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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I can relate. We have two dogs that I don't particularly care for.  DH and the kids wanted them, so I gave in while I SAH.  I started working again about a year later & DH travels all the time so on top of basically being a single mother 75% of the time, I have two dogs to take care of.  I'm also annoyed with the hair on the furniture, the need to constantly vacuum, the barking when they see a squirrel or something walk by the window, etc.  I've tried to be a dog person, but I'm not.  People think you're a horrible person if you don't love dogs.  It's not like I abuse them or anything, I'm just not a fan and feel like they make my quality of life worse, not better.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks for your empathy. With a 4-year-old kid, a job, a husband and a household to manage I am already the last person on the list to take care of. I feel like I deserve to be considerate about my own needs at least a tiny bit.

But then I feel like a bad person, because our dog could not do anything better. In contrast to other dogs in the building she doesn't bark, jump or salivate. When we pass other dogs on the street, ours just walks by silently (with pulled-in tail). When I see how badly some of our neighbors' dogs behave, I would definitely not put up with that.

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