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[quote=Anonymous]We have a beagle/shepherd mix who required the same amount of training and activity until she was about four when she finally calmed down a bit, but not really - she still needs a couple long run/walks a day to be happy.

What you’re describing is a high-energy, young dog - three walks a day and wanting to destroy things is high energy, young dog life. You can direct your anger at rescues generally if that makes you feel better, but you ultimately adopted a high energy, very young dog when you already have three kids.

I get it, you can’t know what you’re getting yourself into with major life decisions - everyone tells you how hard it is and you’re like how hard could it be? And then you do the thing and you’re like oh wow this is HARD. I am in the “you made a choice with a dog, stick with it as like as it’s not dangerous” camp, but I understand why people give up. Having a young, high energy dog is absolutely going to take over your entire life for a while. Don’t get one if you don’t want that. Now that you have one, own your choice - rehome if you can’t do it. This is not the dog’s fault and it’s not the rescues fault - I guess they could vet potential adopters better but then you have people complaining that it’s too hard to adopt a dog, so they can’t win. [/quote]

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