Below is a list of
ACTUAL "excuses" people have used for giving up a dog.
This has been complied by Lisa Frankland
Top Lousy Excuses for Getting Rid of a Pet
Sheds too much
Barks
Digs
Chews
Moving
Going on Vacation
Retiring and want to travel
"Allergies"
Having a baby
Getting married
Getting divorced
Husband doesn't like the breed (didn't like the last three of that same breed she bought and subsequently dumped them)
My wife is jealous of the dog and the time I spend training her
Boyfriend/girlfriend doesn't like
Has fleas
Not housebroken
Didn't know if needed all that grooming
Don't have time
Going to college
It's our sons pet but he's away at school now and we don't have the time; we'll tell him it ran away.
Apartment/Townhome/Condo/etc. doesn't allow pets.
Needs room to run/roam
We got it for the kids but they won't take care of it.
Keeps running off(unfenced yard, no leash)
Didn't know they got so big/ate so much
He was a cute puppy, but now he's too big
Doesn't get along with our new pet
I don't love it anymore
Bought new home and dog doesn't go with new colors
Pet clashes with the new furniture
Just got new furniture/carpet
We only had it for the kids and they're all grown up now
He chases the new kitten
She doesn't like the new puppy
He tracks mud all over the new carpet
She got lost , and we got a new one by the time she showed up at the pound so we left her there.
He( a twelve week old puppy) refuses to be housebroken, and we hit him every time he goes in the house. I'm worried, 'cause you can only hit a dog so much before it turns vicious, and I'm afraid it will start biting the kids.
She (the pet) had a nervous breakdown.
She's seven years old now and can't make puppies anymore.
Too friendly
He keeps jumping on the kids, and the kids are now afraid of him.
We have a handicapped child in a wheelchair
We're remodeling our kitchen and didn't have time to take her to puppy class, and now she's too rowdy.
She has seizures(allergies/hypothroid/etc)and we don't want to spend another penny on medication.
It makes me sad to have her around.
Tried to kill a collie
Killed a neighbor's goat-afraid she will start attacking people
Received as a Christmas present-can't keep
Daughter's dog-she went to college
Breeder won't take him back because we neutered him
She got herself pregnant-we're keeping her puppy
She got herself pregnant
We can't afford the vet bills
Pulls on the lead
Doesn't like my husband
Keeps breaking the chain at her dog house
Tears up the house when we're at work/school
Noisy when we're at work/school
Apartment management doesn't allow dogs
Can't find house to rent that allows dogs
Transfering to England-don't want quarantine
Didn't turn out to be show quality
He won't stay at home
My elderly mother keeps letting him loose
He's too happy
Drools all the time
We're putting the house up for sale and it won't show well with a dog
We bought him/her for conformation shows and he/she didn't win(eight month old puppy)
Had a friend make him a *guard dog* , now all he wants to do is bite
I trained him myself to be a protection dog, now he's trying to kill me
He rides my leg
He always has an erection when company comes over. It's too embarrassing
He makes a mess in the bathroom every time I give him a bath
He gets car sick
It wants too much attention
Her teeth are crooked
She keeps having puppies
She got pregnant again
She's a slut
She got raped
The kids keep getting poison ivy. He gets it on his fur when he runs loose in the woods, and they get rashes from touching him, so the doctor says he has to go
She hunts all the time
She won't hunt
Gun shy, only shot over her that once in the yard..
Hyperactive
Eats cats
Eats the house
Bit my husband when he hit her for getting on the sofa
Steals the baby toys
Follows me all the time, even to the bathroom
Always wants to be petted
Stares at me
Bumps into my legs
Steals food off the counters
Takes my things
My wife hates
her