Thank God for this forum. I was seriously thinking I was a bad person for hating a dog I recently got rid of.
I had no idea I could hate a dog. I wanted a dog to walk, in a bid for physical fitness -- I do not like gyms. So I advertised for a small dog on Craigslist. I got a black minature Dashund. The folks that had this dog treated like a pampered prince. It slept under their covers and was in the laps 24/7. I should have run away when I realized how pampered this dog was. However, I liked the looks of the dog, and took it home. Needless to say the dog was needy and spoiled and wanted constant attention. I allowed it to sleep on my bed for two nights, but could not stand the dog smell, so I placed him in his crate downstairs.
He barked excessively, but I cured him of the excessive barking. So now he started to shit in my house, right after I walked him. Now I moved him to the garage in his cage to try to train him properly. No luck, he pooped all over his cage and rolled around in it, for spite. This dog was 4 years old and comply house trained. He poops when he is angry, and he does not care if it is in his cage or in the house.
Well, I had enough of cleaning up the stink, so I took him and let him loose in the woods where he belongs. I did not feel the least bit of sorrow or guilt. In fact I was thinking if he found his way back, I would drive him further away and leave him.
Honestly, I did the very best for this dog, and loved him when I brought him home, but his vile, needy, smelly, attention-needing ways caused me to literally hate the dog. He became nothing more than a bother and a nuisance and was not worth the trouble of having a walking companion.
So I am very grateful for this forum, because now I know I am not a bad person, and it was very natural to want the dog out of my life for good. The presence of the dog in my home was very disruptive and evil. It is taking reading the posts on this forum to get over the feeling that I had let a very evil thing into my life, that cause me nothing but trouble. I frankly don't understand what people get out of saddling themselves with these beasts.
I had no idea I could hate a dog. I wanted a dog to walk, in a bid for physical fitness -- I do not like gyms. So I advertised for a small dog on Craigslist. I got a black minature Dashund. The folks that had this dog treated like a pampered prince. It slept under their covers and was in the laps 24/7. I should have run away when I realized how pampered this dog was. However, I liked the looks of the dog, and took it home. Needless to say the dog was needy and spoiled and wanted constant attention. I allowed it to sleep on my bed for two nights, but could not stand the dog smell, so I placed him in his crate downstairs.
He barked excessively, but I cured him of the excessive barking. So now he started to shit in my house, right after I walked him. Now I moved him to the garage in his cage to try to train him properly. No luck, he pooped all over his cage and rolled around in it, for spite. This dog was 4 years old and comply house trained. He poops when he is angry, and he does not care if it is in his cage or in the house.
Well, I had enough of cleaning up the stink, so I took him and let him loose in the woods where he belongs. I did not feel the least bit of sorrow or guilt. In fact I was thinking if he found his way back, I would drive him further away and leave him.
Honestly, I did the very best for this dog, and loved him when I brought him home, but his vile, needy, smelly, attention-needing ways caused me to literally hate the dog. He became nothing more than a bother and a nuisance and was not worth the trouble of having a walking companion.
So I am very grateful for this forum, because now I know I am not a bad person, and it was very natural to want the dog out of my life for good. The presence of the dog in my home was very disruptive and evil. It is taking reading the posts on this forum to get over the feeling that I had let a very evil thing into my life, that cause me nothing but trouble. I frankly don't understand what people get out of saddling themselves with these beasts.