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Getting rid off dog after less than a year

37 replies

emkana · 08/11/2006 23:17

My friend has just got rid of her dog after 10 months because he chewed on everything and she reached her limit when the dog chewed a hole in her brand new carpet. The dog was also very jumpy and she felt she couldn't train him.

Tbh I don't really blame her because I'm not a dog person at all, BUT what made my laugh was when she said
"The children have learned a lesson..."
and I thought what lesson is that?
What happened to "A dog is for life, not just for Christmas?"

OP posts:
Whooooosh · 08/11/2006 23:19

So the dog only gets 10 months to grow out of puppyhood-what about her kids?
Rehoming when they draw on walls or suffer from nightmares?

Socci · 08/11/2006 23:23

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emkana · 08/11/2006 23:26

I'm not sure... he's a very very small dog
Miniature Jack Russell? could that be right?

OP posts:
cowmad · 08/11/2006 23:29

your friend is a cow!
hope her kids behave.....

Socci · 09/11/2006 00:09

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cowmad · 09/11/2006 00:28

she should be trained?
dont get pets
she WILL have to rehome them when they reflect her bad attitude....
o it make me so MADMADMAD!!!

Chandra · 09/11/2006 00:38

Oh, don't take it that bad, perhaps is for the best, maybe the dog has a good experienced owner now.

cowmad · 09/11/2006 00:44

good point chandra...at leasy it will not be with her...horrible mare
still hoping her kids behave tho....

Chandra · 09/11/2006 00:49

I don't blame her (that much)either, unfortunately not all of us have grown up having a dog. It takes some time to learn that you can ruin a dog's behaviour either by lack of attention or for too much of it.

fortyplus · 09/11/2006 00:57

Friend of mine got dog from rescue centre (Bucks) Apparently it's full of young dogs from Wales - people buy a puppy, get fed up with it then get another puppy. Apparently Wales is really bad for this - don't know why that would be, but am expecting to be bashed on the head with a leek by Welsh dog lovers!

cowmad · 09/11/2006 00:58

then dont get the dog/responsibility
also shes a bit mad getting a terrier...when not a bit experienced...
she is a bit culpable,which makes her responsable,an i s`pose she is at least acting in the dogs best interest that she rehomed it...hope this has taught her a lesson...
still hope her kids behave tho...
she should have tried a spaniel or a poodle

cowmad · 09/11/2006 01:02

forty..its all those closely related welsh farmers wifes supplimenting their income...well and eu resourses, for not planting their fields..they advertise loads of differnt breeds an ad in all free papers across the land an agree to meet you on the motorway with poor sick pups...what do people expect?

fortyplus · 09/11/2006 01:10

Responded to an ad for a puppy - when he got there it was a puppy farm. He felt so sorry for them that he bought one anyway. STUPID SOD!

fortyplus · 09/11/2006 01:11

Sorry missed off start of message for some inexplicable reason...

Should've read My brother...etc

cowmad · 09/11/2006 01:13

i hope he bought the poor thing back to health..
what sort?

fortyplus · 09/11/2006 01:52

Now this really is embarrassing - it's a Bijon Frise! My bro is happily married man with 2 kids - apparently B F is supposed to be 'hypoallergenic' breed that won't spark off his wife's asthma! Only prob was he got homophobic abuse when he took it for a walk - it's a gay icon, apparently!
He now also has a miniature snauzer and the abuse has stopped so that must be a straight man's dog!

cowmad · 09/11/2006 01:55

agree forty alll gays have bichon frishe
wher are you/ in the states?

fortyplus · 09/11/2006 01:56

No - sitting up late in Hertfordshire, UK.

Got to be at work in 7 hours' time!

cowmad · 09/11/2006 01:58

in midlands..insomniac??

fortyplus · 09/11/2006 02:03

Just sometimes. I had to go to a conference in Croydon today so I set my alarm for 6.10am and I'm still up nearly 20 hours later.

And tomorrow I've got to write a report for a Social Overview and Scrutinity Committee on the Black & Ethnic Minority Involvement Strategy for the Housing Management Service. If that doesn't send me to sleep, nothing will!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 09/11/2006 02:04

We had a puppy for a week. We realised we couldn't cope and took him back. It HAS taught us a lesson. That was pre-kids.

Dawnybabe · 09/11/2006 11:47

Having a dog is like having kids, but unfortunately a lot of people don't realise this. They think all dogs know how to sit still and be quiet from birth. Would you never send your kids to school and expect them to be articulate well behaved members of society? Same with dogs. They need bringing up properly, with correct training and know how. So many people don't think about this, or get an unsuitable dog, and wonder why our dogs homes are so full.

PennySweets · 09/11/2006 11:59

I have a Golden Retriever who's now 2 and a half. During puppyhood, he chewed through the plaster on the kitchen walls, dh replastered it and the dog did it again. He's chewed loads of the skirting boards in the kitchen as well as the door frame. He has chewed through the mattress on our bed, beheaded several soft toys, eaten homework, shredded books and magazines, got me up in the night for no good reason, the list is endless.

He's still here. I love the mad bastard.

Chandra · 09/11/2006 17:55

One of my dogs is a rescue dog, we had to replace 4 chairs, 2 doors and replaster a wall after her first weekend with us, she bullied the other dogs, wee wherever she fancy, etc.

Now she is lovely, so lovely that visits always end up treating her like a baby, no wonder she can be hold like a doll, be rocked to asleep and then if you put her in her bed she won't wake up. So, many people tell us that they would like to get a dog of the same breed because our is adorable... if they only knew the hours and money that had been spent into retraining that dog... they would go straight for a fluffy toy.

ratclare · 10/11/2006 17:48

i dont think alot of people appreciate just how hard a dog is going to be ,i have a rescue dog who is big clumsy ,often smelly ,has eaten untold pairs of shoes ,not mine ( i tidy mine up!) ripped the leather sofa ,ripped the hall carpet ,the list is endless but i knew he would be hard work so you accept it (and hide most of the damage from my husband !) Hopefully the dog will go to someone who has the time and patience to spare to give the dog the attention it obviousley needs