She Got Her 16-Year-Old Daughter A Dog For Her Birthday, But Then She Got Rid Of The Dog After Her Daughter Stopped Taking Care Of Him
A 39-year-old woman has a daughter who just turned 16 several months ago. For her birthday, her daughter said the only present she wanted was a dog.
Her daughter has been pleading with her to get a dog or a cat, and she always said it wouldn’t happen because she never wanted to have any pets living in her house.
When her birthday rolled around, though, she thought long and hard about her daughter’s request for a dog as her birthday gift.
Her daughter is certainly old enough to care for a dog, and she is a good girl, so she thought she should agree to get her a dog after all.
“I agreed to get her a dog, but I made plenty of rules,” she explained. “The main rule being that she was the one who would take care of the dog. Feeding, walking, and taking it outside.”
“She was very happy about this, and we went to a local shelter. We ended up adopting a small mixed breed dog who is quite friendly and overall well behaved.”
“We all grew very attached to the dog, I have a 10-year-old son as well, and he instantly fell in love with him.”
For the first month that the dog was a part of their family, it was smooth sailing. But then, her daughter kept forgetting to take the dog outside, so he began peeing and pooping in the house.
It then fell on her to pick up after the dog’s accidents, as her daughter was still at school when the dog began making messes in the house.
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She picked up dog poop for a total of 4 times, making sure to remind her daughter along the way that it was her responsibility to take care of her dog.
“There were also quite a few times where my daughter texted me from school saying she forgot to feed the dog and asking me to,” she said.
“On Friday, she went to school as usual. I walked past her room at some point, and the door was closed, I heard the dog barking from inside the room. I let him out and texted her what happened.”
“She said he must have been in there, and she closed the door without realizing it. The dog was fine, he was only in there for about 3 hours, but I asked her what would have happened if I didn’t hear the dog. He would have been in there all day without water or food.”
Now, she had never, ever wanted to have a pet, and here she was, having to take care of her daughter’s dog.
She was finally done and decided she would be getting rid of the dog. She phoned up her sister, who only lives 10 minutes away and adores dogs, and asked if she could take her daughter’s dog.
She mentioned to her sister that it might just be a temporary solution so long as her daughter could step up to the plate and prove she was responsible.
Her sister was thrilled to take the dog, and she picked him up and took him back home.
“Of course, I intend to take my kids to visit the dog, but I am done taking care of him when it’s supposed to be my daughter,” she continued.
“I also feel the dog will be better cared for at my sister’s house.
I explained this to the kids, who were extremely upset with me. Both of my kids started crying, and my daughter stormed off to her room. All weekend she has been extra mouthy to me, and my son has been moping around.”
“I feel bad for my son, who is very close to the dog and didn’t do anything to deserve him being taken away. I do feel bad for my daughter as well, but she broke our agreement.”
She’s left wondering if it was mean of her to get rid of her daughter’s dog. What do you think?
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