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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people suggesting chore charts etc are nuts...kids and husband don’t give a crap so a chore chart is just going to cause fights.

OP, the advice I always give is that the responsibility of the dog always falls on mom.  So, getting a dog is mom’s and only mom’s choice.

Now you need to decide what to do: 1) take dog back to where you got it 2) dig in and love the dog and take full responsibility yourself.[/quote]

I'd do the chore chart because it allows them to take ownership of and responsibility for what seems inevitable, which is returning or rehoming the dog.  Give them a month.  When they all fail to take care of the dog, because what they wanted was the fun and not the work, then the dog goes back and it's their fault, not yours.  I'd be clear: "I didn't want a dog.  You all assured me that you would take care of the dog, but you aren't doing that.  The dog needs to be trained, fed, brushed, and taken outside X times a day.  Here is a chart listing all the things that need to be done.  If they are not, the dog goes back.  I'm simply not going to do all the work; it's not fair.  If you want a dog, you need to take care of it. At the end of the day, I will do all the chores you have not done.  If, at the end of the month, I have done more than X chores, the dog is going back."   At the end, you look at the chart and see who actually did what.  If you have done more chores than whatever limit you set at the beginning of the month, the dog goes back.  Done.  [/quote]

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