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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got our dog about a year ago. We did a lot of research, I have experience with dogs, we all thought we wanted one.

Turns out I hate having a dog. Everyone else in the family is happy, and everyone does pitch in for her care. I just hate all aspects of being responsible for a pet.

As she gets older it’s gotten a little easier, but I’m so bummed I have to spend the next 12 years or so dealing with this. It’s such a contrast from having kids, my kids bring me SO much happiness, and the dog just feels like a total drag for me.

Anyone else been there? How did you cope?[/quote]

I hate my dog too :(
She’s 5 years old now. For the first year or a bit more, she was pooping and peeing everywhere. I would get up in the morning and spend at least 40 minutes to clean all ground floor before heading to work. Then again the same after I got back from work. For almost two first years of her life she was basically gradually destroying my rented home. She’s 5 now, and only stopped peeing from happiness around 1,5 ago. To this day she’s peeing when she did something knowing she’s not allowed. I moved to a brand new house, I have everywhere wooden floors, so when she pees it’s easier to clean. Except for the stairs. Wooden stairs it’s not a good idea, someone could slip easily so I put a brand new carpet. She was never allowed upstairs, in my old house I could just close the door leading upstairs, but there is no door in the new house. Before I leave the house I must put a barricade made of chairs and all I can use to block the stairs and yet I come back home, she’s there. With barricades somehow untouched. She gets upstairs but can’t go back down because of all these obstacles. I yelled at her so many times, and even recently so hard I could barely speak the next day. I thought she got so scared of me she’ll never try to go upstairs ever again. How naive was I. Next day she went upstairs and when she heard me coming back home, she peed all over herself, my new carpet and the walls. I hate her! She always smells like wee. My home always smells like wee! My mop smells like wee from all the wee!!! She’s scared of absolutely everything. If a larger fly files into the house, she tries to hide in the smallest spaces! She hears people outside, heart attack! Hears noises, pees under herself. German Shepherd for f***k sake! I thought the older she gets the better she will be, more confident, that was naive too! 
She’s very obedient during walks, I have no problem with calling her back to me even if she tries to chase a cat or a rabbit, even half way, I call her, she’s immediately gets back to me. She waits, stops when I ask, very smart, learns fast, etc, but as soon as I take her of lead, she runs in circles. I hate that in her. It’s so hard to eliminate that. I see results but it’s a such a slow process. I think it’s some kind of anxiety or something! This becomes very excessive when I take her places she’s never been before. I'm honestly ashamed to let her off the leash. On the other hand if I don’t, she’ll be pulling my arm off. About trips. I’ve got a large car, cause I wanted her to have a lot of space during our trips, and this was a mistake. Now she has so much space at the back, that she’s walking all over the place and whines aaaaalll the way, even for hours. This is getting worse the longer trip becomes. Making noises as if a pack of wild dogs was raping her back there. All this resulted in my decision of not taking her with us anymore. I feel always very guilty as some places would be perfect for her, loads of water or space for running, but she ruins every trip for us. I so want to give her away. 
She’s a nightmare, she’s a weight! only reason she’s still with us is that my daughter loves her. I can’t think of a single benefit of having this dog and I’ve been thinking for months now. Not a single one. She destroys, acts like an idiot on a walk, timid, idiot in the car, idiot in new places, and for all that idiotic behavior she gives me I still have to spend money for her food, dental and medical etc. She’s a parasite! That’s how I started seeing her. A parasite! Now I know there’s never going to be a bond between us. It’s been 5 years and I hate her every day more and more. Before I got her I loved dogs, now I only counting the years that have left for her hoping there aren’t a lot :([/quote]

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