If someone rehomes their dog would you judge them if they then got a puppy?

[Moongazingbare]

Friend rescued a dog and kept it for a few years until they had children.
The mother decided she couldn’t cope with the dog and children so rehomed it.

Friend has now excitedly shared how they have bought a puppy.

Their situation hasn’t changed. They now have more children than before and have never had a puppy.

I’d love to be pleased for them but I’m just feeling very judgemental and quite disappointed in them really.

They both work and when I asked how they would train it and what they would do with it when they are at work, the answer was to use a crate.

I would judge them yes, they clearly see animals as commodities and not sentient, living beings.

I couldn't be friends with these people. I bet this poor puppy gets dumped at a shelter, too, eventually.

Yes

Yes, and know they were incredibly selfish….. and cruel.

Yes, I'd judge and would probably withdraw from friendship

Yes, I know somebody like this who rehomed their dog because 'it was a pain' and now their FB is full of 'our beautiful boy' and our 'amazing puppy' only about 2 years later.

I had to rehome a dog this year, he was so lovely but my DC just couldn't take to him, and because he is autistic he couldn't be convinced otherwise.

It was heartbreaking, especially for me, though I was the one that had to arrange everything and keep it together. Luckily we and the rescue we got him from found him an amazing home, more suitable than ours even, and he is completely happy and settled there.

Would I get a dog in the near future? No. No way. Emotionally I couldn't handle it. And DC would still be terrified.

Would I get a dog in twenty years? Maybe. But that's how long it will take me to go through all that again.

Yes

I would judge and I wouldn’t be friends with them anymore , can’t abide people who think pets are a disposable commodity .

Yes

Damned right I'd judge them...

What a horrible person 🌸

Yes

My relative does this. She’s gone from a husky to a beagle to a springer spaniel. Her excuse is that the dogs are absolutely wild even though they get a walk every day (she takes them out for 10 minutes) so it’s the dogs fault they’re uncontrollable, not hers. Never mind that she’s choosing high drive working dogs, and expecting them to train and house break themselves and sit quietly for the other 23 hours and 50 minutes a day that she can’t be arsed with them.

@intothewoodss I’m so sorry you had to rehome your dog.

@LtDansleg

My relative does this. She’s gone from a husky to a beagle to a springer spaniel. Her excuse is that the dogs are absolutely wild even though they get a walk every day (she takes them out for 10 minutes) so it’s the dogs fault they’re uncontrollable, not hers. Never mind that she’s choosing high drive working dogs, and expecting them to train and house break themselves and sit quietly for the other 23 hours and 50 minutes a day that she can’t be arsed with them.

That's a crazy choice of breeds Poor, poor dogs.

Yes, I'd judge them to be a selfish moron who treats animals as disposable commodities. I wish there was some way of tightening up dog ownership laws to prevent people like this from owning pets. I would not remains friends with this person.

Yes. I lost a friendship over this exact issue

Yes and I too distanced myself from a friend over this.

Yes I would and I would judge leaving them in a crate all day. We have 2 dogs, we both work but both shift work so there is almost always someone home, and if not it is only a couple of hours overlap. We waited until the time was right to put the time and effort into them. I was up very early this morning taking them out to the woods for a good run around before it got too hot. I would have loved to have a lazy morning but they need to get out and if I leave it too late it is too hot for them. Yes dogs are hard work but the reward is worth it.

I would judge them.

DP and I both work full time so we made sure that we had enough money to pay for doggy daycare for Mon- Fri (on top of all of the usual doggy expenses). If we couldn't have afforded it then we wouldn't have got DDog.

My friend on the other hand leaves 2 dogs alone from 8am until around 5.30pm most days. Then they moan when one has shit in the kitchen.

I have an ex-friend who firstly had a mental Dalmation rehomed after a couple of years, then a huge Airdale Terrier again rehomed when her marriage ended.

Once single she got a tiny white Maltese, had him for about 4 years and then rehomed. Now I hear she has a Spaniel FFS.

She does have MH issues (bi-polar) but even so.... just cant be around that level of stupidity.

Yes, I would.Someone I know re homed their older dog 2 weeks after buying a new puppy and I genuinely see them in a different way now.In fact I don’t speak to them any more.

I wouldn't judge if rehoming the dog was the right choice at the time for the sake of the dog, nor if they were in a much better place when they got the puppy and could offer it a good home. But id certainly judge anyone who thinks it's ok to shut a pup in a crate all day.

Yes, heftily.

Yes, I’d judge. I’d tell them exactly what I think of them as well and they wouldn’t be a friend anymore. Absolute cunts.

Poor dogs. Poor kids.

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