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?

God, reading this thread has really made me grateful for my little mutt- he has never done any of these disgusting things ever. He's never even puked or rolled in anything. In fact, he's quite prim and proper for an ex stray!

I agree..
But we are lucky that we live in a seaside village so offer a 'free' holiday in our house which includes the DDog! We don't go away much now but we've always found family and friends are happy with the arrangement.

I'm crying again!!
Our 3 legged Cavapoo scoots a lot..We trim her butthole weekly!

Unfortunate but YANBU.

Oh god yes we’ve had the human poo thing too! And he ate human vomit. Rolled in a rotting corpse of a squirrel and a rat. Also ate a decomposing rat. Ran around with a dead squirrel in his mouth (he didn’t kill it, just found it).

numerous times I’ve had to clear up diarrhoea and sick on the floor (diarrhoea smell particularly lingers in the house for several hours after the incident)

Christ, picking up their poo is the least of my problems when it comes to my dogs 🤣🤣🤣

Just wait until they eat other poo, then vomit it back up, then one of the others tries to eat that 😫😫😫🤢

I think we have been lucky as our dog has never vomited up poo . She does have a penchant for deer/sheep/cow poo but has always kept it down.

Mind is boggling at the instances on here of human poo. As far as I'm aware we've never come across any when we are out and about. Grim.

Haha! 😂

@LexL Nope.

Don't get a dog.

Even very well trained dogs can have very occasional accidents indoors {liquid poo} if they have a tummy upset.

He {or you} will be needing to pick up poo at least 2-4 times a day.

I must admit I can pick up after my own dog much more easily than I could a stranger's dog.

Get a Whippet!
Neat , small bore bottom.

No long hair to get nasty.

She did an amazing poo today, like a leaning tower of Pisa.

I took a pic to send to a friend.

Oh my lord

Don't get a dog 🐶

He can practice exposure therapy at the dog park picking up all the turds. Once it's nothing to him, then you can trust that he'll actually pull his weight with a dog.

No dog. I like the practice at the dog park idea.

Glad to see he has come to his senses and agreed to no dogs, OP.

Looking at your first post, it didn't really say anything about YOU wanting a dog. All it really said was that your husband seemed to want a dog. Honestly, unless a dog is actively wanted by every family member, it's a bad idea to get one. They impose all kinds of work and restrictions on everyone's lifestyle, and the "primary domestic spouse" (whoever does more of the housework right now) usually ends up primarily responsible for dog care. If they ( =you) did not genuinely want the dog in the first place, it's just a terrible idea that leads to resentment.

Dog ownership seems to have exploded out of control since COVID, and it's almost like people feel like you are "supposed" to get one as soon as your lifestyle or garden size allows it. Bollocks! Having a house and garden big enough to have a dog is not a reason to get one. If I had a big garden I'd use it for sunbathing, exercising and BBQs, not as a dog toilet!

Re: poo-eating dogs: There is a theory that dogs, in part, domesticated themselves because the ones that had a predilection for devouring human feces were encouraged by prehistoric people to hang around campsites and be given extra snacks in return for basically cleaning the toileting areas up - a bit like the "toilet pigs" you still sometimes find in some parts of Southeast Asia, which live in an underground den connected to a drop-pit toilet.

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“toilet pigs" you still sometimes find in some parts of Southeast Asia, which live in an underground den connected to a drop-pit toilet.

God that’s grim, poor bloody animals.

My dog ate cow poo and then vomited in the car on the way home. 🤮