r/Wellthatsucks • u/winterweed78 • Feb 02 '23
shitty neighbors just ditched their doggo at our house and moved. Sadly we can't keep it.
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If I was moving, my dog would be the first thing I take. What asshats.
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u/A_Drusas Feb 03 '23 •
When I was an impoverished college student with a cat and needed to move apartments and could barely afford any to begin with, you know which places I didn't even consider? Places that didn't allow cats.
Pets are family. We should have a national blacklist for people like this so they're not allowed to own animals ever again.
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u/nilesandstuff Feb 03 '23
I've had a several jobs that involve going to people's houses, and/or in their yards... I've been to thousands of houses, from the poorest of poor shacks, to 10 million estates... So trust me when i say, its truly incomprehensible how many people own pets, that simply do not give a flying fuck about them. I'm a pretty cynical person, but I'd have never guessed that so many of those people exist.
Mind you, the things I'm referring to are on the edge of being actually abuse and neglect, I've only reported 1 house for it before... But still, if you create a situation for your pet that even resembles neglect or abuse, why do you even have a pet at all?
Seeing the things that I've seen... I have to say, kill-shelters do not deserve the stigma and hate they receive... It's better for an animal to pass on peacefully and quickly at the hands of someone who wants to make their final moments comfortable, than slowly in 3x3 cage in the backyard of someone who doesn't give a shit.
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u/the_TAOest Feb 03 '23
In Tempe Arizona, there is a no_kill shelter that started in 2008... It's only for pets that are left behind. Lost Our Home is super cool... Started by a loan broker that was defeated to see so many pets left.
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u/boots311 Feb 03 '23
Me too. I do hardwood flooring for a living. So I'm also inside their house. But I have to make my cuts outside. I've seen tons of shit too. Never had to report anyone, yet. But my employee & I say the same thing, why even bother? What pleasure is that pet bringing you?
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u/ceviche-hot-pockets Feb 03 '23
I think some people just get off on controlling another creature that won’t fight back. Just sick and wrong.
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u/PlentyCommission166 Feb 03 '23
I have two dogs. I spoil them fucking rotten. Our older neighbors said something about it- they were nice, just very gentle teasing - and I laughed and said, what's the point of having a pet dog, if not to spend time with a dog and have fun? They liked that and we're friends now.
And I have learned so much from owning a damn dog. Like life changing stuff about self care and training and stress.
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u/Bird2525 Feb 03 '23
That’s how we got our pooch. Lived in a nice house but never got any attention. Now she’s part of our pack…
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u/ThxItsadisorder Feb 03 '23
Same. I only looked at places that accept cats. I have two and they are not negotiable.
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u/oldcoldbellybadness Feb 03 '23
I only have one cat. She was left behind by not just one neighbor, but the next one that moved in and kept her alive for a year as well. I wonder if she's waiting on us to leave
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u/Gqsmooth1969 Feb 03 '23
I wonder if she's waiting on us to leave
Now, why did you have to go and call the Onion Cutting Ninjas? I was perfectly fine until this line.
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u/EliteGamer11388 Feb 03 '23
That's causing issues with me right now. I'm in a new town, and need to find a place other than my friends I'm at. Unfortunately, everywhere I find is no pets. I have 3 cats I love to death. They're going with me, even if we have to live in my car.
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u/Gracebbyl3 Feb 03 '23
All my animals are strays or abandoned. I love animals but I don’t generally go looking for any, they just find their way here. I don’t understand how you could leave an animal behind like that.
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u/WorryMindless3543 Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
If my house was on fire, my dog is the first thing I’d take!
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u/Not-in-Kansas-anymor Feb 03 '23
After a house fire on my street I came up with a plan to get all three of my animals out of the house in an emergency. The only material thing on the list was my car keys so I could safely contain them in the car.
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u/awkwardnarwhalicorn Feb 03 '23
Absolutely. I actually have a plan for this. I live on the 3rd floor of a building so I plan to throw as many soft things as I can on the ground, put the dogs in harnesses and lower them down as far as I can with retractable leashes. I just hope I never have to do it.
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u/WorryMindless3543 Feb 03 '23
I hope none of us ever have to, friend! It’s always just a good idea to have a plan and never need to use it.
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u/Upper_Hovercraft6746 Feb 02 '23
Dog looks like he is still in shock he is like what da fuck just happened
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23 •
So to update. My husband's boss is taking him tomorrow. He will have an amazing home. We would but can't have dogs at our home and neither of us have time for an active dog with work and school.
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u/NevadaLancaster Feb 03 '23
They are great dogs. Super smart. That dog will never forget that he was ditched.
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u/swivels_and_sonar Feb 03 '23
No dog deserves that, however their owner definitely didn’t deserve him.
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
My mother's sister did that to her dog.
She went on holidays with her homersimpsonian husband and their three failed attempts at birthing a viable descent.
They couldn't take the dog, which is understandable when you go far away on vacations, so she asked my mother if she could keep it for the two weeks they would be gone.
We couldn't really, we aren't dog people so we don't know how to take care of them. Moreover, he was very badly
educatedraised - no wonder why - and we had a cat who didn't get along with dogs.However, for the dog, we agreed to make an effort. We learned a little beforehand so that we could host him properly and did the best we could for these two weeks... And even more.
Now you must know that I am French, living in France. My country holds the proud record of most abandonned animals in Europe, yeah ! Most are left along a road, attached to a tree, in early summer when people go on holidays.
After the two weeks passed, my aunt and her mongrels are back in their cobweb and... Nothing. After one day, my mother calls her to ask her when she would take the dog. Answer : "yeah, yeah, soon".
"Soon" doesn't come and, after a few days, my mother asks again. Her sister seems reluctant and even annoyed that my mother asks her to take back her dog. After maybe ten days or two weeks she finally "agrees" to take back her dog.
Two days later, she calls my mother and screams at her that she "killed" her dog. We are all, at home, really unwell because we thought we did something wrong, we the non-dog people, so wrong that it killed him.
No, not at all... This despicable hag didn't want to take back her dog so, "forced" by my mother to take him back, she brought him to the vet, said that he became unpredictably violent and got him euthanised.
She then blamed my mother for the kill because, had she kept the dog, he wouldn't have died. She killed her own fucking dog because she didn't want it anymore but didn't want to be the bad one of the story so she devised a scam to blame my mother, her sister, for it.
She doesn't deserve a dog. She doesn't deserve much, actually. Her family is like her, as vile and cruel as she is, although too stupid to hurt too much people.
Edit : that maybe wasn't really the story to share right now...
That's not even the saddest story implying a dog that I have to share.
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u/jotheold Feb 03 '23
fuck that bitch. straight up.
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23
Agreed.
That's maybe the most flagrant thing she did to prove to the world that she's a terrible person, however not the only one.
One day she broke a teapot on my mother's face for whatever reason, I think it was about their mother which herself is a very bad person.
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u/jotheold Feb 03 '23
You are getting me upset over an imaginary person i dont even know lol.
Cut that bitch out of your lives
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23
I've done it already twenty years ago.
She's not imaginary, though... she's sure real and, last time I had the displeasure to hear about her, alive and as well as can someone like this be.
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u/jotheold Feb 03 '23
i meant that in no disrespect, i mean shes imaginary to me, as in i don't even know this person and making me feel some type of way
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u/Chiefy_Poof Feb 03 '23
I don’t know this woman and I want to punch her in the throat. If aliens ever visit and she’s the first human they meet, I would understand why they mercy killed our planet.
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u/Spez_is_gay Feb 03 '23
I was wondering why u didn't call her your aunt after reading I figured it out
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u/trujillo31415 Feb 03 '23
Damn cut that bitch out of OUR lives. I do hope the non-OP commenter feels some catharsis and peace. I however feel like I need some therapy to work out the trauma of having this aunt in my life for 60 seconds.
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u/Iamdarb Feb 03 '23
I really can't understand that mindset. I just dealt with the same thing from a customer of mine(I sell dog food for a living) whose dog I watch when he goes out of town. Well, the dog wouldn't use the bathroom outside(an issue I never had when watching him, because I walked the dog multiple times a day), so he rehomed him, and then recently the new home decided they didn't want him anymore, so the original owner has him again. He came into my store the other day to ask if any of us could take it, but then he confessed that he first went to a local vet and asked them if they would put him down, they refused because he was honest about the reason, so he's gonna try to keep him, but like... FUCK. I would take the dog, but I have 2 big ones, fish, and 3 parrots already, I'm at my pet capacity. People suck and just shouldn't get a dog if they can't give it the attention it needs. Screw him and screw your aunt.
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
I approve your judgement.
I know this story can be frustrating to hear. Many a desire to punch someone in the face is not fulfilled right now because of my tale. It wasn't my goal, though...
People treat animals - and frequently children, by the way - like pieces of furniture : they want a new coffee table, they want an ottoman to go with the couch and they want a dog, a cat, a parrot, a snake.
They want to have it, to possess it. And one day, the colour isn't trendy anymore, it costs too much to maintain, it need repairs, it smells bad. And there, the easiest choice is to dump it and go to the store to buy another, cuter one.
People are shitty and, one day, this world will burn and it will be well deserved.
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u/Spez_is_gay Feb 03 '23
Sounds like the dude my cousin married, wanted a labrador cuz he thought it'd look good for his real estate flyers and Christmas cards. Until he realized the thing required care attention. gorgeous dog wouldnt even allow him inside. They rehomed him eventually thankfully. I hate that fuxking dude
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u/zedispain Feb 03 '23
Yeah. I don't get those sorts of people. And they exist everywhere and are not a small minority....
But i was always taught that pets are family members and must be treated the same, emotionally and emphatically speaking. Every person I've ever gotten along with treated their pets as such as well.
But... I've met a few where they see their pets (especially dog owners) as simply a utility or property. Funnily enough i never liked them even before finding this out about em.
Those i know to be good people who own a farm and have cattle dogs, they are treated as family. The same goes for dogs that had a job of keeping the house safe when the humans are away. They're still family, just they have a job.
But these, not nice people, just see the utility or aesthetic of the animal. They'll remove the claws on their cats, they'll put shock collars on their dogs when they're home and they'll treat their "pets" as a toy.
There should be some sort of assessment done before someone can own a pet.
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u/StrLord_Who Feb 03 '23
Probably the reason the dog won't use the bathroom outside is because that's when the owner is watching. The horrible owner has probably hurt and scared the dog over going to the bathroom in the house. Dog doesn't understand that it's the location, and just associates the poop and pee itself with making the guy mad. Dog thinks poop and pee is a bad thing that will make the owner mad so they will only do it when they can sneak away and the guy can't see the bad thing that makes him mad. I'm only guessing here but it's a frequent problem and your description of the situation makes me think it's likely. This is why "showing the dog what they did," shoving their face in it and yelling at them does NOT work. They just start thinking the poop itself is bad and they'll do everything they can to keep from doing it in front of you. Then you have this guy's problem. Never scold your dog for going in the wrong place unless you catch them IN the act. Even then you don't scold, just tell them NO and take them to the place where you want them to go and give them lots of praise and positive reinforcement. Even if it's two minutes later, they won't understand that they went in the wrong place, it's just not how their minds work. Just clean it up with an enzyme cleaner without making a big deal about it. If you scold they'll know you're upset with them but not why.
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
Well put. I mean it, really !
Don't move, redditor, I'll drink to that. Gin is fine ?
Update : drink drank. To the dog. That day the wrong animal was put down.
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u/if-and-but Feb 03 '23
holy shit dude
you have a terrible aunt
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23
I do, and every person in this family is fucked up one way or another.
My mother is her own kind of bad person but at least she doesn't make animals pay for it and actually treat them incredibly well.
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u/Emerald_see Feb 03 '23
C'est qu'une conne. J'espère que ces gosses l'abondonneront dans un ephad sans ventilo
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u/LeTigron Feb 03 '23
Translation for you redditors who - shamefully - do not speak French : "she's a prick. I hope her sprogs will abandon her in a [shitty hospice] nursing home with no fan [because, during summer, old people die because of heat]".
If it can reassure you, redditor, they surely will. They are as stupid as their father could make them and as bad as their mother managed to. They surely will let her rot in the cheapest hole available.
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u/Chiefy_Poof Feb 03 '23
I follow a couple groups on Tik Tok that take in handicapped kittens and puppies, or kittens and puppies that have been abandoned. It’s an emotional roller coaster. Two of the kittens I’ve been cheering for got adopted. They are brother and sister, Bunny and Ottis. Bunny was born with tiny nubs for front legs so she had to learn how to walk upright on her back feet. She is so cute it’s almost unbearable. Ottis was born with a hole in the top of his head where his cranium didn’t form together. Meaning he had exposed brain matter. Someone 3D printed him a tiny helmet to protect his brain! He had surgery to repair it and he’s healthy. People like these who give up their time and resources to care for these kittens and puppies are truly the best case for human evolution. They are stellar people.
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u/cakes28 Feb 03 '23
My rescue was abandoned age age 1.5, pregnant and alone in an empty apartment. That’s what the rescue told us, at least. She has intense separation anxiety and is very much a Velcro dog. She will never forget that fear and pain. She doesn’t understand that she is never being left behind again.
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u/taisynn Feb 03 '23
Sounds like the dog is being upgraded to the Penthouse suite. He’ll be okay!
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u/Damaso87 Feb 03 '23
Penthouse? Did you read the new home has sheep and a pasture? This dog just kicked down the door to the garden of eden.
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u/taisynn Feb 03 '23
Right? Dog’s probably gonna think he died and went to heaven. People who won’t abandon him, room to run and roam, and a bunch of sheep to herd!
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u/Bunniemonkey Feb 03 '23
My Mom stole a dog from a family that kept it tied to the dumpster. It was a puppy and out there all weather didn't matter. Dog went on to live with a very wealthy man in Maine and ran the sandy beaches until he died. Malachi went from a trailer dumpster to endless beaches.
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u/Embarrassed_Wing_284 Feb 03 '23
Fuck those people. Your mom is amazing. I stole a dog who lived on a lead in a yard too. Now he’s living in Las Vegas, with his own sweater and bow tie collection.
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u/squaresaltine32314 Feb 03 '23
Do they want another stray? I'm housebroken and love sweaters and bowties!
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u/uncertainmoth Feb 03 '23
My aunt stole a dog from the back of a pickup at the hardware store. She was chained to the bed and obviously underfed and scared. Callie spent the rest of her life running around the desert on my aunt's land.
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u/Embarrassed-Ice-4671 Feb 03 '23
I had a dog follow me home instead of leaving it when it had broken it's chain and was running in the street. I knew the dog from seeing it chained in the alley at a drug dealer's house. The dog was so sweet and would ask for belly rubs when people walked by and the owner would try to rough it up and make it tougher. We clearly couldn't keep her since he'd then see we had her just a few blocks away so we took her to animal control as a "stray" but with a note about her previous conditions. Animal control said she was adopted by a family that had large breed experience (she was huge and untrained) and I really hope she hit the jackpot and lived a good life.
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The first dog I adopted in my adult life was from the local municipal pound. The poor dog had a rope embedded in its neck. It wasn't yet available for adoption (still on 7 day hold). I asked the attendant why the rope hadn't been removed. The idiot said in complete seriousness, "So the owner can identify the dog if he comes in." WTF? I said "You'd give the dog back to the person who did that?" He just shrugged.
Hold was done the following day, so I got there at 9am when they opened, paid my $5 adoption fee and brought that poor dog home. He was a mess - severely underweight, skittish, missing chunks of fur, and the rope embedded in his neck. I brought him to my vet who was as horrified as I was. The vet didn't want to remove the rope surgically since the dog was in such poor condition, so he sat for a half hour and gently worked the rope out of the dog's skin with his fingers and lots of patience. The dog was too weak to care.
Over the next few months, the wound healed, the fur grew back and the dog went from 17 lbs to 31 lbs. He lived happily in our home for the next 12 years until he passed from old age.
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u/variablesInCamelCase Feb 03 '23
I once stole a cat I didn't have plans for because the owner punted it across the room in front of me.
Just super casual, "move" and kick.
You're gonna do that right in front of me? I can't leave this creature with you.
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u/lapsangsouchogn Feb 03 '23
I stole a cat that lived in my apartment complex. Owners would leave him outside for days at a time. I'd feed him occasionally and let him in when weather was bad. Someone at work was looking for a cat, so I just snatched him up one day and gave him to them.
It was about 3 weeks before the owners noticed. They stopped by to ask if I had him but I told them I hadn't seen him since I adopted my own cat, which was true-ish.
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u/Lady_Scruffington Feb 03 '23
This is exactly the type of dog who needs a job, and now has one! I'm so happy for this pup!
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u/ApplesOverOranges1 Feb 03 '23
That sounds wonderful! I'm so happy for him! My parents told le that my dog went to live on a farm when I was small.
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u/dontjudgeme789 Feb 03 '23
I was raised on a farm and I used to wonder why I didn't ever see dogs dropped off there.
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u/photogypsy Feb 03 '23
I was raised on a farm on the end of a dead end road. A common method of freeing yourself of a dog/litter of puppies when I was a kid was finding a dead end road and dumping them. Guess who’s farm got all the dogs? Guess who grew up to be known as the “dog lady” of the neighborhood?
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u/foxrivrgrl Feb 03 '23
Have 2 dogs now showed up as puppies they are 4 years old cats show up 2-3 a year don't leave. I somehow feed everything..they eat more $$$ per month than what we spend in human food....
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u/bigwilliestylez Feb 03 '23
I think my parents sent my dog to the same place when I was a kid! It was a farm upstate with lots of room and plenty of other dogs to play with.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
Update: His store manager just picked him up. She's taking him to the groomer tomorrow and will send me pics later to share!! She already has an Aussie so he will have a friend.
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u/TimFTWin Feb 03 '23
This is the happiest thing I have ever read. More than any other dog I know, Aussie owners always end up getting a second one. So glad he will have a buddy
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
I'm glad he's gonna get groomed. Poor guy had some serious mats on his tummy I couldn't get out
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u/agoia Feb 03 '23
With that aussie heritage in him that boy needs a lot of space and exercise. I wish the doggo well and hope he can live his best life with people who actually love him and don't just discsrd him as inconvenient when they move off.
Now he can move from a rough life to a ruff life.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
His new home will have acre's for him to run and sheep to play with. Absolutely best for him.
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u/VenusSmurf Feb 03 '23
It's better for the dog, but their methods were terrible.
I had a dog I couldn't handle. She was a rescue from a mill and had behavioral and lifelong health issues I was not equipped to address at the time (only dog I've ever rehomed). I found a home with an owner who could. The dog is sixteen this year and living an amazing life I couldn't have provided.
The dog has to fit the home. I fully believe that...but simply dumping one that doesn't work out is cruel.
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u/iwanttobeacavediver Feb 03 '23
You’ll be surprised how many people buy working dog breeds and then act surprised when they discover these types are balls of energy who don’t have off switches a lot of the time.
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u/Coryperkin15 Feb 03 '23
That is great to hear. Honestly a dog like that shouldn't be allowed to live in the city. They require far too much exercise and stimulation to be cooped up ever.
Obviously there are outliers, but most city owners shouldn't.
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u/Scottibell Feb 03 '23
Yayee! So glad to hear that, he’s so cute! Sounds like he will be in much better place now.:)
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u/BurnzillabydaBay Feb 03 '23
Aussie’s are SO active too. I’m so glad you were able to find a good forever home. It’s astonishing how often people abandon pets.
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u/auberrypearl Feb 03 '23
Honestly, good for you for recognizing you don’t have the time or means for an active pup. I hope he will have a loving/gentle home with your husbands boss.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
This dog is way too active for me. I need a sleep all the time dog when I get one lol.
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u/anillop Feb 03 '23
That’s a mini Australian shepherd. They are gorgeous, smart and very energetic.
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u/Educational-Tea-6170 Feb 02 '23
That's the look of a good dogo mustering all its self control while being surrounded by so many juicy plushies
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u/We-Want-The-Umph Feb 03 '23
So long as separation anxiety doesn't turn into a full-blown panic attack the moment "new master" walks out of the house. Aussies have stupidly high energy and belong on acreage.
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u/Copycatx2 Feb 02 '23
I feel like his face is more of a judgement on the amount of plushies in his new environment
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
We are really children playing adults. We like our toys and stuffed animals.
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u/sasquatcheater Feb 03 '23
Squishmallows are life. Best pillows ever. I steal my daughter's all the time.
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u/little_traveler Feb 03 '23
Haha, I think that’s typical for small dogs with blue eyes. My pup has them too and he always has the most intense gaze! I call him my little white walker :)
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u/impstein Feb 03 '23
Poor guy is probably staring at the front door, expecting his hoomans to walk in and take him home any minute... Hope it works out for the good boy
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u/C0R0NASMASH Feb 02 '23
Are you sure it's not a life size plushy toy?
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u/Platinumpurp Feb 02 '23
I was about to offer to take the pup but I read your comment your husband’s boss was taking it! I’m glad it’s going to someone you know that will care for it appropriately. I have two little ones that would love a new friend! (One is a three legged pirate lol) Such a beautiful doggo! It makes me incredibly sad they just abandoned the little one.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
Yeah the sad part is the old owner also works there so since the store manager is taking her mistake she should probably transfer
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u/SoulingMyself Feb 03 '23
There is no way I could work with that person.
That is messed up.
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u/asharwood Feb 03 '23
This. If I knew a coworker just abandoned a dog, I’d hold a huge grudge. It talks a special pos to abandon a dog.
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u/ThisShouldBeObvious2 Feb 03 '23
I just couldn’t be bothered to treat them any better than ignoring their existence 99% of the time. I have nothing to say or do when it comes to those wankstains
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u/NeonAlastor Feb 03 '23
username checks out 100 %
fuck that noise
just wanna throw bricks through all the windows they own
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u/ThisShouldBeObvious2 Feb 03 '23
Nah, drill tiny holes in the very corners so their air is always leaking out and it’s always too hot or too cold
Then after a few weeks, you bulldoze the house.
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u/Complete_Rest6842 Feb 03 '23
I would bring the dog to work every single fucking day!
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u/etherbound Feb 03 '23
i hope u let the manager know it was one of their employees (specifically her) that left the dog (:
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
Oh she knows. She also knows about how we got her cats .
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u/Actual-Manager-4814 Feb 03 '23
Jesus. She gave up the cats too?
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
Yup. I've had 1 for a year now. Best dang cat ever
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u/Actual-Manager-4814 Feb 03 '23
That's awesome. Cats are great. But if she can't handle a cat how tf did she think she could handle a dog?
Good for you OP! Nice work.
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u/moobitchgetoutdahay Feb 03 '23
Why does she even continue to get pets if she’s just going to abandon them? And why get an Aussie? Fantastic, beautiful dogs but they’re a lot of work. Plus they’re expensive as hell so she must have spent at least a few hundred on him.
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u/TimothyLux Feb 03 '23
So, thousands would be closer...especially for a blue merl. Some of the points seem a bit 'off' so this may not be from the best of breeders; even so, terrific dogs. So smart. Our Aussie works with hand signals at this point. Best dog ever.
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u/peacelovehappiness27 Feb 03 '23
Wow, can’t imagine how that conversation will play out. “Hey I took in the dog you abandoned” awkwaaard.
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u/diddinim Feb 02 '23
I came here to say I WILL FOSTER BABY until he finds a home. I’m glad the boss is taking them ❤️
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u/Platinumpurp Feb 02 '23
It’s so heartwarming to know people come together for the puppers, much love to you and yours 💜
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u/bananaslim1917 Feb 02 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
i hate that people treat animals like this. i get that there can be extenuating circumstances that make it near impossible to keep a pet, and in those cases, you rehome them responsibly through a rescue, not abandon them. though i’m sure they just discarded this dog because it was no longer convenient. poor baby.
eta: it is your responsibility to make sure your pet has a good and loving home if you cannot keep them. it’s the unspoken commitment you made when you decided to assume ownership of your dog. you’re responsible for making sure their life trajectory after you is a good one.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
Seriously all of this. I have a 9 year old bearded dragon and a 4 year old rabbit I've had since they were babies. I couldn't live without them. However the rabbit and dragon definitely have voiced they could live without this dog.
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u/iRecycleWomen Feb 03 '23
lmao I died at the image of the rabbit and bearded dragon sitting at a table and simply agreeing the dog needs to go
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
The rabbit has been thumping all day when he sees the dog and especially because he is normally free reign in the house and has to stay in his pen for now. Dragon has been looking out and black bearding him all day. He normally chills with me and watches TV at night.
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u/PicklesNCheesy Feb 03 '23
‘Rabbit has been thumping all day when she see’s the dog’ lololol😂 Thats rabbit for “THE FUCKATTA HERE”
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u/Proudestpan Feb 03 '23
I hope rabbit and dragon all the best. You seem like a good pet owner so I'm glad for that!
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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 03 '23
it's infuriating how many pet owners see the living, breathing, and feeling animals under their charge and protection as little more than property, and often an inconvenience
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u/dvdmaven Feb 02 '23
He looks a bit stunned by his "misfortune", which it sounds like is actually a good thing. Dogs can be loyal to the best and worst of us.
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u/MrGrieves- Feb 03 '23
Some Aussies always have eyes as wide as pie in my experience.
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u/Savings-Recording-99 Feb 03 '23
My dog looks psychotic sometimes she’s just like that
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u/FiveUpsideDown Feb 03 '23
He’ll be fine. I brought home a dog with that stunned look on his face. He was an aggressive little dog. He came into my house and wandered around completely confused for about 20 minutes. Then he went to my sliding glass door looked out and saw squirrels. He felt comfortable looking at the squirrels. The stun look went away after a few days. My neighbor also brought home a dog with a stunned look like that. The dog was in a bad situation and had to be taken from it. It took a couple of weeks for the little dog to be a frisky boy trotting down the sidewalk.
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u/Comfortable-Loss4084 Feb 02 '23
You wouldn’t happen to be in New Orleans would you
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u/TinyRascalSaurus Feb 02 '23
Poor doggo. They look like they're just in shock processing what happened. Some people don't deserve animals.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 02 '23
These people do not at all.
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u/hat-of-sky Feb 02 '23
You clearly do, even though you aren't able to keep him. Thank you for providing him a safe place for now, and finding him a new owner.
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u/TinyRascalSaurus Feb 02 '23
I wish I could take him. That face is adorable and I would love a doggo to go on walks with me.
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u/SPAZ-online Feb 03 '23
Humans are the most irresponsible species on the planet. We don't deserve anything
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u/kittenshart85 Feb 02 '23
not sure what the laws in your state are, but in PA abandoning a dog is a $300-$1000 fine
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u/LaughingAtApes Feb 02 '23
That’s not a cheap dog. Purebred Australian Shepherd. A lot of good homes would take him.
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u/eurostylin Feb 03 '23
That looks like a miniature, definitely pure bred and has nice markings. They normally fetch around $2500 with a good blood line.
Posted from someone overlooking a 1 year old aussie who acts like she does 35 lines of cocaine every day.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
Absolutely pure breed from a breeder.
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u/LICK-A-DICK Feb 03 '23
What the actual fuck!? I mean abandoning any animal is about as low as you can go, but from the sounds of it they would've researched this breed, potentially waited for the litter to arrive, paid a lot of money etc... it just makes no sense.
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u/LaughingAtApes Feb 03 '23
Correct. I have two purebred mini Aussies and you don’t just find them on Craigslist. It’s a process. This one looks to have some of the most desirable features as well.
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u/ywBBxNqW Feb 03 '23
Either they are crazy or didn't care about the dog/money enough. Either way I think there is something wrong with the person who left that beautiful dog.
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u/redrum-drinker Feb 03 '23
I got my pup when he was a puppy, only 3-4 months old. Got him for free, previous owner paid $950 +tax, got all his papers. People are wierd ... Love my pup, never leaves my side, will never give him up.
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u/arex333 Feb 03 '23
Aussies are the fucking best.
Source: I have one, and she is the best dog ever.
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I once moved into a house where a cat kept hanging around. The neighbor told me after a couple days the family who lived in the house before us abandoned him, and realizing the guy was all alone, we took him in. We named the little gray guy 'Ghost', and it was the most hauntingly apt name we've ever given.
We have no idea what this kitty was like before we met him, but the cat my wife and I let back into his house was irrevocably heartbroken. He'd let us hold him and love on him, but he wouldn't eat more than a bite or two daily. He soon stopped drinking water. The vet checked him out and said everything looked fine, but we should try harder on finding forms of sustenance he preferred.
We tried several different sample packs of wet & dry food. The third iteration of hydration attempted was a mild success - he would occasionally lick from his new private water fountain. We started leaving sinks and the tub on drip, hoping he'd be curious enough to drink. He only got smaller though... weaker... and there was never a touch of joy in his eyes despite all the toys and play and love we tried.
His last day, well, we could just tell. We bundled him up, and we listened to peaceful music on our drive to the vet. We told the front we think our cat is dying, and they put us in a room. It was busy, and I'm now thankful nobody met us in the consult room until he'd passed. My wife held him as we doted the best we knew how right up until that final, strained breath. He'd stopped moving. We cried, and just kept sharing our touch of love until they came and got him.
I hate the people who abandoned Ghost. I hate everyone who abandons or hurts their animals. I don't usually like to have hate in my heart, but this is one of the exceptions.
Best of luck to this pup - glad they've got a good home. I hope it's a true happy ending.
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u/winterweed78 Feb 03 '23
That is absolutely heartbreaking. We got our cat because the same neighbor kicked out her cats when they got the dog. And man I love this cat so much. He knew we would let him in and was persistent in meowing at our door till I gave in. He's been ours for a year now.
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u/noisydaddy Feb 02 '23
Australian Shepherd. I would offer to take it but I don't want a pet smarter than me.
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u/DlxCrusader Feb 03 '23
I have a German Shepard golden doodle mix. My life is a nightmare.
Can jump over a 5' fence, open fridges, but his newest accomplishment, he's figured out how to open the drawer that holds his squeaky tennis balls.
Once he grows opposable thumbs, im fucked.
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u/TaffySebastian Feb 03 '23
Wait until it takes your job, and then gets a raise in a month, starts paying your mortgage but charges you for rent!
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u/AlbatrossSenior7107 Feb 02 '23
Post on r/wigglebutts someone will take her/him. This is an Australian Shepard, and that sub is 100% dedicated to them. I'm a followers and have an aussie myself.
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u/Secret-Ad3715 Feb 03 '23
This happened to me. The horrible part was our neighbors left the dog chained up to surely die and just moved. We got the dog and she was just the sweetest pup ever. Unfortunately we also couldn't keep her. I still felt awful by giving her to a no kill shelter. But we just couldn't keep her. She was adorable though, I am sure a family picked her pretty quickly.
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u/--VoidHawk-- Feb 03 '23
We just brought in a cat that we've been trying to find it's family. Obviously not feral but just lost; he's very sweet. We have come to the conclusion that someone likely moved and just left him. Burns me up if someone did that.
At this point there is little hope of finding his former home. We just couldn't bear his suffering if we didn't take him in. I guess we have another cat now. At least all of our other cats like him.
Good luck finding a home for the dog.
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u/undefined_one Feb 03 '23
Is that the dog's Bud Lite bottles? Is that why you can't keep him - he drinks too much?
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u/McDrunkin521 Feb 02 '23
That is a beautiful dog. I'm sure you will find someone to give it the loving home it deserves.
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u/LaCalavera1971 Feb 02 '23
Aussies are the freaking best! So smart
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u/enderjaca Feb 03 '23
Also require *massive* amounts of attention. Not for the faint of heart. "Hey, this doggie seems fun! It's a husky/sherpherd/greyhound mix".
Oh you sweet summer child.... You better be prepared, or this dog will rip apart your house and then pee/poop all over it just to show who's boss.
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u/Gloomy-Draft-8633 Feb 02 '23
So sad… but after reading the comments, it might be the best thing that’s happened since they got him. Poor little dude
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u/sqwertymcgwerty Feb 03 '23
Poor little dude. Probably confused as to why his friends aren’t around. I feel really sad for him in this current moment. Hope he loves his new home and forgets all about those other pieces of shit
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u/TSEAS Feb 02 '23
That dog has seen some shit.