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Slightly O/t Puppies VS Dogs

posted 8 years ago by illbeoneasystreet
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I will never ever understand why people give up dogs once they are no longer cute and little. The novelty of a puppy dissipates in about a week. You put in the work to get the dog. I live in a cold place taking a puppy out to pee while house training in -40 degrees celsius sucks. The puppy isn't the reward here the dog is.

Puppies are adorable and snuggly, every time I see a puppy I want it but then I remember how much it sucked when my dog was a puppy. They are little and in a new place away from their moms and their brothers and sisters. Thrust into a new situation with this new person. I'd imagine it would be slightly terrifying. Why put in all that work just to get the dog attached to you just to dump it? I am in no place to judge I understand situations changing and no longer being able to take care of a dog. But I will never understand how someone can dump a dog just because he grew up.

Its something you'll get used to a mental mind *beep* can be nice!

[–] ms-trixi 8 years ago

Puppies are a lot of work. My son begged us to get him a dog and I said fine, but not a puppy. We were looking for a 1-3 year old. We were really lucky and found a cute, medium one-year old dog at the pound. He had been taken to the pound, adopted and then returned again (because of allergies). We really lucked out because he was almost completely house trained. Although he did chew quite a few things up for the first few months (he's over that now- well mostly).
I admire people that have the patience to nurture a puppy, but agree that they should not dump it when it becomes a dog. However, we're very grateful to have someone's former puppy (dumped dog) as our forever dog. The only thing that I feel we really missed out on is PUPPY BREATH (you just can't beat that).

"Getting old is not for sissies."
Bette Davis