Thread: What to do with our dog: your opinion.

Sell it to someone who can actually handle a dog, and loves doing so.

Originally Posted by DarkComrade

Sell it to someone who can actually handle a dog, and loves doing so.

Mmmhmm.

Its not so much handling the dog, as it is having the time for it beyond all the practical responsibilities.

Puppies are a pain. Try to sell him to an active family. If I recall correctly, that breed needs lots of attention, disciple and activity. But all puppies will destroy things if left to their own devices. They get bored and frustrated.

Next time she's in the market for a pet, encourage her to research the breed and to see if anyone is selling an adult- or maybe she could rescue an adult from the pound. Encourage her to spend time with the animal ahead of time to see if they'd be a match.

My daughter brought home an adult Chihuahua. I never thought I would care for the breed but this dog is amazing. She was headed for the pound but is fully house trained, is amazingly well behaved and she even knows some tricks
On the other hand, we have 2 mutts who live outside, are basically ignored and live dreadfully boring lives. We've had them since they were babies and we didn't know how to train them. They're too old to find homes for now so I often wish I had acted sooner.

Time to put ol' Roger down son.

Or just sell him.

Give the dog to responsible and and loving people. As I can perceive, you want to get rid of it as soon as possible, so the best thing you might do is to sell at a lower price or just pass it to someone else.

The dog is barky and bitey because it's mistreated and unhappy. I'd also be barky and bitey if I was chained by my neck to a garden post all day. I think that the dog needs to be given away to a loving family as soon as possible who can hopefully rehabilitate it and offer it a happy and fulfilling life.

Given the time of year, I'm sure if it is sold there will be a family eager to take it in too.

Thanks for the comments.

This is what happens when people treat living creatures at toys. Pets are lots of work. Slightly less than children, slightly more than vehicles.

Originally Posted by Spartiate

This is what happens when people treat living creatures at toys. Pets are lots of work. Slightly less than children, slightly more than vehicles.

This is a matter of my mother realizing she doesn't have the time for a pet as she thought she may have. Her answers to common puppy issues and challenges were not as straight forward as she thought-- its one of those cases where something seems nice in concept but in reality isn't as great. This has nothing to do with "treating living creatures as toys" or being ignorant about the effort that comes with having an animal. We are a household that has raised dogs and cats in the past.

That's a situation that is caused by extremely childish behavior that could end up killing the dog. That's the reason why there are millions of dogs needing to be put down. I doubt you will be able to sell it, so you might have to either give it to someone who has a lot of time to undo the damage, and the even more time to train it.

Originally Posted by dave1701

That's a situation that is caused by extremely childish behavior that could end up killing the dog.

That is stupid.

Anyhow, there is nothing "childish" about this. I'm asking for advice about what my mother should do with her dog, not for you to play SPCA defendant and be offensive. I never supported the purchasing of this dog (mostly because I don't like them) but it was hastily done due to the death of our fifteen year old cat. The logic here was that, since we had owned a dog of the same breed over ten years a go, it would be fine. But no, time twists things.

Please stick to the situation at hand and reserve any personal grievance about the industry that is animal breeding and overpopulation to yourself.

EDIT: Also, please get off the idiot bandwagon and stop posting pathetic comments like its being "mistreated" and its "damaged". Frankly, that is just bollocks. Its a puppy being a typical puppy and it was bought for someone who, after a change of circumstances, can't support it any more. Its from a breeder and cost several hundred dollars, its not some mutt off the street, so there will be no problem selling it, even though it'll be mighty cheaper than we purchased it for.

Originally Posted by Loaf

That is stupid.

Anyhow, there is nothing "childish" about this. I'm asking for advice about what my mother should do with her dog, not for you to play SPCA defendant and be offensive. I never supported the purchasing of this dog (mostly because I don't like them) but it was hastily done due to the death of our fifteen year old cat. The logic here was that, since we had owned a dog of the same breed over ten years a go, it would be fine. But no, time twists things.

Please stick to the situation at hand and reserve any personal grievance about the industry that is animal breeding and overpopulation to yourself.

I didn't call you childish, I said getting a dog, not training it, and leaving it outside all day to allow it to develop violent tenancies, bark, and bite is very childish. I doubt many people would disagree. I don't know who did it.

Imagine if you were bred to be "man's best friend", then kept enclosed outside everyday only to be able to run around like a lunatic and bark your fool head off.

Originally Posted by DarkComrade

Sell it to someone who can actually handle a dog, and loves doing so.

^ This! I love dogs, i could play with them all day. Probably why i end up with many scratches on my hands.

Originally Posted by dave1701

I didn't call you childish, I said getting a dog, not training it, and leaving it outside all day to allow it to develop violent tenancies, bark, and bite is very childish. I doubt many people would disagree. I don't know who did it.

Before your edit, you wrote that the situation was "childish" which is grossly unfair, misinformed, and slightly offensive.

Don't take your rage about mistreatment of animals by jerks out on me just because a change of circumstances for us means we can't keep another dog. We are trying to do the right thing here by re-homing it to someone who can give it the attention it deserves before its too late. I know people on the internet take any chance to act righteous, but I'm not in the mood for that just now.

I don't give a damn about your mood. Buying a dog, then keeping it outside and not training it is childish. I don't know what your situation is. I don't know how you acted or anyone else. I am not blaming anyone for anything; that would be an ridiculous thing to do on a forum.

You created this thread to ask if you should get rid of the dog or not. I am saying YES she should sell it. Reading your original post saddens me because I have seen and know all too well innocent dogs who are trained by their owners to be violent, miserable forms of life. Irritated because the puppy wants attention in the limited time it's around her? Give it to someone now, or put it out of it's misery.

Melodrama. This dog isn't dying because we can't handle it anymore. Move along please.

If you or your family dont want it, then dont have it. Simple as that

Originally Posted by dave1701

I don't give a damn about your mood. Buying a dog, then keeping it outside and not training it is childish. I don't know what your situation is. I don't know how you acted or anyone else. I am not blaming anyone for anything; that would be an ridiculous thing to do on a forum.

You created this thread to ask if you should get rid of the dog or not. I am saying YES she should sell it. Reading your original post saddens me because I have seen and know all too well innocent dogs who are trained by their owners to be violent, miserable forms of life. Irritated because the puppy wants attention in the limited time it's around her? Give it to someone now, or put it out of it's misery.

Why would you put it out of it's misery? that's a pretty extreme thing to do.

Originally Posted by Loaf

Mmmhmm.

Its not so much handling the dog, as it is having the time for it beyond all the practical responsibilities.

That's the thing, it should not be a responsibility. You get a dog if you love dogs and love having them as company.
If it smells, you wash it because it will not smell and the dog will feel better because it's not all greasy and won't get skin problems.
If you get bothered when the dog wants attention, you don't love the dog enough to give it attention, so your family should give it away.


EDIT:

Originally Posted by Loaf

Given the time of year, I'm sure if it is sold there will be a family eager to take it in too.

I'd strongly advise against this though. 10's of thousands of puppies and kittens are bought every year around christmas time and discarded on the side of the road or put down. Because people buy them for their kids when they really don't know what goes in to having a pet, especially money. And those types of people are more likely to buy a cheaper dog, so there's less money wasted if they just abandon it or kill it.

I'd strongly advise waiting until after christmas.

New Years resolution...give the dog a new home. If you wanna give the dog a really good home, get a list of questions to ask, and try finding the best person for the pet, rather then the first person wanting it. It's not just about finding the dog a new home, it's about finding the most deserving person a new joy in life.

I think Dave has a point, why would your mom get the puppy and not take the time to train him thoroughly, and know what she's getting into? Selling pets in my experience has been very difficult, though, in fact I couldn't sell my cat to anyone and had to put her in a shelter, but if you're lucky, someone will want the puppy. In fact, people seem to want dogs more than cats for some reason, so you're already more lucky than me.

Puppies need attention. Being annoyed at an animal for messing around when you don't have the time to properly teach it otherwise is ridiculous. And no well bred dog is naturally going to be a 'bitey bitch'; if you don't have the time to teach it to be nice then that's your fault.

Sell the puppy to a good family before Christmas, because it's clearly going to have a miserable life where it is right now. The best option is for it to go to a family who have already had / have a dog and treated it well.

Originally Posted by tommo

That's the thing, it should not be a responsibility. You get a dog if you love dogs and love having them as company.

Yeah, I agree.

Originally Posted by tommo

If it smells, you wash it because it will not smell and the dog will feel better because it's not all greasy and won't get skin problems.

We do. Lots. :I

It shouldn't really smell then.... odd