Keep the dog, or get rid of him?

What to do?

  • Keep him

    Votes: 57 86.4%

  • Off to the village with him!

    Votes: 3 4.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 9.1%
  • Total voters
    66
Your dog doesn't respect you. You need to show that dog that your in-charge. And get him some exercise you need to run him an hour or 2 a day to burn off that energy. Man up and figure it out.
 


Sounds like you're the issue and not the dog.

You need to train him, as you obviously haven't.

If the dog's size is an issue, why the fuck would you get that type of dog?

Irresponsible people like you piss me off when it comes to animals.
 
Since you took the responsibility of raising the dog at the start, you should take the the responsibility of raising the dog and not throwing him/her off to some village. If you can't raise it, maybe find someone else responsible that can raise it for you, but do not throw the dog away to some village.
 
I have a 9 month old lab pup and an adult. They need constant discipline to maintain good behavior. It helps to work with them whenever you get a free moment. Also, a good rawhide bone will keep my labs busy for hours.
 
OP I know how you feel, I have to gave away a dog to the animal shelter because it was pooing all over the house. It was a really hard thing to do, and I was sad throughout the whole day. (it was a cute pomeraian dog)

Either way, give it to someone who can care for it, I'm sure someone in the village would take care of your dog if they genuinely care. But don't let it be a feral dog, that's sad :(
 
keep the dog.


lab puppies will need around 2-3 hours a day of extensive exercise...Walks don't count as exercise...make that dog run, and run as fast as he can as long as he can. Once he's tired from play bring him home and start a serious and strict training routine and always follow serious discipline with the dog.

Sounds like a mean and terrible lifestyle for the dog? Not exactly after a while you can train that dog to do anything, such as not leaving a non fenced in yard. The dog will learn what he can do and what he can't and have the freedom to do whatever he wants but he won't do what he's not allowed because he doesn't want punishment.

Then there's the punishment / training.... NEVER...EVER hit the dog or do anything that would cause pain in a negative way. Yell? yes. Show them what they did wrong? Yes. Make it clear that what they did was bad. Then put the dog in the cage for a while knowing they were bad.

Positive reinforcement > negative yelling at the dog.


Make sure he knows when he's good and when he's not...but make a huge deal of it when he's good, especially for the first few months of training.


Sounds like you need to be super strict mean dog owner that doesn't let your dog have fun? ... Not so much. I have two dogs a 6 year old golden retriever/mut and a 8 month old German Sheppard. Both have been trained by this style of training and are excellent dogs. I can be playing with their ball outside and intentionally throw it across the street...Both dogs will stop about five feet from the street, they know they're not allowed out there. With that said I can now let my dogs, who happen to love being outside, roam around the yard all day if they like without supervision. I take my dogs almost everywhere I go with me...all my friends houses, boats, beach, etc. They never use a leash and almost never get in little trouble, never ever in serious trouble.

So now you have a dog that's well trained to not get into trouble and behave good...But they have the freedom to basically do anything they want at the same time. That sounds like a pretty fun life for the dog.

Also both dogs love their cage and go in them all the time when they're not bad just because, it's their personal space and no one else's really.. I never lock the door unless they were bad.
 
matt3 said:
I don't think you're a douche, just merely improperly educated/equipped to handle the situation. That said, you should be asking these questions and continue to care.

The problem is you, not the dog. You haven't worked with him enough to "normalize" his behavior defined by your constraints. If you really enjoy dogs, you won't know how much joy he adds to your life until he's not in it anymore.

The best suggestion I know of, is to sit back and ask, "how can I make this a win win"?

hint: make joint exercise a priority for both of you throughout the day so A, he will be happier, and B, so you won't become a fat fuck sitting behind a computer making internet monies. ;)
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This. Your dog is not at fault, you are at fault. You think that continuing to do what you're doing is going to CHANGE the dog? Well, it will...your fear will become real. The dog will become unsocialized and untrained.

Do yourself a favor and learn how to train a dog. It takes a few hours, TOPS. Spend a few hours a week working on the basics and your dog will become everything you need him to be. It's up to YOU, not the dog.
 
amanda11 said:
OP I know how you feel, I have to gave away a dog to the animal shelter because it was pooing all over the house. It was a really hard thing to do, and I was sad throughout the whole day. (it was a cute pomeraian dog)

Either way, give it to someone who can care for it, I'm sure someone in the village would take care of your dog if they genuinely care. But don't let it be a feral dog, that's sad :(
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So you basically had your dog killed because you couldn't train it not to "poo" all over your house? Poor you.
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Have a 9 month old lab, and we've taken care of him since he was a baby. His mom lives next door, so we took him in even a couple weeks before he was done weening, and brought him over a couple times a day for milk.

Nonetheless, not a cute baby anymore. Now he's large, strong, well fed, full of energy, and well, scares the shit out of basically everyone. He's a great dog, but very playful, and very defensive. Before he was allowed to go out on his own like many dogs around here do, and all was fine. He's too big now though, and scares everyone too much.

So now I have a decision -- keep him locked up in the house / front patio, and I take him for walks and play fetch 2 - 3 times a day. Or, I can send him off to the village, where he'll be able to run around like mad, catch all the mice he wants, make friends, have sex, etc.

Problem is, this is Thailand, so if he goes to the village, I already know nobody is going to care for him, he'll become skin and bones within a month, etc. He'll basically become a street dog, and show up at the house every once in a while hoping for a small portion of rice. Whereas here, this is MY dog, I love him, everyone knows it, all his food, treats & water is in my home office, and I take excellent care of him. However, obviously, he doesn't exactly like being couped up at home all day except for 2 - 3 supervised walks / games of fetch a day. It makes him quite sad and mopy, and it's simply not a natural environment for a lab to be in, so I feel bad for him.

What would you do? Keep him couped up in the house for the next 6 months until he gets older, or send him to the village where nobody will really care about him, but he'll have total freedom?
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As long as he never bit anyone.

Finish what you started!
 
m0rtal said:
Sounds like someone was blinded by that cute little puppy and failed to realize how much of a responsibility he will become, hurr durr. If you're gonna send him off do him a favor at least and just kill him. Enough unneeded dogs to go around.

Did you expect him to stay a puppy forever? I'm trying to understand the thought process here. Labs are generally high energy dogs, a simple Google search would have quickly reveled that before you got yourself into this mess.

Of course no way in hell I would kill him. I'm just trying to make you feel like shit lol

If you can't find him a real home just take care of the darn thing :(
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Clearly.
 
It's easy to say he's a douche, but i bet it's frustrating and the thought of getting rid of him would cross all of our minds, especially when the dog harasses kids.

Maybe he'll grow out of it. What about a back yard? Do you have one? if so, fence it in. Call the dog Whisperer! that guy is amazing. The show probably wants a change in scenery anyway.
 
If your heart isnt there. Find another home for the dog. It will be best for the both of you.
Dogs can be a pain in the ass.
I had a Dog that was hit by a car, I cried over the dang thing. I know how much work they are. I would however consider a nice big German Shepperd; its like having a gun in the house. Having small kids, I feel there needs to be a level of security when I'm not there or sleeping. Plus they look bad-ass.
 
Ask your girlfriend or wife. Say "if I was this dog, what would you do with me?"

You might be surprised at the answer, though I can guess what she would say.
 
Tough call. The street dogs in Thailand aren't really that free, and you know what happens to them. I've seen some heartbreaking dogs there.

Get him castrated.
If he obeys you inside, thats great. You just need to start introducing obedience outside. Little bits at a time but stay consistent.
Puppies can be such a pain in the ass, but it does get better. Your 6 month estimate is pretty spot on, maybe 9 months at the high end before he will settle down even more.
You've got the opportunity to get a good loyal dog in a great country, and also learn more about yourself, if you get really serious about training him.
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Easier said than done though. Again, he is actually a well trained dog, at least when he's inside. Simply raise my voice, he corrects himself. If he's in deep shit, I simply clap my hands, quickly yell, and he rushes upstairs to his time-out area, and waits for me to close the door on him.

Sure, I can take him for a walk on a leash, and discipline him when he acts up. BUT... I have probably 10 - 15 people coming in and out of the house at all times of the day, so it's impossible for me to ensure he stays inside. Then once he's outside on his own, it virtually makes everything I taught him null & void. Not completely, but definitely makes training him extremely difficult.

You end up with two versions of him. The polite dog who is well behaved while I'm on the street, and the rambunctious, no-holds-barred dog when he notices I'm not around. Then several times a day, I'm bolting from my upstairs office outside, because I hear him causing problems, because someone in the house left the gate open.
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Dude, you're looking for justification for basically abandoning your responsibility of this dog. Problem is you're looking in the wrong place. This is the forum where people said they would save their drowning dog over a drowning stranger... you won't find any sympathy here.

If all else fails, maybe you can find a family with land to take him, but just letting him go is pretty fucked up.

In America you could be charged with animal neglect for abandoning a pet like that.
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Problem is, this is Thailand, so if he goes to the village, I already know nobody is going to care for him, he'll become skin and bones within a month, etc. He'll basically become a street dog, and show up at the house every once in a while hoping for a small portion of rice.

What would you do? Keep him couped up in the house for the next 6 months until he gets older, or send him to the village where nobody will really care about him, but he'll have total freedom?
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I can't figure out if you are trolling us or really that fucking heartless.

You act like you only have 2 options -- keeping him or dropping him off on the streets. Take some god damn responsibility and put forth the effort to find him a good home where someone will actually take care and train the dog properly since you are too lazy to do it.
 
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