My dog doesn’t fit in my life anymore and I feel like an asshole, help would be appreciated

Sorry if this is ranty I just needed to get this out somewhere.

I’ve had my dog for about 4 years now, he is a 9 year old pitbull, and really the sweetest animal in the world. He loves people and going for walks. The problem is that is all he likes.... He has major behavioral problems around other animals, marking problems in the house, poor leash manners and does not take to training well whatsoever. I can’t take him to the dog park, or out to play as he doesn’t enjoy playing with toys or fetch or with other dogs, he just wants to go around and pee and smell everything and mark his territory. He has even been kicked out of group day care. He also has history of killing a cat that was in the same house where he was when he got out of his crate at one point...

I didn’t know or consider any of this when I adopted the dog originally. It is majorly stressing me out and depressing me having to deal with him, pay for kennel when traveling, clean up his piss on all of my new furniture, and I feel terrible if I don’t come home to let him out three times a day because I know he has done nothing wrong.

I basically feel like I am fostering him and don’t get any enjoyment out of having him as a pet at all, he just frustrates me. I really just don’t want to do this any more.

I’ve tried some rehoming and adoption websites but none of them work very well, and I honestly can’t recommend having this dog as a pet, given what I know the owner will have to put up with. I don’t want to give him up to a shelter as I know they’re overloaded already and older dogs have trouble finding new homes, so would just stress the dog out more than is necessary. I can handle waiting some time financially, but really need a plan for myself going forward.

Ideally he would find a home with no other animals and a fenced yard where he can just be outside and just away from everything, he is happy like that. But buying a house and moving somewhere like this is just not in the cards for me any time soon.

Can anyone please offer suggestions how I can move forward with my life and find a new home for this guy with a family that better suits him.

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