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I want to get rid of my dog but feel guilty. What should I do?

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Neddie123 · 30/01/2024 12:39

I have a spaniel just over a year old. I previously had a cocker spaniel that I loved to bits. I've had dogs before and know plenty about dog training. I got the dog shortly after I lost my old boy (far too soon as I was still grieving). He was a very cute puppy but I just didn't connect with him, every time I looked at him I wished he was my old dog. My husband said to give it time and I did. He isnt nasty but I just don't love him, in fact I don't even really like him. He ignores commands and is extremely naughty, runs under the farm vehicle (this is so dangerous) so has to spend all time at work tied up. I've trained other dogs not to get in the way of the farm vehicles at work but this dog just doesn't care. I have wanted to re-home him almost since I got him. My husband said to wait til he was neutered, then said to wait til he is 1 and kept telling me to give it time. But he's now 14 months and I still really dislike the dog. Should I just find a home for him? I feel terrible about it but I can't carry on shouting at the dog all the time and don't know what to do. I sometimes wish he would die in his sleep or something and then feel wretched for thinking that. I'm not depressed or anything before anyone suggests that I need antidepressants.

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sandyhappypeople · 03/02/2024 00:42

Strassen · 03/02/2024 00:23

Oh give over! She's not standing over a cowering dog screaming at it. She's shouting at it to try and keep it from running under farm machinery! Equally it would seem the woman works on a farm and keeps the dog tied up while she's working so it doesn't die! That seems rather sensible? No? Christ alive people. She recognises that she's frustrated with this dog and hasn't bonded. Nothing she has done is in anyway criminal and she's trying to work out what to do next. So all you perfect Patty's can just fuck off.

No, the sensible thing would be to leave the dog in the house then, no? So she doesn't have to tie it up and shout at it all the time?

She has said quite plainly, she doesn't like the dog, she wishes it would die so she'd be free of it, she ties it up and shouts at it instead of working to train it.. I'm not sure how much more she has to say to make herself clear. Calling people 'perfect patties' and telling them to fuck off for standing up for the welfare of innocent animals says far more about the sort of person you are than them to be fair.

No-one is judging her for not bonding with the dog but she's had at least 12 months to 'work out what to do next', and I hope what most people are saying on here has sunk in and she decides to finally rehome the dog with someone who actually wants it and can love and train it properly.

lifeispainauchocolat · 03/02/2024 07:55

Strassen · 03/02/2024 00:23

Oh give over! She's not standing over a cowering dog screaming at it. She's shouting at it to try and keep it from running under farm machinery! Equally it would seem the woman works on a farm and keeps the dog tied up while she's working so it doesn't die! That seems rather sensible? No? Christ alive people. She recognises that she's frustrated with this dog and hasn't bonded. Nothing she has done is in anyway criminal and she's trying to work out what to do next. So all you perfect Patty's can just fuck off.

There's absolutely no need whatsoever for her to shout at it. If the dog isn't trained to avoid machinery, then you leave it inside the farm house where it's safe. You don't let it run loose and then yell at it because it's putting itself in danger like you knew it was going to do 🙄

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 13/10/2024 00:27

@Neddie123

It's 8 months later, what decision did you make ?

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