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I look after my mother's dog whenever she goes away, sometimes for a couple of weeks or so.
The dog is disobedient, yappy and can snap. He also has a fondness for anything on my kitchen table and peeing on the carpet.
She has just left for a week away (I dropped her off at the station only an hour ago), and in my 30 minute absence, has peed on the carpet and cleared everything off the table...
I swear I have tried to put up with it, he's now 6, but I'm at the end of my tether with it. I have 2 small kids so I don't trust him to be near them. I feel I can't leave the house when he is here as he barks incessantly and I can't have him disturbing the entire farm.
I feel the time has come to say to her that I can't have him when she goes away any more. She does have a friend who has a dog of the same breed and they get on well, I'm sure that she would take him instead.
I'm just looking for you all to tell me not to feel guilty about it! (I'm also venting just a tad.)
The dog is disobedient, yappy and can snap. He also has a fondness for anything on my kitchen table and peeing on the carpet.
She has just left for a week away (I dropped her off at the station only an hour ago), and in my 30 minute absence, has peed on the carpet and cleared everything off the table...
I swear I have tried to put up with it, he's now 6, but I'm at the end of my tether with it. I have 2 small kids so I don't trust him to be near them. I feel I can't leave the house when he is here as he barks incessantly and I can't have him disturbing the entire farm.
I feel the time has come to say to her that I can't have him when she goes away any more. She does have a friend who has a dog of the same breed and they get on well, I'm sure that she would take him instead.
I'm just looking for you all to tell me not to feel guilty about it! (I'm also venting just a tad.)
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I really don't care how he is behaved in her house, if she wants to have a yappy, snappy, highly strung dog that's up to her. But I've had enough of it in my house.
She was widowed before she was even 60, she only has me now and I know how much the dog means to her. I really don't want to hurt her feelings but I just can't have him any more.
She's not back til Friday!
I really don't care how he is behaved in her house, if she wants to have a yappy, snappy, highly strung dog that's up to her. But I've had enough of it in my house.
She was widowed before she was even 60, she only has me now and I know how much the dog means to her. I really don't want to hurt her feelings but I just can't have him any more.
She's not back til Friday!
believe me, if the dog pees indoors, is snappy and yappy, he is NOT happy either.
I have got two dogs myself, love them and spoil them but wouldn't look after a dog such as you describe. Put your foot down with your Mum, don't feel guilty, I too think that the little one will be much happier with a doggy companion.
I have got two dogs myself, love them and spoil them but wouldn't look after a dog such as you describe. Put your foot down with your Mum, don't feel guilty, I too think that the little one will be much happier with a doggy companion.
I agree, jno, it's not really my business how she keeps her dog. He is well fed, groomed and not mistreated in any conventional way.
But, if she wants to take him here and leave him when she goes away, I do think I have a right to expect a certain level of obedience and behaviour from him.
I am not looking forward to this particular conversation. My mum doesn't take any kind of criticism well.
But, if she wants to take him here and leave him when she goes away, I do think I have a right to expect a certain level of obedience and behaviour from him.
I am not looking forward to this particular conversation. My mum doesn't take any kind of criticism well.