He had those dogs for about 10 years. It's a small little Benji type dog (Lucy) and a Jack Russell (Mickey). Lucy pees EVERYWHERE and has completely destroyed my carpet. (My brother moved in with me and brought his dogs.)
I feel bad getting rid of them because of how much he loved them, but I'm sick of the smell of dog urine. Putting them outside is not an option because they drive me nuts with their barking until I let them in. They have always been inside dogs, and they have always been together, for the last ten years at least.
I feel like breaking them up would make one or both of them depressed, and that's the last thing I want because I'm a dog lover. I just don't love these two particular dogs. I'm a big dog type of guy and want to get a Golden Retriever. But before I can get one and train him properly, I need to get rid of these two dogs, clean the carpet thoroughly to get the pee smell out so the new dog doesn't think it's okay to do that. Simply put, I don't want these dogs.
However, I feel extremely guilty giving them up because what if they get split up? What if it hurts them emotionally? You know how dogs get attached to people... I don't want them to think they are just being abandoned. Those Sara McLaughlin dog videos just crush me! I feel like an awful person. I've tried to train them to pee outside but my brother just never cared and let them do whatever and the adage "you can't teach old dogs new tricks" seems very true. I don't know which way I'm leaning. Do I get rid of the dogs and feel guilty forever, or do I keep them, not get a new dog, and deal with the awful habits they have picked up? I hate this.
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