Friday, July 31, 2009

I have to get rid of my dog of 15 years and wondered if i should adopt or put her down?

i asked this question before but i want to tell you the whole story, when we had this dog my brother picked her out and we had good times with this dog but 4 or 5 years ago my brother died, we had to sell our house and move to a condo, now we are getting complaints becuz we dont have a hard and the dog does her buisness on the deck, we cant buy a new house cuz they are just too expensive, her health is ok , but i just dont know what to do ,i love her so much but just in a bad situation right now
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pets are like children. If the complex didnt want kids, you find one that does, period. You dont take on a critter for just a few years, its for their lifetime. How fair is it for the dog? Kill him because your tired of your responsibility? and thinking of getting another one? come on. what kind of cad does that? That poor ignorant dog thinks your its family. Wonder if your mother felt about you that way? You say you love her so much? LOL. Either go find a place that you can live suitable for the both of you or go have yourself put to sleep. Thank god your not my master. Put yourself in that poor dogs place. What would she want done? Believe me, we all pay for our decisions in life. Monetary things mean nothing. Morals mean everything. Karma will find you.
Put her down. No offence but she is going to die soon anyway and I would'nt trust just anyone to take care of a 15 year old dog they don't even know. :-(
Well take her for a walk throughout the day! Clean up the deck and why should they be concerned if its your deck anyway? After 15 years this baby has been yours so why would you allow some A hole neighbor run her off from you!
if you are for real
i feel so bad for you and the dog
dont put her down
you say you have lived in your current situation for a few years
try your best to do what you did in the past
why all of a sudden are you getting complaints
something has changed
what is it
try to fugure it out and youll be able to keep the dog
You should never put down your dog. NEVER.
It breaks the trust and the bond..
And it will even make you feel worse after you've done that.

So worse comes to worst, just get someone to adopt her, rather than taking her down.

You wouldn't want to be bugged by your conscience at night just because you had your beloved dog put down right?
shame on you!!! i can't believe someone could even have this thought in their head after owning a dog for 15 f'n years. you ought to do everything in your power to stay with your ''family member''
Cantankerous old lady has said it best. Bravo Cantankerous for saying what needed to be said. I wish more people would have the courage to speak up for those who can't speak for themselves. Tony R, please do the right thing and just train your dog to do his thing in the right place. Prepare a potty for him and clean it regularly. Take the dog out for walks.
Remember the law of karma. If you don't take the trouble to look after your aging dog, no one may take the trouble to look after you when you are aged.
At 15 years old... you need to keep your dog. For one I wouldn't have move into a place that I couldn't keep my dog. That was mistake number one. I am just trying to figure out how anyone can give up a dog after having him for 15 years I just don't know how you can do that.

You need to think about this dog. You are the only family he has always known and you want to rip his life apart by putting him with strangers. He doesn't have many more years to live make him happy as he did you for so many years. Think back on the fun you had with him.. How many times he stay with your and your brother over hard times. Think how he misses your brother as you do ..Trust me... your dog lost something too. Like I said your dog doesn't have much time left.not at 15...Make his last days worth living .. don't let him leave this world with sadness. Let him die with family.
Move. Sure, it's not always that simple, but putting an animal down is a horrible decision to have to make, and should only be done as a last resort. Unfortunately, even if you do find an adoption agency that will take your dog, at that age it would probably end up unadopted %26 either living more or less in a cage or put down. If your dog is not sevrely ill and/or in pain, sounds like she's been a better friend than to deserve that.
I would rather live in a cardboard box than kill or get rid of my two dogs. Why can't you walk them so they can get exercise and do their business outside? I lived in an apartment for 2 years with my dogs, and I took them to a park to run around and go to the washroom. They never once had an accident inside.
Since you don't have a back yard I suggest you get the dog on a regiment of taking her on walks. It only takes a few minutes of your time a couple times a day. I would never put a dog down just for convenience sake. I know yu love the dog and this can be easily worked out.
If I was you I would adopt her to someone who has a yard to still live her life out she deserves a chance to live just like you and me or put a add in the free column for her. You can even take a picture of her and take it to the humane society letting them now your looking for good home for the dog
I never condone giving up a dog but I know sometimes there are circumstances that make it so. I would say try to find someone you know or pick out as a new owner. Sometimes there is family or family friends that can take them in. But I would say never ever take the dog at that age to a shelter and it is not far to end a healthy dogs life over problems it did not cause.

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