I'm 17 and I live with just my mom. Last week we adopted a German Shepherd, who is a retired bomb dog. She's about seven, and so far has been an absolute pain. She is barely trained, picky with her food, and is aggressive towards both dogs and cats. Now that's a big issue given that she basically demands that we take her on about four walks every day, because she won't go to the bathroom unless she's in a specific yard on the other side of the block, and refuses to go to the bathroom in our backyard. There are a lot of dogs in our neighborhood, even some that run around with no leash all the time, so I worry about encountering one on our walks. We've already encountered a couple leashed dogs on our walks, and she loses her mind without fail every time.
Now, her cat aggression is also a big problem, given that we have a cat. I rescued him when he was very young, to the point where I had to bottle feed him. He's almost three now, and he's the sweetest cat ever, he's never bit, scratched, or hissed at anyone. The dog is completely aggressive towards him. We've tried to introduce them several times using positive reinforcement and having her on a leash, but she goes crazy every single time, no matter what we do, and barks at him from under the door. She even tried to attach him from the other side of a window today. He had been locked in a room by himself for the past week, and i feel horrible about it. My mom doesn't seem to care.
The dog has also been destroying things of mine that are sentimental to me. Just today she stood up to get onto the fourth shelf of my bookshelf and grabbed a plushie my friend hand sewed for me, and ripped it to pieces. My mom was at work, and all she had to say was that it was my fault and that I probably left it out for her to find
I wouldn't usually have a problem with her if it was strictly my mom's dog, but she's a firefighter, and I'm homeschooled, meaning that she takes shifts that are anywhere from 24 hours, to 144 hours straight. In the last week, I've already had to be alone with her for three days, and I just don't think it's fair that I'm the one taking care of a dog that I don't like 40% of the time when she's at work.
I don't think this dog is a good fit for us, and I feel terrible for wanting to rehome her, but I don't feel like I have a choice. I feel like it's going to come down to her or my cat, and I'm sorry, but I choose my cat. How do I bring this up to my mom? What should I say?
TL;DR My mom's new dog is a nuisance and a threat to my cat, and I want to rehome her.
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