Keep in mind that this is NOT my puppy. I know they are a lot of responsibility, way more than I want to or could deal with right now, and they're a lot of work, nor would I ever get one from a breeder, which is my mom's MO. The way my mom handles pets makes me very angry, for the record. All that aside, here goes:
The dog's a havapoo mix, about 6-7 months. He's the cutest, so wily, constantly getting into anything and everything, tearing things up, chewing on everything...so, being a puppy...which pisses my family off. He pees on puppy training pads, and poops on them only sometimes. Other times it's wherever he wants, a few inches off the pad, the kitchen. etc. My mom got him from a breeder and always says, 'he was pad trained when I got him!' as a defense as to why he should be perfect now. (Note: our other current dog is literally the only one out of 6 or 7 dogs we've had their entire lives, all but one gotten rid of eventually because of 'bathroom' problems. My mom doesn't properly train, and they have to suffer, and it makes my blood boil. It also took our other current dog about 2 years to stop peeing and pooping all over the floor and outside instead.)
I say all dogs are different, and you can't just drop a puppy on a pad and except him to be flawless the rest of his life. I also bring up the fact our current dog took forever to get it right, anyway. Then she says something like, 'well, he went on the floor! I could deal with that, but not on the couch!' He isn't fixed yet, and he has yet to be exposed to our yard as somewhere to go. He was for a bit, but he kept escaping into the next yard, so until we get something to block off that area, he can't ever go outside with the other dog and see the other dog poop and pee. I feel awful for him. He whines and barks and goes crazy when he sees that the other dog is going to go outside without him. I know he's stressed out and anxious because of it, surely. He's pooped on my mother's bed numerous times. She's always let him sleep with her. Recently he did it on the bed while she was in her bedroom for a couple minutes just getting something. She doesn't sleep on it anymore but on the couch in the living room until she gets another bed. Now, the puppy's pooped on couch a few times in the past 1.5 wks. Last night was the most recent. She was pissed, of course, and I just gave up on trying to "defend" it (ie: he hasn't been trained), because I'm sick of getting upset over something I have no control over (whether she gets rid of the dog) and don't fully understand this.
My mom never tries to research anything, never puts in work with the dogs, but has a meltdown every time they do something like this. She's a horrible pet owner. I just told her a few days ago she never needs to get another puppy since she won't put in the work. She knows I'm right.
I'm leaving in a few months, so it 'shouldn't even matter' to me whether he's still here or not. But I'm a massive bleeding heart, and I hate the idea of throwing a dog to the wolves, putting him in entirely new surroundings, taking him away from the only place he's ever known, really. That hurts me even worse than the mere idea of my just not seeing him again, if that makes sense. I don't want to have him shuffled around and end up god knows where. Just a shelter would make me so sad. If I knew he was going to someone who would truly put in the effort and be understanding, I'd be fine. Overall, I just think it's massively unfair that a literal puppy is constantly in danger of being taken to the pound because 1) he hasn't been properly trained 2) he constantly is in need of an energy release, which he can't get because he can't go outside, which tortures him especially when he sees our other dog go.
But pooping on the couch is really gross, and I don't know how to get him to stop that. He can't be alone in the living room for 30 seconds because he might do this. I'm at work all day, my mom's at work all day...my grandmother is here but she's not super mobile so she can't do anything with any of this.
I don't know what to do. Why do dogs do this? Is there anything I can do to stop this? Will getting him fixed help? Getting rid of him is not the appropriate response, right? Since my mom has cycled through a number of dogs and given them away because of bathroom 'issues,' I really don't think it is. I think it's a HER problem, but I don't know how to fix it.
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