Life My wife brought a puppy home. - Page 7

Ok so my wife brought home a new heeler Australian puppy while we currently have a six month old baby, and a 7 year old son.. I just don’t know how I feel about it. We’ve had him for almost a week and he seems like a good dog and trainable, the research I’ve done on this breed is they are loyal, family oriented but require training and a lot of activity…

My cons:

He’s biting a lot, not hard but it’s enough to where he made our baby cry and ripped up some of our couch and my wife’s night gown. (This is my biggest con as baby comes as #1)

Along with having what is practically a new born, I’ll now have to spend my time training this puppy for months/years.

Long trips are now difficult as we will need to secure either a dog sitter or spend hundreds on a dog hotel.

My wife despite bringing the dog home now has had a change of heart and wants the dog gone.

My Pro’s

My kids get a dog and that’s always awesome for kids and teaches responsibility.

If I could choose a dog years from now it would be this one as he’s already showing signs of being trainable and has already started going outside for restroom breaks. All around seems like a good dog but im not sure if that’s just the breed?

I’ve become attached as has my son.

We’ve found a friend that will take the dog, big yard nice people, I’m just a pet guy and have become attached and just want to know what some of you guys would do in this situation or you older guys what you did do.
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Originally Posted by TripleThreat:
We decided not to keep the dog. There were a lot of factors that played into it. The constant nipping at the baby. Tearing clothes, peeing and pooing in the house. Albeit all of these things can be trained but I’ve never had a dog, nor did I want a dog, so once I noticed my son not giving much thought to the dog, the wife’s mood just worsening, why keep it, when a family who just lost their dog a year ago is ready for a new one with a toddler and no other kids on the way??

Seemed selfish for me and our family to keep him not being A ready, and B willing to do what it takes to give the dog a happy home. Nonetheless we have a 2 story home, limited backyard, he’s now at a big 1 story home, 2-3x our back yard, and from what I’m told is already loving life and has adjusted well.

My son definitely shed a few tears but was mature about the situation stating while he was sad, he is happy for the dog and says dogs are too much work. I stilll feel like a dick of a father but figured I’d give the update to those who deserved it.

At the very least, your wife deserves a good spanking. If you want/need some help with that, shoot me a pm.
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Originally Posted by Bob Dole:
At the insistence of a girlfriend's daughters, I once got a chihuahua that I carried home in my shirt pocket. (Wonderful dog for 12 years, BTW.) She wasn't a bad chewer, but I decided she needed a toy. She loved Valentino the Bear, even though he was almost as big as she was. They were almost inseparable.

Then one day, after that relationship had ended and my chihuahua and I had moved on with life, a nice lady was visiting the house and asked why my 4 pound dog had a $1500 chew toy.

My GF at the time was sorta collecting beanie babies. As well as some of her friends. I thought the beanie baby craze was stupid and they were just throwing their money away. Who knew some of them would become that valuable. And make no mistake, I'd of given a puppy a Valentino as a chew toy without a second thought.
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