She reminded her husband that she didn’t want him to buy a large dog. Since they have both a cat and a small child, she would be constantly on edge if the dog he chose was big.
Then, she asked her husband to remember to ask the animal shelter to show him dogs that are good around cats.
“He went to the shelter by himself because our son doesn’t like loud noises, and shelters are very noisy, and he comes home with a 40-pound lab/pointer mix. This dog is a cute menace. He eats our stuff and has practically torn our door down anytime we try to put him in the yard (which I am aware is most likely separation anxiety, and I have worked on that and don’t force him to be out there alone unless it’s necessary),” she explained.
Even worse, the dog attacks her cat so aggressively that she has had to pry the cat out of the dog’s mouth.
More than once, she was terrified that the dog had killed the cat.
When her husband adopted the dog, he assured her that he would take care of the dog and train him.
However, when her husband is home after work, he doesn’t hang out with the dog at all.
Her husband doesn’t take the dog for walks, clean up after the dog uses the bathroom, or train him out of aggressive behaviors.
Unfortunately, taking care of the dog has been a job that’s fallen completely on her.
“The dog has an allergy we’ve been trying to figure out, so there have been lots of medication and vet visits, and I’ve done it all. He’s not a bad dog. I like him, but the amount of frustration and stress he brings me, and responsibility that wasn’t supposed to be mine, with all the nervousness, on top of the responsibility of staying home to raise our son, is driving me insane,” she shared.
For more than a year, she has been doing her best to work through this overwhelming situation. She has attempted to find ways to cope with the anxiety and frustration she constantly feels, but nothing has improved.
