactical warfare and deploy his juice every time one or other of us wanted him off our knee. He would get the message, look over his shoulder at us (boy, did we get to know that look!), somehow let a couple of drops go and then nonchalantly wander off to his bed. Little fucker. God, I miss him.

You forgive them so much!

They are foul, but so worth it. 💞

Just scrolling through Facebook and this came up on a local dog page 😂

He might die the first time it rolls in fox shit.

At least with children they eventually become potty trained. You have to clean up dog poo every time and if your husband cannot see bird droppings on his windscreen without retching, he will not clean up after a dog. YANBU to say no unless he takes on extra chores to cover you clearing up after the dog the whole time.

Sorry OP but I've just laughed out so loud 🤣 thanks for giggle and good luck either way it goes.
Ps: if you raw feed a dog the poop changes to an almost chalk like scentless consistency-may be your answer but the smell of feeding tripe etc. could get him 🤢 again!

Ha ha @Emotionalsupportviper ! I love my 2 but they are disgusting at times. I sometimes retch picking up my dogs poos but other times I can pick theirs up and others along our route with no problem. I have no idea what makes it ok sometimes and not ok on others. I sometimes wonder on bad days what the neighbours must think of me yakking in the garden.

SIL was desperate for a certain breed of dog. She ALWAYS gets her way. Her DH didn't, so suggested they care for a friend's similar breed dog for two weeks as a trial.

Well he was smart & left her to the looking after. After realising no one else was going to offer to help clean up the poo or look after it, she is now adamantly against having pets.

So tell him that he looks after the dog completely for a few days or it's a no go.

I wouldn't get one it's not just poo in the garden you'll be responsible for but you'll end up doing all of the walking too because they'll probably poo.
I love my dog but she's disgusting. She eats her own poo given half a chance then vomits the poo back up in the house 🤮.

Even when it is not poo or anything which you would expect to be disgusting, they still manage to be gross. I have been feeding mine a high quality fish based food. The other day she climbed onto my friends lap, looked lovingly into her eyes, and did an enormous belch. We could still smell fish 10 minutes later.

Any decent quality food should enable small relatively low odour stools. My dog was worse on raw than on dry. Not by much, but worse.

Oh dear!!

A dog will poo at least once on every walk, sometimes three if they're like mine!! Only do this if you're the one committed to walking it forever.

My dog is called 3shit, as that’s at least how many he does per morning walk. He often squeezes more out too.

Stick to the soft one.

Eurghh!
I love dogs but didn't realise how disgusting they can be.
We have a cat. I guess she might do equally disgusting things if she went outside as it stands she just loafs around indoors all day

DH comes from a dog owning/loving family but he just cannot cope with the poo he is also violently sick even with just the smell of DGC nappies

I empty the cats litter trays, scoop up next door neighbours cats poo who does it on our lawn and change the GC nappies but I don't think I could deal with dog poo and the bags either and if you can't clean up then you can't have.

So sadly we're not having a dog

This. I don’t know why it’s so preferable to have to pick up a hot, steaming pile of dog shit, than accidentally pick up a cold shit that was in close proximity to where your dog shat, but was clearly left by someone else

As a confirmed cat person who now has a dog I was frankly appalled when the dog threw up. Quantity and smell was not what I expected. And despite having all hard floors the cream rug was the favoured area. Fox poo and a dead fish roll were not pleasant, especially as we'd to get in the car to go home for a hosing down. Still love the furry idiot to death though.

I'm glad it wasn't just me that this happened to 🤦‍♂️

Ours rolled in a rotting sheep carcass last summer, that was bad

There was a very rotten and very high dophin on a beach in Cornwall last Summer. Fortunately we were downwind (it really stank) and I grabbed the dog and put her on a lead, but about six other dog owners were not so lucky and their dogs zeroed in making a beeline straight for it and were happily rolling away. At least they could chuck them in the sea immediately.

😂

Noooo!!! Why?!! 😂