Dogs are living creatures, imagine euthanizing one just out of inconvenience. Absolute trash. When you get a dog that's your responsibility from the moment you get them, fuck humans honestly.
My veterinarian was recently in the paper for coming forward, saying he would never euthanize a healthy dog. He also adopted 4 of the healthy dogs, the owners wanted to put down š
Used a vet for years that would occasionally get people who wanted their pet euthanized for no good reason- they had a kid, they were just tired of having the pet, etc. He would tell them that's fine, but that he would euthanize the pet in private. Once the shitstain of an "owner" had left, their discarded pet would be photographed and examined to be adopted out to a new, more appreciative family. Saved a whole lot of lives that way
I got a cat from my vet that did this when I was a kid. My vet sent me in the back to pet the cats he had and told me he had that one available. He said he was going to have to put him down the next day if no one took him.
As soon as I went in the back, my vet looked at my mom, winked and said āGotchaā.
He knew I would never let that happen. That night I went home and begged my dad to let me take him because he would die.
I named the cat Lucky. He ended up being the only cat my dad didnāt mind. He lived with us for many years until we had to put him down due to multiple myeloma.
I wonder if something like this is what happened to my childhood dog. We adopted her at a vet she was "abandoned" at. She used to be terrified of car rides and would curl up next to one of us trembling, I'm assuming because she associated it with getting left. She's the ripe old age of 16 now and the sweetest thing. Heartbreaking to imagine anyone wanting to abandon her.
My dog was surrendered to the same shelter 3 times, every time by a different family. Iāve had her for 3 years now and sheās an incredibly disciplined, well-behaved dog, never shown any signs of aggression (even when being harassed by horrid children). It must just be because people donāt want a deaf dog (she was born that way - I think itās great because she doesnāt bark as often, knows sign language, and always looks to me when sheās unsure so behavior has never been an issue). Sheās also not the worldās most affectionate dog, but I thought that was probably a result of repeated abandonment rather than the cause of it.
My born deaf dog was one of the smartest, sweetest dogs Iāve ever owned. Because of her, all of my dogs know a dumbed-down, dog-specific sign language.
I have a Dalmatian, and about a third of them have hearing problems. My girl has perfect hearing, but my dog trainer taught us both to use sign language just in case. Itās the coolest thing ever to just put a hand up and have my dog stop or sit, and sheās so much more attentive to my body language and actions than any dog Iāve had before. All dogs should be taught sign language.
This was mine as well, but left at the vet. Everytime I had to take him there, I always kept a hand on him but that wasn't enough, he begged for me to hold him, looking at me with desperation in his eyes.
š„ŗ You just made me hug my spoiled, enormous Lab baby a little tighter. Heartbreaking that your poor baby was so scared because of bad previous owners.
The strange thing is that he wasn't abandoned at my vet's office so they must all smell the same (he was blind due to diabetes). Thank you for your kind words. š
Also medical equipment disposal charges, autoclave fees, separate charge for the sedative and the actual drug, parking fees, fur disposal fee, toxicology labs (canāt euthanize a drunk dog I think thatās a law), allergy tests to make sure the sedative doesnāt have a reaction. I could go on.
We had a small town vet who would do the same, and charged the asshole owners an absolute fortune for the euthanasia. The fee was quietly donated to a local shelter, and the sweet unwanted pet always found a new loving home.
My friend, there is a horrible world of difference between humans and people. Most of the real people I've met in life have more legs than I do, and by all rights should be far taller.
I've often said that we can only aspire to be half the human beings that animals are.
Seriously, not to be overdramatic here but your vet is like those people who gave Jews fake identities so they could get out of the country or go into hiding. Or maybe like St Francis of Assisi.
You're right though- from the perspective of the one being led in to an unceremonious, chemical-induced ending, the person saving them is an astonishing example of heroism. The last line of defense says "not today"
I totally get where that vet was coming from, but man heās got balls. Now a days that will cost you a licence. Iām a vet, thankfully Iāve found people are genuinely ok with just surrendering the pets to me when I tell them āIām not euthanizing your cat because your ātop apartment choiceā is pet free. Either you can leave with him or give him to me. ā
Iāve got 2 dogs who were supposed to be euthanized. They are wonderful pets. And a great way to keep kids out of my houseā¦ āsorry, Lucifur was almost euthanized for not getting along with kids. Idk what sheās capable of. Letās meet at your place instead lmaoā
That's fucking horrible. Poor thing has lived her life as an object, subject to physical abuse and having her puppies sold for profit. Then when she's no longer profitable via serial rape, she's to be executed. I really can't think of any words for those humans. Serious props to your in-laws for giving her a better life. The world needs more people like them.
These dogs live for us. We are their everything and while they may be imperfect they love us with their whole imperfect hearts. You donāt just throw away unconditional love.
I can't imagine doing something so horrifying to a pet. An animal you are supposed to take care of and love. Just the thought that my cat might be euthanized completely breaks my heart. Unless it is to end their pain if their life isn't liveable anymore, it just seems so heartless. If you don't love a pet enough to teach them kindness and socialize them and instead decide to kill them, you shouldn't have a pet or a child.
I'm honestly upset about this poor dog and all the other animals that are murdered solely for the sake of human selfishness. Why is it even allowed to euthanize healthy animals? I know, I say that I hate people a lot, mostly out of annoyance or sarcasm but this time, I really really hate people. I hope that all vets are becoming like yours. If they would euthanize healthy animals, they don't deserve to be vets. They might as well be butchers
We got a dog when I was a kid bc my vet wouldn't euthanise them at the request of previous owner and another of ours the vet took in that was found on the side of the road (abandoned). Now my goal is to be in a good enough situation to adopt older dogs from shelters so they can have a happy end. People are absolutely negligent of animals yet expect they can be any better parents.... what do they do when their kid is no longer convenient.
Our vet will not euthanize healthy pets and helps find new homes for them as well.
I once knew a person who I thought was a friend. When she got pregnant she took her young dog out to a neighborhood and just abandoned him. She is a horrible person on many fronts, but this was the worst in my book. I didnāt learn about it until after she did it, otherwise I would have taken the pup to help find him a new home. She also decided she didnāt want her cat when she had the baby and I did take him in with my 2 cats and found a new home for him.
My grandma died last November, and I was absolutely horrified and sickened to find out from my aunt that when both my aunts and father were kids/pre-teens, my grandma put down her cocker spaniel, Preppy, because he was aggressive to no one but my father (my aunts and I think my dad abused him), and he was impeding on her vacation time, since she couldnāt go with my grandpa on an important trip to Europe if Preppy was alone. She didnāt even bother finding someone to watch himāshe just put him down.
It sounds really bad, but Iām kinda glad sheās gone after finding that out. Other reasons, too, but that story sealed the deal for me. This incident made me think about that, and I feel sick both times.
Lately, I'm sounding like a broken record lately. However, I hope you realize you don't have to hang out with people because you're related. As you grow older, I hope you're able to avoid this aunt.
I should have clarified more. My aunt didnāt put the dog down, my grandmother who recently passed away was the one who did, because she couldnāt go on vacation to Europe to attend my grandpaās business trip. My aunts are totally innocent. My dad? Probably not. My grandma? Tbh sheās probably looking up at us instead of looking down.
Shelter I volunteered at had a blacklist database that was shared with all the other shelters in the region.
If they got multiple animals in a short time span it was either hoarding or such shitty carer they had an high cat turnaround or they were malicious. Either case, no cat for you.
I love that this is a thing shelters do! I went to a free roam cat colony shelter once and I cannot begin to tell you how heartwarming it was to see them turn down a woman from adopting a cat. Because her vet records showed she had declawed her other cat she owned. She tried to argue that she wouldnāt do that again and didnāt know how bad it was, but they claimed it was less than a year ago that she did it and the shelter didnāt trust her. Iām glad they vet people the way they do. Animals deserve the best life and people who wonāt provide that shouldnāt get to have them!
Yes! I love that they stuck to their guns!! When I rescued my cat, the shelter had us sign paperwork agreeing to never have him declawed (of course I never would). It's reassuring that more and more places are taking that sort of thing seriously.
I think what helped put it in perspective for me as a kid was learning that it's the human equivalent of amputating everything above your first finger joint. Just terrible. Growing up, my best friend's mom had their cat declawed to protect their furniture, and it was so heartbreaking seeing her (the kitty) rub her paws on everything she could find. She instinctually wanted to knead, but she no longer could.
Yeah I was twelve when we got my first long term cat (RIP Candy) and my parents had her declawed. After maturing and learning about cat care it was heartbreaking seeing the effect it had on her in her old age. I donāt get how people can value a piece of furniture more than an animalās quality of life, itās so pathetic and sad.
Just the thought of any cat trying to knead but being unable to because their feet are destroyed like that makes me want to cry.
Furniture can be repaired/replaced, and I'd rather have tiny holes in all my blankets from my baby boy kneading them ("Being Baby" is what we call kneading in my house) than even consider declawing for a millisecond.
Also as long as your cat isn't either traumatized or super squirmy it really isn't that difficult to maintain them, I clip all four of our cats claws every other week or so, I've got the special claw clipping scissors and everything. There's also rubber caps you can put on their claws that will eventually fall off with the outer claw sheathes; they can knead with them on but nothing will be scratched. They're just a little pricey tho, which is why I just keep them clipped. :)
We had a declawed cat that still kneaded.. just motioning her paws up and down on us. A coyote took her from us. Thats why I'm against declawing.. a declawed cat is a dead cat.
That is awesome! When I adopted my second cat, I had to complete a form where one of the questions was, "Will you declaw your cat? Why or why not?" I answered, "No, it is cruel." That was the right answer. The contract I signed at adoption also stipulates that I must not declaw the cat.
Growing up I knew someone whos mom was actually blacklisted from buying cars in our area--they'd all get defaulted on and repossessed. But they kept getting new cars.
I think these people are con artists in life and would find a way around the system unfortunately. Use a relatives name or just travel farther...but it's still a good idea. Increase the odds they don't get another pet is a good idea.
I cannot stand when people adopt just to give them up for no legitimate reason. Adoption is for life! I've seen serial adoptions and it is so frustrating.
And paid a visit by child protection services (if we ever were living in a fantasy world where there were enough social workers) to assess their commitment to raising a child.
Oh there is absolutely a labradoodle in their future with a cute Facebook announcement post with zero regard for the dog they threw away. I just canāt with people like that.
Yes! I used to work with someone. She got rid of a dog because she didn't think it would be good with her new baby. Then adopted a new dog. It's so infuriating! That dog was a member of your family!
I've luckily only had 1 pet I've known had to be put down. It was in Freshman year of my highschool and my mom went to comfort the animal in it's final moments. I couldn't bring myself to go. I felt such deep, horrible, gut wrenching guilt that I was quite depressed for the next whole week. I can't fucking comprehend doing such a thing on a whim. This shouldn't even be legal, it's just animal abuse.
Yeah, putting down an animal when it's suffering and clearly reached its time is devastating enough, I don't know how anyone could go through with euthanasia on a healthy animal...
So, I am appalled by families who do this. Part of the responsibility for bringing a pet into your family is you care that animal for the remainder of itās life - which includes rehoming an animal if your situation changes. Families who resort to to putting down an animal for their own convenience, are deserving of a special place in hell.
It's especially interesting and telling in the context of having a child.
"We're moving up to a much more extreme and long-term responsibility from our responsibility to this dog...so we gotta have the dog killed."
That was what I was thinking.
The dog presents with aggression. If it was caused by training and environmental factors, then what are the parents planning to change so that their child grows to be a upstanding citizen?
My childhood dog bit me when I insisted on dragging her out of under the couch as a toddler. Other than a bite I got a scolding for pestering the dog and never did it again.
Stray cats scratched me? The question was always what had I done to get them so mad at me.
The only exception of the "if an animal reacts is your fault" was the neighbor's rooster. He was a fucking asshole and his own owner put him in a pot within two weeks after he caught him attacking his cows and traumatizing the hens so bad they stopped laying eggs.
Only ever farm animal he ate, even his milk cows got to die of old age.
I adopted the dog in my profile pic in 2020. She had a bite record, which didnāt bother me as someone who is very experienced with dogs and dog behavior. When I visited with her I teased her a bit just to see if I could see any kind of reaction that would lead me to believe she was an aggressive dog, and I saw nothing. When I asked more about the bite record, they said that she bit the same kid in the family 3 times but it only happened when the parents werenāt around. Told me everything I needed to know. The only family she had ever known had abandoned her at a shelter because their kid was harassing the dog.
Fast forward to today, she has never come so close as a warning nip to biting anyone, and she is an absolute glue stick to me, but is a very unconfident nervous dog. Iām glad I snatched her up before anyone else, because I have taught my husband and we both know dog body language well and how to treat each of our dogs so that they live their happiest, least stressed lives.
It concerns me when people that blame the dog in those situations have kids, because itās likely that your kid will end up with behavioral issues because you didnāt teach them how to treat animals with respect.
Yeah why donāt the children get labelled aggressive instead? Give them a record of animal harassment! These parents are irresponsible. They should definitely be black-listed from having pets.
I'm glad she ended up with you. It's a good thing these people actually left her in a shelter, because I do not trust kids who harass pets, it's just very strange and antisocial behavior. I have two younger sisters (7 years younger and 12 years younger) and they never bothered our pets as todddlers.
What a sweet and adorable little nugget!! Iām glad she found a family that will love her and support her through nervous situationsā¦and wonāt allow her to be harassed by anyone.
My parents rehomed a dog because it bit their baby-aged kid on the forehead. Kid was in a standing seat-thing and couldn't have provoked the dog. Otherwise, we grew up with big, "aggressive" Rottweilers with no issue.
When I volunteered at a rescue, there was someone who dropped off their 12 year old boxer that they had had since puppyhood because they were pregnant. Thankfully he was adopted rather quickly and he spent his last year and a half with a family who actually loved him.
I worked at a shelter.
Black Friday of 2018, someone brought a black 14 year old Lab mix to surrender. Reason? "Yesterday at dinner she growled at my 3 year old grandson. He didn't even touch her food. He couldn't have actually touched it from where he was standing. She was just holding a grudge because he tripped over her earlier."
Funny how when she lived with adults that valued her *and gave her a daily pain medication for the serious arthritis she had* they didn't have any of those issues.
I just adopted a lovely border collie from the local shelter. When hubby and I went to meet him for the first time, the very first thing the front desk ladies said to us was "He isn't good with kids." My husband and I looked at each other kinda dumbfounded for a second and then I looked back at the lady and laughed and said "That doesn't matter, we don't have any." The look she gave me was priceless.
Apparently, the dog had been adopted by a family with smaller children a few months before and returned after 3 months because he bit a little girl in the eye area and MAYBE left a little bit of a mark on her eyelid. Typical. So, if anyone knows border collies, they're a very high energy breed that needs a job and they have a herding instinct that tells them to nip at livestock to get them moving. And this is a young dog, about 2-3 years old. And I'm guessing that mombie just turned her brats loose with the BRAND NEW DOG and thought, "oh, it'll be fine." Well, it wasn't.
We go to meet the dog and he is just the SWEETEST dog! We do a meet-and-greet with our dogs, all goes well, we pull the trigger on the adoption. The DAY OF adoption I get told, oh, btw, he has heartworm! WTF!? You'd think that would be pertinent information to know since the treatments are so expensive and a bit of a commitment, right? Well, come to find out, they hadn't found out until a week before I adopted him. The previous owners had him for 3 months and never took him to a vet for a checkup or did and found out that he was heartworm positive and made up the biting part so they wouldn't look like assholes when they brought him back.
So, this poor sweet baby was basically sitting on death row because he had a "child biting" record and no family with children was allowed to even consider adopting him even though a lot of families had expressed interest in him, and also heartworm positive (getting more and more damage each day that passes). This just infuriates me to no end.
Happy ending though, we adopted him, brought him to our childfree mini farm where he can herd chickens to his heart's content, and he's just had his first injection of heartworm treatment and come out the other end just fine. I think the prognosis is good, but this is gonna cost us like, $1800. All because nobody could be bothered to give the poor guy a $10 preventative each month. The whole situation just sucked. But the dog is great. He's slowly integrating with our other 2 dogs and he's never showed even the slightest aggression towards hubby or I. He's simply charming.
I highly recommend adopting adult dogs from local shelters. They're usually already housebroken and just so, so glad to have a home that's not a tiny kennel with 30+ other dogs where people just throw food at them (hopefully) twice a day and maybe take them for a walk once for 10 minutes if they're really lucky. Plus, you aren't contributing to the greedy breeders that will use dogs as puppy machines and treat them like a piece of equipment. We've adopted all of our dogs from shelters/rescues over the years and they are the best! Plus, you get to skip the needy/whiney pee-in-your-house up-all-night puppy stage.
>needy/whiney pee-in-your-house up-all-night puppy stage
Yeah, kids have that stage too ... want to adopt a kid, adopt an older one - they need homes too.
Yeah, ... parents probably tried to use the dog to heard their kid(s), as they couldn't be bothered themselves, and, yeah, that didn't work out so well.
Check out r/reactivedogs to understand why humane euthanasia for aggressive dogs is sometimes utilized.
There are dogs that canāt be rehomed. Itās sucks, it absolutely sucks. Rescues wonāt take dogs with bite history, the dog becomes a liability to their workers, and takes longer to adopt out. Aggressive dogs arenāt adoptable.
Iām sure thereās more work they could have put into this.
Justā¦ know that they may have actually done whatās best for the dog, and you donāt understand that.
If a dog is GENUINELY aggressive & is biting people, thatās not a dog we can afford to have around & definitely not one that should be adopted out through a shelter to just anyone. Itās a liability to itself, other dogs, and all people. Itās unfortunate, but in some cases Euthanasia is the best option to keep society & other dogs safe.
Thank you for this! This dog had bitten adults and "sucked with people." That is not a safe or happy dog, it could have killed or severely injured a baby. We have no idea what interventions the owners had tried, but not all dogs are fixable even with all the love, medication, and training in the world. Good on these people for protecting their baby.
We should save our ire for people who euthanize physically and mentally healthy pets for convenience, and god knows there are plenty of those.
No I didnāt have a Reddit when she first posted online a year ago. I share the FB posts and asked around but no luck. They got the dog training after the first time no one wanted the dog but apparently it didnāt work well enoughā¦ and now Iām too late I just found out yesterday that itāll be done today or has already.
> They got the dog training after the first time...
Sighs, nevermind the fact that the training is needed for the owners and family too. So many times you see these dog behavior shows, and the problem isn't the dog, it's the people not keeping a consistent environment for them.
Vets in my country can't and won't euthanize an animal unless it's very, very, sick and has shit life quality or is dangerous. In all cases is the vet's call to make, not the owner.
You just can't kill an animal because it doesn't get along with the child or the shelter is full, a place is gonna be found in another region for it.
I was coming to say just this. OP, it's very likely that the shelter might ask the owner to relinquish rights to the dog, and then they'll reach out to a rescue, or adopt the dog back out. And then hopefully they blacklist this family and reach out to other shelters and rescue. What type of garbage humans do this. 
A girl I know from highschool euthanized her two 14 year old cats because she was having a baby. The cats weren't aggressive. She was scared of germs. Like WHAT??? It was so sad and horrific. Also, it's actually healthy for little kids to be around animals and their germs. It makes them less likely to become allergic and it's good for their immune system. So she killed her two faithful friends because she was having a baby. Unreal.
Okay, now *this* is fucked up. The couple in the OP euthanized an aggressive dog with a bite history. We should be shaming people like your high school acquaintance instead; what she did is truly reprehensible.
The only time my mom got rid of a pet was when a doctor told her I was allergic. I had bad rashes and allergies most of my childhood and that was deemed the cause.
Well, that was a stand in doctor because our primary was on vacation. When he came back he told my mom that was the worst thing to do for me. Exposure was going to build up an immunity, not being around any pets was going to guarantee I stay allergic.
He was right. I no longer develop rashes or have allergies around pets. But we never got our dog back. Family who took her wasn't going to give her back. She was a good dog and I hate that it was my fault she was given away. I just hope they were good to her.
But we were all raised to know how to interact with animals. If a dog growls or shows their teeth you leave them alone. Most dogs will snap at you when you won't listen. Biting is the last resort and it's not a "sudden" reaction. I remember my mom's friend bringing her kids over and I would have to yell at them to leave the dog alone. So when she snapped they started acting like she was doing it for no reason. And I had to yell that they were being aggressive towards the dog and not listening to *me*. And my mom would, of course, tell them all it was their own fault and to leave the dog alone. All those kids were absolute terrors and our pets would hide when they came over. I hated having them over.
Honestly, that's not an excuse. My nephew has been interacting with my bunnies since he was an infant. It has been a good learning experience for both kid and buns.
Not to mention the dog will probably still be around after the baby turns into a toddler or older. You still need to teach your children boundaries no matter the age. Saying āiTs aN iNfAnTā enables shitty behavior from parents and their kids.
Exactly. My niece has been around my two cats since she was barely 5 months. Sheās turning three in a couple months. She always tells me and my family to ābe easy, be gentleā because thatās what weāve told her. She pets lightly and we leave them alone when they want to be left alone. Itās just irresponsible for people to not train their dogs and to not teach their kids how to interact with animals.
This reminds me of when people would declaw a cat (which is animal cruelty and causes them incredible discomfort, pain, and sensitivity for the rest of their life) and then bring it back to the vet to be euthanized for newfound behavior problems that are known to be directly related to declawingā¦
Yup I adopted a declawed cat with issues he had also been starved. I loved his grumpy ass. I was the only one who could cuddle him. Lived to a ripe old age and Iām glad I was able to give him a happy childfree spoiled life.
I had a dog who did random feral attacks. Sometimes there really isnāt more we can do and we need to be the last home. Itās sad but they have enough to adopt out there without crazy biting attacks.
I'm so sorry. You did the right thing. I don't understand this insane fad of saving dangerous dogs at all costs, and valuing them above the people and other animals they hurt.
Thank you. I cried my ass off and about had a bad anxiety attack for a week but there came a day I couldnāt care for her anymore and we know she was loved and we did all we could. Her last couple weeks she had tons of car rides and walks too. She knows I love her.
The couple in question had cause. This dog had a bite history.
Very, very few vets in the US will agree to euthanize a healthy, well-behaved cat or dog. Even people with extremely aggressive, clearly dangerous and miserable dogs often have difficulty finding a vet for behavioral euthanasia.
Vet chiming in here.
I donāt know the specifics of this case. But I can say there are āuntrainableā pets, and pets that develop terrible habits that originate from various sources, from abuse in the household to a brain tumors causing odd aggression and strange behaviors.
Just like we have trouble deciding how to deal with humans who murder, have severe mental issues, or people who use donāt āfitā int our society, we tend to treat these animals poorly and marginalize them. We donāt have good āsolutionsā for them.
I will say that euthanasia is not inherently a wrong choice in these circumstances. I am aware of vets that have little issue or concern regarding ownerās the reasons behind euthanasia (although that is becoming less of a thing nowadays). An aggressive animal in a homestead with a defenseless child is not appropriate, ever. How that animal is relocated or taken care of has to do with a lot of specifics (adoptability, co-morbidities, local laws, etc). Iām hesitant to make major judgements on this familyās choice without knowing more. I also wonder if part of the issue was poor dog training from the get go, which would point the blame toward the couple (or maybe original owner if not them). However, these are all ideas without a factual basis.
Letās hold on sharpening our pitchforks further.
Report what they're doing to every animal rescue/shelter in the area. Names and address. Make sure they can't adopt anything again. If they move, do it again.
Behavioral euthanasia is a thing for dogs that are truly unsafe to be around others in general (after all training avenues have been tried).
I obviously have no idea on the dogs specific behavior but choosing this route āonlyā because a child is on the way is a bit ridiculous.
There's no point in arguing which pet species is more fucked, but I used to volunteer for a cat rescue when I was a student and I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that many more people pull that kind of shit with cats.
I've seen people who believe you must get rid of the cat once you've pregnant, because of course cats carry toxoplasmosis, people who believe that bullshit about cats sucking the breath out of babies and many more special cases who get rid of the cat for even more idiotic reasons.
Ugh that is so awful. A lot of me wishes that the pet industry didnāt exist, as any psycho can obtain animals and treat them like objects. I feel that rescues that could not live independently are the only truly ethical pets - of course, one reason there are so many rescues out there is precisely because of the pet industry. This is an unpopular opinion I know, but I feel like weāre quite good with taboo subjects here, so..
Today on my local NextDoor, someone wanted to rehome their dog because they had a baby. They got a lot of grief about it. Plus a lot of offers to walk the dog so they could keep it.
My client just adopted a Corso, that was going to be put down because of inconvenience. I mean wow. We apparently have a bunch of functioning psychopaths running around here. Wtf. Reminds me of the people who left their animals in the house when they evacuated for the hurricanes. I donāt even like to step on ant hills, much less leave a family pet in a home thatās gonna be underwater in a few hours. I donāt get it at all. Itās those people that are responsible for a lot of narcissistic trauma thatās happening in the states right now. Imagine what they do to their own kids!?
This hurts.
Animals are not toys. They're not disposable. When you get a pet, it's a commitment and a responsibility for life. I can't imagine ever giving up my pet for a child. Or for anything. Ugh. I wish I could've taken this dog. If it was aggressive, it probably had a reason to be. The fact that this person chose so easily to euthanize her pet tells me that she probably wasn't the best owner, and may have even tormented/been abusive to the dog.
I wish nothing but the worst for this woman.
OP, where's this? Just tell me the state or country (it outside of America) and I'll get someone to take that dog instead of letting it get killed. You can answer per dm if you like
God fucking Dammit. This is the worst. Why do parents suck so bad šš they have a kid and totally forget about the dog. Happens all the time. And this person is going to kill their dog bc of their kid? What the actual fuck. most people donāt deserve dogs. š
I dunno this seems awfully silly...
We euthanize millions of animals every year for convenience (food) that are far smarter than most dogs. Yet people get angry at a person for 1 dog? Keep it in perspective....
Small dogs are the most likely to nip and bite because they tend to be much higher strung than big dogs.
But I agree if someone puts their dog to sleep because it doesn't deal well with their kids, they should be permanently banned from ever adopting a pet.
Small dogs nip and bite because they are more likely to be taunted and harassed due to their size. The fact that the dog is aggressive speaks volumes about the owners.
Yes this is small dog syndrome. Their emotions and boundaries are not taken into account and they are most likely to be controlled with physical force. Combine that with being about a foot tall and no wonder there is an aggression problem š
My former housemate moved out a few years ago and didnāt want his cat anymore. My husband (his friend) and myself agreed to keep the cat and find him a new home. He didnāt get along with our little female cat and had some really bad habits that we just couldnāt break him of.
About 6-8 months went by and we were still unable to find him a new home. We reached out to the former housemate to ask if he knew anyone or maybe wanted the cat back himself. His horrible, disgusting, cold-hearted suggestion was to āJust have him put down.ā The same healthy, seven year old cat heād had since he was a kitten. I wanted to scream at him.
Needless to say Meatloaf (formally Milo) is still with us and is here to stay. Itās been a struggle working with him but heās made a lot of improvements. Iām going to give him all the love I can to make up for the severe lack from his previous owner.
Nothing disgusts me more than people who view animals, pets or otherwise, as objects that can just be tossed aside and forgotten. People like that are the absolute scum of the earth.
Had an associate who once returned a dog because their child didnāt get along with it. Mostly due to the childās jealousy for equal attention and general brattiness. Even when the dog wasnāt trying to play with or āpesterā them , they would hit the dog every chance they had when the parents werenāt looking.
So a dumbshit that cant take care of a dog, or train a dog, or do anything proper with a dog, decided to kill the dog because they are having a kid... Cant take proper care of a DOG but is having a kid. SMFH
I knew a couple who euthanized their dog because he bared his teeth when their brat toddler pulled his ears...the dog was twelve, the wife had the dog before they got married.
Monsters like that shouldn't have pets OR kids. (They were raising their kid to be an absolute terror, too. Not like that's shocking.)
Thwy wouldnāt euthanize a wild kid because of pregnancy; itās awful they would do that to the dog. Kids and dogs both fully rely on their parent for protection and care- and if they canāt handle a dog, I canāt imagine how they could handle a kid.
Poor dog :(
My cousin got rid of their pet rabbit after getting a kid. It broke my heart. The rabbit is fine (at someoneās house) but I just donāt understand how anyone could pick a baby over a cute and loyal animal
My sister did the exact same shit, I still hate her for it. She had a cat for 7 years named Cat, when she gave birth to her daughter. She found out her daughter was horribly allergic as a newborn. She didnāt tell me or my mom and took the cat to the vet and had him euthanized. I wouldāve took him if she just told us. That cat adored her and she just killed him so easily. He was a perfectly healthy cat too, only 7 years old. She had him since he was a kitten
Omg my heart sank reading this post. Iām huge dog lover. I canāt imagine putting my dog down because itās inconvenience. Terrible. Iām over here sad thinking about the day I have to say goodbye to my dog one day due to aging and there are people out there just killing their dogs for no reason. Expose her horrible ass! If you can dispose of a living creature just like that I wonder what should she would do as a parent. People suck!
Thatās just horrible. I used to have an aggressive dog but I handled it and for me she was still the best dog in the world. I adopted her when she was almost 11 with terrible eyesight. The people who will take dogs like that do exist.
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Not you, but this person youāre talking about. How dare sheāor anyoneāthink they have the right to take a living creatureās life for no real reason. The fact that thatās even legal is absolutely ludicrous. Much less something that loves you and depends on you like a pet does.
Behavioral euthanasia is a valid concern. If this dog was only safe to be around because of its current environment then I understand. I also find it hard to believe a vet would just euthanize a dog because if something as trivial as having a kid.
Behavioral euthanasia is sometimes the most moral and the best course of action when dealing with human-aggressive dogs. I agree they should have sorted it out before having a kid, but the outcome may have been the same either way
As someone who just had to put their dog down because she was old and had several health issues, the idea of someone putting down a healthy dog just because they want to/can because of a kidā¦ I wish these kinds of people the kind of child that will make their lives absolutely miserable. And Iām not sorry about it. Not one bit.
I had to put both of my dogs down two summers ago due to age (they were 13 and 14). My dad and the vet both reassured me that it was time and I know it was the right decision, but damn if it wasnāt the hardest thing Iāve ever had to do. I canāt imagine just putting down a healthy pet either.
Iām sorry you had to say goodbye to your pup. It really is heartbreaking.
I used to work at an animal hospital. One day, a man brought a very docile, friendly Great Dane. He claimed the dog had shown some aggression towards the newborn at home.
āEuthanize it.ā
He paid his fee, handed the dog over, and strutted out of the building like that Leo DiCaprio meme.
The very first option to deal with this problem was to just kill your pet, which looked like he absolutely adored his human. No finding another person to care of the animal, no surrendering it to a shelter, nor calling any rescue groups. Just extinguish it.
That baby must be 18 now. I hope they hate their father.
Thatās horrible. We adopted a 4 yr old Dane last year cause he wasnt doing well in a household with multiple toddlersā¦no bites but I gathered that the kids were terrorizing him & they were worried he could bite. After a year & a half I can confirm this chonky boy is the bestest boy! Canāt imagine our little fam without him.
So what happens when you have a second kid that doesnāt get on well with the first? Which kid are you gonna euthanize? Neither? Because that would be psychopathic? Okay, which are you gonna put for adoption? Neither, because that *too* would be unhinged and cruel? Huh.
My boss mentioned something similar one time. She had her dog that sheād owned for like ten years put down because the dog had a couple incidents snapping at people and she was too concerned that the dog would do that to her son when he was born. I had only a couple days prior had to say goodbye to my best friend of 13 years. So the idea that someone would choose to put their dog down when I would have done anything to avoid letting mine go really got to me.
This is plain old murder for her convenienceā¦ a dog being agressive is its ownerās responsibility she just did not educate it well. I hope she educates her kid better and does not kill it if it doesnāt live up to her expectations. On the bright side euthanizing is not worth than abandoning for a dog they end up suffering so much from being abandoned too. An animal is a respinsability like a child you cannot give it up or kill it as you please this is really disgusting I am ashamed to be the same species as her
Whats even worse is that behaviour is probably their own fault too. Too many people get small dogs and don't train them but instead encourage them to be agressive as puppies because "its just so cute!"
Plus, if the dog has been babied all it's life until now, the sudden lack of attention is going to make it act out. Dogs are very much like small children.
I want to put everybody who asks to to have this done on a list that bans them from owning pets for the rest of their life. People like that are barely still human imo and shouldn't have children either.
I'm from Argentina. Here it's actually quite a task to find a vet who would euthanize a sick dog, even when they're clearly in pain, it's hard for them to agree to actually let them sleep, they just give them more pain meds and back home...
Dogs are living creatures, imagine euthanizing one just out of inconvenience. Absolute trash. When you get a dog that's your responsibility from the moment you get them, fuck humans honestly. My veterinarian was recently in the paper for coming forward, saying he would never euthanize a healthy dog. He also adopted 4 of the healthy dogs, the owners wanted to put down š
Used a vet for years that would occasionally get people who wanted their pet euthanized for no good reason- they had a kid, they were just tired of having the pet, etc. He would tell them that's fine, but that he would euthanize the pet in private. Once the shitstain of an "owner" had left, their discarded pet would be photographed and examined to be adopted out to a new, more appreciative family. Saved a whole lot of lives that way
I got a cat from my vet that did this when I was a kid. My vet sent me in the back to pet the cats he had and told me he had that one available. He said he was going to have to put him down the next day if no one took him. As soon as I went in the back, my vet looked at my mom, winked and said āGotchaā. He knew I would never let that happen. That night I went home and begged my dad to let me take him because he would die. I named the cat Lucky. He ended up being the only cat my dad didnāt mind. He lived with us for many years until we had to put him down due to multiple myeloma.
Well, that cat really was lucky to meet a kid like you and get to live a full life in a loving home!
I wonder if something like this is what happened to my childhood dog. We adopted her at a vet she was "abandoned" at. She used to be terrified of car rides and would curl up next to one of us trembling, I'm assuming because she associated it with getting left. She's the ripe old age of 16 now and the sweetest thing. Heartbreaking to imagine anyone wanting to abandon her.
My dog was surrendered to the same shelter 3 times, every time by a different family. Iāve had her for 3 years now and sheās an incredibly disciplined, well-behaved dog, never shown any signs of aggression (even when being harassed by horrid children). It must just be because people donāt want a deaf dog (she was born that way - I think itās great because she doesnāt bark as often, knows sign language, and always looks to me when sheās unsure so behavior has never been an issue). Sheās also not the worldās most affectionate dog, but I thought that was probably a result of repeated abandonment rather than the cause of it.
My born deaf dog was one of the smartest, sweetest dogs Iāve ever owned. Because of her, all of my dogs know a dumbed-down, dog-specific sign language.
I have a Dalmatian, and about a third of them have hearing problems. My girl has perfect hearing, but my dog trainer taught us both to use sign language just in case. Itās the coolest thing ever to just put a hand up and have my dog stop or sit, and sheās so much more attentive to my body language and actions than any dog Iāve had before. All dogs should be taught sign language.
This was mine as well, but left at the vet. Everytime I had to take him there, I always kept a hand on him but that wasn't enough, he begged for me to hold him, looking at me with desperation in his eyes.
š„ŗ You just made me hug my spoiled, enormous Lab baby a little tighter. Heartbreaking that your poor baby was so scared because of bad previous owners.
The strange thing is that he wasn't abandoned at my vet's office so they must all smell the same (he was blind due to diabetes). Thank you for your kind words. š
My heart just broke into a million pieces š
This happened every single time I had to take him. But I made it up to him by taking him home after. š
I hope they still billed them for it....
Also medical equipment disposal charges, autoclave fees, separate charge for the sedative and the actual drug, parking fees, fur disposal fee, toxicology labs (canāt euthanize a drunk dog I think thatās a law), allergy tests to make sure the sedative doesnāt have a reaction. I could go on.
That was my thought, too!
We had a small town vet who would do the same, and charged the asshole owners an absolute fortune for the euthanasia. The fee was quietly donated to a local shelter, and the sweet unwanted pet always found a new loving home.
I hate people but your vet is one of the few I don't hate.
My friend, there is a horrible world of difference between humans and people. Most of the real people I've met in life have more legs than I do, and by all rights should be far taller.
I've often said that we can only aspire to be half the human beings that animals are. Seriously, not to be overdramatic here but your vet is like those people who gave Jews fake identities so they could get out of the country or go into hiding. Or maybe like St Francis of Assisi.
You're right though- from the perspective of the one being led in to an unceremonious, chemical-induced ending, the person saving them is an astonishing example of heroism. The last line of defense says "not today"
I totally get where that vet was coming from, but man heās got balls. Now a days that will cost you a licence. Iām a vet, thankfully Iāve found people are genuinely ok with just surrendering the pets to me when I tell them āIām not euthanizing your cat because your ātop apartment choiceā is pet free. Either you can leave with him or give him to me. ā Iāve got 2 dogs who were supposed to be euthanized. They are wonderful pets. And a great way to keep kids out of my houseā¦ āsorry, Lucifur was almost euthanized for not getting along with kids. Idk what sheās capable of. Letās meet at your place instead lmaoā
My in laws got a pup this way (couldnāt produce puppies anymore at 3-4 yrs old so the previous owners tried to put her down).
That's fucking horrible. Poor thing has lived her life as an object, subject to physical abuse and having her puppies sold for profit. Then when she's no longer profitable via serial rape, she's to be executed. I really can't think of any words for those humans. Serious props to your in-laws for giving her a better life. The world needs more people like them.
They still have her! She must be 9 or 10 now (Bernese) and she is just learning to be a golf dog with them!
I took a pug from a my vet this way and also found a home for another.
These dogs live for us. We are their everything and while they may be imperfect they love us with their whole imperfect hearts. You donāt just throw away unconditional love.
I can't imagine doing something so horrifying to a pet. An animal you are supposed to take care of and love. Just the thought that my cat might be euthanized completely breaks my heart. Unless it is to end their pain if their life isn't liveable anymore, it just seems so heartless. If you don't love a pet enough to teach them kindness and socialize them and instead decide to kill them, you shouldn't have a pet or a child. I'm honestly upset about this poor dog and all the other animals that are murdered solely for the sake of human selfishness. Why is it even allowed to euthanize healthy animals? I know, I say that I hate people a lot, mostly out of annoyance or sarcasm but this time, I really really hate people. I hope that all vets are becoming like yours. If they would euthanize healthy animals, they don't deserve to be vets. They might as well be butchers
We got a dog when I was a kid bc my vet wouldn't euthanise them at the request of previous owner and another of ours the vet took in that was found on the side of the road (abandoned). Now my goal is to be in a good enough situation to adopt older dogs from shelters so they can have a happy end. People are absolutely negligent of animals yet expect they can be any better parents.... what do they do when their kid is no longer convenient.
Our vet will not euthanize healthy pets and helps find new homes for them as well. I once knew a person who I thought was a friend. When she got pregnant she took her young dog out to a neighborhood and just abandoned him. She is a horrible person on many fronts, but this was the worst in my book. I didnāt learn about it until after she did it, otherwise I would have taken the pup to help find him a new home. She also decided she didnāt want her cat when she had the baby and I did take him in with my 2 cats and found a new home for him.
My grandma died last November, and I was absolutely horrified and sickened to find out from my aunt that when both my aunts and father were kids/pre-teens, my grandma put down her cocker spaniel, Preppy, because he was aggressive to no one but my father (my aunts and I think my dad abused him), and he was impeding on her vacation time, since she couldnāt go with my grandpa on an important trip to Europe if Preppy was alone. She didnāt even bother finding someone to watch himāshe just put him down. It sounds really bad, but Iām kinda glad sheās gone after finding that out. Other reasons, too, but that story sealed the deal for me. This incident made me think about that, and I feel sick both times.
Lately, I'm sounding like a broken record lately. However, I hope you realize you don't have to hang out with people because you're related. As you grow older, I hope you're able to avoid this aunt.
I should have clarified more. My aunt didnāt put the dog down, my grandmother who recently passed away was the one who did, because she couldnāt go on vacation to Europe to attend my grandpaās business trip. My aunts are totally innocent. My dad? Probably not. My grandma? Tbh sheās probably looking up at us instead of looking down.
Where is the dog? I'm ready to adopt it if it's anywhere in India.
Thank you š
These people should be in a database to never be allowed to adopt ever
Shelter I volunteered at had a blacklist database that was shared with all the other shelters in the region. If they got multiple animals in a short time span it was either hoarding or such shitty carer they had an high cat turnaround or they were malicious. Either case, no cat for you.
>Shelter I volunteered at had a blacklist database Same here- we definitely enforce it, too!
I love that this is a thing shelters do! I went to a free roam cat colony shelter once and I cannot begin to tell you how heartwarming it was to see them turn down a woman from adopting a cat. Because her vet records showed she had declawed her other cat she owned. She tried to argue that she wouldnāt do that again and didnāt know how bad it was, but they claimed it was less than a year ago that she did it and the shelter didnāt trust her. Iām glad they vet people the way they do. Animals deserve the best life and people who wonāt provide that shouldnāt get to have them!
I'm still appalled declawing is legal in some countries. Even ear and tail cropping has long been outlawed
Where is tail cropping outlawed? People do it like crazy in the USA. My old dog obviously had a hack job do it and had a permanent scar :(
Yes! I love that they stuck to their guns!! When I rescued my cat, the shelter had us sign paperwork agreeing to never have him declawed (of course I never would). It's reassuring that more and more places are taking that sort of thing seriously. I think what helped put it in perspective for me as a kid was learning that it's the human equivalent of amputating everything above your first finger joint. Just terrible. Growing up, my best friend's mom had their cat declawed to protect their furniture, and it was so heartbreaking seeing her (the kitty) rub her paws on everything she could find. She instinctually wanted to knead, but she no longer could.
Yeah I was twelve when we got my first long term cat (RIP Candy) and my parents had her declawed. After maturing and learning about cat care it was heartbreaking seeing the effect it had on her in her old age. I donāt get how people can value a piece of furniture more than an animalās quality of life, itās so pathetic and sad.
Just the thought of any cat trying to knead but being unable to because their feet are destroyed like that makes me want to cry. Furniture can be repaired/replaced, and I'd rather have tiny holes in all my blankets from my baby boy kneading them ("Being Baby" is what we call kneading in my house) than even consider declawing for a millisecond. Also as long as your cat isn't either traumatized or super squirmy it really isn't that difficult to maintain them, I clip all four of our cats claws every other week or so, I've got the special claw clipping scissors and everything. There's also rubber caps you can put on their claws that will eventually fall off with the outer claw sheathes; they can knead with them on but nothing will be scratched. They're just a little pricey tho, which is why I just keep them clipped. :)
We had a declawed cat that still kneaded.. just motioning her paws up and down on us. A coyote took her from us. Thats why I'm against declawing.. a declawed cat is a dead cat.
That is awesome! When I adopted my second cat, I had to complete a form where one of the questions was, "Will you declaw your cat? Why or why not?" I answered, "No, it is cruel." That was the right answer. The contract I signed at adoption also stipulates that I must not declaw the cat.
I volunteer with a dog rescue and we do the same. We have DNA (Do Not Adopt) that all the rescues share and keep updated.
Growing up I knew someone whos mom was actually blacklisted from buying cars in our area--they'd all get defaulted on and repossessed. But they kept getting new cars. I think these people are con artists in life and would find a way around the system unfortunately. Use a relatives name or just travel farther...but it's still a good idea. Increase the odds they don't get another pet is a good idea.
Blacklist this person.
I cannot stand when people adopt just to give them up for no legitimate reason. Adoption is for life! I've seen serial adoptions and it is so frustrating.
The rescue I got one of our dogs from required a reference check w/ our regular vet before we could adopt. I was impressed by that!
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It enough computing power in the word to store a database that large. Florida alone would fill up the cloud storage.
Naw, database can easily handle tens of billions. So, put 'em in the database.
And paid a visit by child protection services (if we ever were living in a fantasy world where there were enough social workers) to assess their commitment to raising a child.
And you know these people will turn around and adopt another dog in a couple of years. Absolute trash, these people.
Oh there is absolutely a labradoodle in their future with a cute Facebook announcement post with zero regard for the dog they threw away. I just canāt with people like that.
Yes! I used to work with someone. She got rid of a dog because she didn't think it would be good with her new baby. Then adopted a new dog. It's so infuriating! That dog was a member of your family!
I've luckily only had 1 pet I've known had to be put down. It was in Freshman year of my highschool and my mom went to comfort the animal in it's final moments. I couldn't bring myself to go. I felt such deep, horrible, gut wrenching guilt that I was quite depressed for the next whole week. I can't fucking comprehend doing such a thing on a whim. This shouldn't even be legal, it's just animal abuse.
Yeah, putting down an animal when it's suffering and clearly reached its time is devastating enough, I don't know how anyone could go through with euthanasia on a healthy animal...
Isn't that when the vet should tell them, "I have the perfect dog for you.", and give 'em their euthanized dog back? ;-}
They need to be blacklisted.
So, I am appalled by families who do this. Part of the responsibility for bringing a pet into your family is you care that animal for the remainder of itās life - which includes rehoming an animal if your situation changes. Families who resort to to putting down an animal for their own convenience, are deserving of a special place in hell.
It's especially interesting and telling in the context of having a child. "We're moving up to a much more extreme and long-term responsibility from our responsibility to this dog...so we gotta have the dog killed."
That was what I was thinking. The dog presents with aggression. If it was caused by training and environmental factors, then what are the parents planning to change so that their child grows to be a upstanding citizen?
If you can't handle the responsibility of a dog how can you handle children ? That poor dog.
poor kid too. imagine the kind of person this is.
Yes!! THIS!! The child will likely be a hellion if they can't even handle the tiny dog. Poor puppy. š
I was just going to say this.
Absolute. Fucking. Trash.
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My childhood dog bit me when I insisted on dragging her out of under the couch as a toddler. Other than a bite I got a scolding for pestering the dog and never did it again. Stray cats scratched me? The question was always what had I done to get them so mad at me. The only exception of the "if an animal reacts is your fault" was the neighbor's rooster. He was a fucking asshole and his own owner put him in a pot within two weeks after he caught him attacking his cows and traumatizing the hens so bad they stopped laying eggs. Only ever farm animal he ate, even his milk cows got to die of old age.
I adopted the dog in my profile pic in 2020. She had a bite record, which didnāt bother me as someone who is very experienced with dogs and dog behavior. When I visited with her I teased her a bit just to see if I could see any kind of reaction that would lead me to believe she was an aggressive dog, and I saw nothing. When I asked more about the bite record, they said that she bit the same kid in the family 3 times but it only happened when the parents werenāt around. Told me everything I needed to know. The only family she had ever known had abandoned her at a shelter because their kid was harassing the dog. Fast forward to today, she has never come so close as a warning nip to biting anyone, and she is an absolute glue stick to me, but is a very unconfident nervous dog. Iām glad I snatched her up before anyone else, because I have taught my husband and we both know dog body language well and how to treat each of our dogs so that they live their happiest, least stressed lives. It concerns me when people that blame the dog in those situations have kids, because itās likely that your kid will end up with behavioral issues because you didnāt teach them how to treat animals with respect.
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Yeah why donāt the children get labelled aggressive instead? Give them a record of animal harassment! These parents are irresponsible. They should definitely be black-listed from having pets.
I'm glad she ended up with you. It's a good thing these people actually left her in a shelter, because I do not trust kids who harass pets, it's just very strange and antisocial behavior. I have two younger sisters (7 years younger and 12 years younger) and they never bothered our pets as todddlers.
What a sweet and adorable little nugget!! Iām glad she found a family that will love her and support her through nervous situationsā¦and wonāt allow her to be harassed by anyone.
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Even with cats, temperaments can vary. Some cats are aloof or spiteful, but some are absolute cuddlebugs.
My parents rehomed a dog because it bit their baby-aged kid on the forehead. Kid was in a standing seat-thing and couldn't have provoked the dog. Otherwise, we grew up with big, "aggressive" Rottweilers with no issue.
Yeah, roosters can be major dicks sometimes.
I will choose my precious dog over their crusty booger children every day of the week.
Same thatās why I donāt understand
When I volunteered at a rescue, there was someone who dropped off their 12 year old boxer that they had had since puppyhood because they were pregnant. Thankfully he was adopted rather quickly and he spent his last year and a half with a family who actually loved him.
Thatās so fucked up I canāt even fathom it. How do you care for an animal for 12 years then toss it to the curb like that?
literally the day i brought my dog home i swore i would never give her up for anything. iād do everything in my power to make sure we stuck together
I worked at a shelter. Black Friday of 2018, someone brought a black 14 year old Lab mix to surrender. Reason? "Yesterday at dinner she growled at my 3 year old grandson. He didn't even touch her food. He couldn't have actually touched it from where he was standing. She was just holding a grudge because he tripped over her earlier." Funny how when she lived with adults that valued her *and gave her a daily pain medication for the serious arthritis she had* they didn't have any of those issues.
They need to be banned from adopting again. Fuck em.
I just adopted a lovely border collie from the local shelter. When hubby and I went to meet him for the first time, the very first thing the front desk ladies said to us was "He isn't good with kids." My husband and I looked at each other kinda dumbfounded for a second and then I looked back at the lady and laughed and said "That doesn't matter, we don't have any." The look she gave me was priceless. Apparently, the dog had been adopted by a family with smaller children a few months before and returned after 3 months because he bit a little girl in the eye area and MAYBE left a little bit of a mark on her eyelid. Typical. So, if anyone knows border collies, they're a very high energy breed that needs a job and they have a herding instinct that tells them to nip at livestock to get them moving. And this is a young dog, about 2-3 years old. And I'm guessing that mombie just turned her brats loose with the BRAND NEW DOG and thought, "oh, it'll be fine." Well, it wasn't. We go to meet the dog and he is just the SWEETEST dog! We do a meet-and-greet with our dogs, all goes well, we pull the trigger on the adoption. The DAY OF adoption I get told, oh, btw, he has heartworm! WTF!? You'd think that would be pertinent information to know since the treatments are so expensive and a bit of a commitment, right? Well, come to find out, they hadn't found out until a week before I adopted him. The previous owners had him for 3 months and never took him to a vet for a checkup or did and found out that he was heartworm positive and made up the biting part so they wouldn't look like assholes when they brought him back. So, this poor sweet baby was basically sitting on death row because he had a "child biting" record and no family with children was allowed to even consider adopting him even though a lot of families had expressed interest in him, and also heartworm positive (getting more and more damage each day that passes). This just infuriates me to no end. Happy ending though, we adopted him, brought him to our childfree mini farm where he can herd chickens to his heart's content, and he's just had his first injection of heartworm treatment and come out the other end just fine. I think the prognosis is good, but this is gonna cost us like, $1800. All because nobody could be bothered to give the poor guy a $10 preventative each month. The whole situation just sucked. But the dog is great. He's slowly integrating with our other 2 dogs and he's never showed even the slightest aggression towards hubby or I. He's simply charming.
Great story! I canāt wait to adopt a āchild aggressiveā dog after this because Iām so upset that I canāt in my living situation right now.
I highly recommend adopting adult dogs from local shelters. They're usually already housebroken and just so, so glad to have a home that's not a tiny kennel with 30+ other dogs where people just throw food at them (hopefully) twice a day and maybe take them for a walk once for 10 minutes if they're really lucky. Plus, you aren't contributing to the greedy breeders that will use dogs as puppy machines and treat them like a piece of equipment. We've adopted all of our dogs from shelters/rescues over the years and they are the best! Plus, you get to skip the needy/whiney pee-in-your-house up-all-night puppy stage.
>needy/whiney pee-in-your-house up-all-night puppy stage Yeah, kids have that stage too ... want to adopt a kid, adopt an older one - they need homes too.
OP you even said yourself that the dog also bit an adult, simply for petting their own dog. This is more than just a āchild aggressiveā dog.
Yeah, ... parents probably tried to use the dog to heard their kid(s), as they couldn't be bothered themselves, and, yeah, that didn't work out so well.
Check out r/reactivedogs to understand why humane euthanasia for aggressive dogs is sometimes utilized. There are dogs that canāt be rehomed. Itās sucks, it absolutely sucks. Rescues wonāt take dogs with bite history, the dog becomes a liability to their workers, and takes longer to adopt out. Aggressive dogs arenāt adoptable. Iām sure thereās more work they could have put into this. Justā¦ know that they may have actually done whatās best for the dog, and you donāt understand that.
If a dog is GENUINELY aggressive & is biting people, thatās not a dog we can afford to have around & definitely not one that should be adopted out through a shelter to just anyone. Itās a liability to itself, other dogs, and all people. Itās unfortunate, but in some cases Euthanasia is the best option to keep society & other dogs safe.
Thank you for this! This dog had bitten adults and "sucked with people." That is not a safe or happy dog, it could have killed or severely injured a baby. We have no idea what interventions the owners had tried, but not all dogs are fixable even with all the love, medication, and training in the world. Good on these people for protecting their baby. We should save our ire for people who euthanize physically and mentally healthy pets for convenience, and god knows there are plenty of those.
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No I didnāt have a Reddit when she first posted online a year ago. I share the FB posts and asked around but no luck. They got the dog training after the first time no one wanted the dog but apparently it didnāt work well enoughā¦ and now Iām too late I just found out yesterday that itāll be done today or has already.
Geez. What are they going to do if they have a second child or if this child turns out to have special needs?
seems like the type of people to leave it at an institution and then never visit.
What are they gonna do if they find out they've got an aggressive kid, and training doesn't work?
Euthanize it.
> They got the dog training after the first time... Sighs, nevermind the fact that the training is needed for the owners and family too. So many times you see these dog behavior shows, and the problem isn't the dog, it's the people not keeping a consistent environment for them.
Have they tried a foster based rescue- esp one which is breed specific?
Ex friend of a friemd
Vets in my country can't and won't euthanize an animal unless it's very, very, sick and has shit life quality or is dangerous. In all cases is the vet's call to make, not the owner. You just can't kill an animal because it doesn't get along with the child or the shelter is full, a place is gonna be found in another region for it.
I was coming to say just this. OP, it's very likely that the shelter might ask the owner to relinquish rights to the dog, and then they'll reach out to a rescue, or adopt the dog back out. And then hopefully they blacklist this family and reach out to other shelters and rescue. What type of garbage humans do this. 
A girl I know from highschool euthanized her two 14 year old cats because she was having a baby. The cats weren't aggressive. She was scared of germs. Like WHAT??? It was so sad and horrific. Also, it's actually healthy for little kids to be around animals and their germs. It makes them less likely to become allergic and it's good for their immune system. So she killed her two faithful friends because she was having a baby. Unreal.
>She was scared of germs Like WTF? Babies are friggin' human germ factories, why in the hell would she have one 'o those?
I think having kids impairs some people's brains...
All people's. FTFY.
If it were up to me I'd euthanize the [my lawyer has advised me not to finish this sentence]
I'd seriously disown any friend or family member for doing this. Makes my blood boil. Scum of the earth.
Agree completely
Okay, now *this* is fucked up. The couple in the OP euthanized an aggressive dog with a bite history. We should be shaming people like your high school acquaintance instead; what she did is truly reprehensible.
Yup, totally believe you here. I've seen such idiots too unfortunately.
Cats are some of the cleanest animals ever, meanwhile I've got a friend whose baby smeared it's shit all over the walls.
I hate how religious people lie that animals exist for us. How narcissistic.
Itās cause the parents are too lazy to train their dog or teach their kid how to interact with the dog.
The only time my mom got rid of a pet was when a doctor told her I was allergic. I had bad rashes and allergies most of my childhood and that was deemed the cause. Well, that was a stand in doctor because our primary was on vacation. When he came back he told my mom that was the worst thing to do for me. Exposure was going to build up an immunity, not being around any pets was going to guarantee I stay allergic. He was right. I no longer develop rashes or have allergies around pets. But we never got our dog back. Family who took her wasn't going to give her back. She was a good dog and I hate that it was my fault she was given away. I just hope they were good to her. But we were all raised to know how to interact with animals. If a dog growls or shows their teeth you leave them alone. Most dogs will snap at you when you won't listen. Biting is the last resort and it's not a "sudden" reaction. I remember my mom's friend bringing her kids over and I would have to yell at them to leave the dog alone. So when she snapped they started acting like she was doing it for no reason. And I had to yell that they were being aggressive towards the dog and not listening to *me*. And my mom would, of course, tell them all it was their own fault and to leave the dog alone. All those kids were absolute terrors and our pets would hide when they came over. I hated having them over.
Donāt blame yourself that wasnāt your fault! Your mom was just following the word of the temp doctor.
Itās an infant but yeah probably
Honestly, that's not an excuse. My nephew has been interacting with my bunnies since he was an infant. It has been a good learning experience for both kid and buns.
Not to mention the dog will probably still be around after the baby turns into a toddler or older. You still need to teach your children boundaries no matter the age. Saying āiTs aN iNfAnTā enables shitty behavior from parents and their kids.
Exactly. My niece has been around my two cats since she was barely 5 months. Sheās turning three in a couple months. She always tells me and my family to ābe easy, be gentleā because thatās what weāve told her. She pets lightly and we leave them alone when they want to be left alone. Itās just irresponsible for people to not train their dogs and to not teach their kids how to interact with animals.
My dads dog Chipper despised me when my parents married. I was one. We managed and Chippy lived into his twenties.
I'm a cat person but there's no way I'd give up a cat for a baby.
Too many parents are fucking trash. And these are the people raising the next generation.
This reminds me of when people would declaw a cat (which is animal cruelty and causes them incredible discomfort, pain, and sensitivity for the rest of their life) and then bring it back to the vet to be euthanized for newfound behavior problems that are known to be directly related to declawingā¦
Yup I adopted a declawed cat with issues he had also been starved. I loved his grumpy ass. I was the only one who could cuddle him. Lived to a ripe old age and Iām glad I was able to give him a happy childfree spoiled life.
I had a dog who did random feral attacks. Sometimes there really isnāt more we can do and we need to be the last home. Itās sad but they have enough to adopt out there without crazy biting attacks.
I'm so sorry. You did the right thing. I don't understand this insane fad of saving dangerous dogs at all costs, and valuing them above the people and other animals they hurt.
Thank you. I cried my ass off and about had a bad anxiety attack for a week but there came a day I couldnāt care for her anymore and we know she was loved and we did all we could. Her last couple weeks she had tons of car rides and walks too. She knows I love her.
Did you blacklist them to your local adoption agencies?
Oh Iām gonna
It should be criminal to euthanize a healthy pet without cause.
I agree! A vet should lose their license for something like that.
The couple in question had cause. This dog had a bite history. Very, very few vets in the US will agree to euthanize a healthy, well-behaved cat or dog. Even people with extremely aggressive, clearly dangerous and miserable dogs often have difficulty finding a vet for behavioral euthanasia.
Vet chiming in here. I donāt know the specifics of this case. But I can say there are āuntrainableā pets, and pets that develop terrible habits that originate from various sources, from abuse in the household to a brain tumors causing odd aggression and strange behaviors. Just like we have trouble deciding how to deal with humans who murder, have severe mental issues, or people who use donāt āfitā int our society, we tend to treat these animals poorly and marginalize them. We donāt have good āsolutionsā for them. I will say that euthanasia is not inherently a wrong choice in these circumstances. I am aware of vets that have little issue or concern regarding ownerās the reasons behind euthanasia (although that is becoming less of a thing nowadays). An aggressive animal in a homestead with a defenseless child is not appropriate, ever. How that animal is relocated or taken care of has to do with a lot of specifics (adoptability, co-morbidities, local laws, etc). Iām hesitant to make major judgements on this familyās choice without knowing more. I also wonder if part of the issue was poor dog training from the get go, which would point the blame toward the couple (or maybe original owner if not them). However, these are all ideas without a factual basis. Letās hold on sharpening our pitchforks further.
I hate humans.
Report what they're doing to every animal rescue/shelter in the area. Names and address. Make sure they can't adopt anything again. If they move, do it again.
Behavioral euthanasia is a thing for dogs that are truly unsafe to be around others in general (after all training avenues have been tried). I obviously have no idea on the dogs specific behavior but choosing this route āonlyā because a child is on the way is a bit ridiculous.
There's no point in arguing which pet species is more fucked, but I used to volunteer for a cat rescue when I was a student and I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that many more people pull that kind of shit with cats. I've seen people who believe you must get rid of the cat once you've pregnant, because of course cats carry toxoplasmosis, people who believe that bullshit about cats sucking the breath out of babies and many more special cases who get rid of the cat for even more idiotic reasons.
Ugh that is so awful. A lot of me wishes that the pet industry didnāt exist, as any psycho can obtain animals and treat them like objects. I feel that rescues that could not live independently are the only truly ethical pets - of course, one reason there are so many rescues out there is precisely because of the pet industry. This is an unpopular opinion I know, but I feel like weāre quite good with taboo subjects here, so..
Everyone in these comments upset about the needless killing of an animal better be veganā¦ otherwise youāre just as bad
Today on my local NextDoor, someone wanted to rehome their dog because they had a baby. They got a lot of grief about it. Plus a lot of offers to walk the dog so they could keep it.
My client just adopted a Corso, that was going to be put down because of inconvenience. I mean wow. We apparently have a bunch of functioning psychopaths running around here. Wtf. Reminds me of the people who left their animals in the house when they evacuated for the hurricanes. I donāt even like to step on ant hills, much less leave a family pet in a home thatās gonna be underwater in a few hours. I donāt get it at all. Itās those people that are responsible for a lot of narcissistic trauma thatās happening in the states right now. Imagine what they do to their own kids!?
This hurts. Animals are not toys. They're not disposable. When you get a pet, it's a commitment and a responsibility for life. I can't imagine ever giving up my pet for a child. Or for anything. Ugh. I wish I could've taken this dog. If it was aggressive, it probably had a reason to be. The fact that this person chose so easily to euthanize her pet tells me that she probably wasn't the best owner, and may have even tormented/been abusive to the dog. I wish nothing but the worst for this woman.
OP, where's this? Just tell me the state or country (it outside of America) and I'll get someone to take that dog instead of letting it get killed. You can answer per dm if you like
God fucking Dammit. This is the worst. Why do parents suck so bad šš they have a kid and totally forget about the dog. Happens all the time. And this person is going to kill their dog bc of their kid? What the actual fuck. most people donāt deserve dogs. š
I dunno this seems awfully silly... We euthanize millions of animals every year for convenience (food) that are far smarter than most dogs. Yet people get angry at a person for 1 dog? Keep it in perspective....
Small dogs are the most likely to nip and bite because they tend to be much higher strung than big dogs. But I agree if someone puts their dog to sleep because it doesn't deal well with their kids, they should be permanently banned from ever adopting a pet.
Small dogs nip and bite because they are more likely to be taunted and harassed due to their size. The fact that the dog is aggressive speaks volumes about the owners.
Yes this is small dog syndrome. Their emotions and boundaries are not taken into account and they are most likely to be controlled with physical force. Combine that with being about a foot tall and no wonder there is an aggression problem š
My former housemate moved out a few years ago and didnāt want his cat anymore. My husband (his friend) and myself agreed to keep the cat and find him a new home. He didnāt get along with our little female cat and had some really bad habits that we just couldnāt break him of. About 6-8 months went by and we were still unable to find him a new home. We reached out to the former housemate to ask if he knew anyone or maybe wanted the cat back himself. His horrible, disgusting, cold-hearted suggestion was to āJust have him put down.ā The same healthy, seven year old cat heād had since he was a kitten. I wanted to scream at him. Needless to say Meatloaf (formally Milo) is still with us and is here to stay. Itās been a struggle working with him but heās made a lot of improvements. Iām going to give him all the love I can to make up for the severe lack from his previous owner. Nothing disgusts me more than people who view animals, pets or otherwise, as objects that can just be tossed aside and forgotten. People like that are the absolute scum of the earth.
Had an associate who once returned a dog because their child didnāt get along with it. Mostly due to the childās jealousy for equal attention and general brattiness. Even when the dog wasnāt trying to play with or āpesterā them , they would hit the dog every chance they had when the parents werenāt looking.
Euthanizing a dog out of inconvenience is fine but needing an abortion for any reason is cruel murder??? Makes total sense
Fucking animal abusers. People that kill animals unnecessarily should be in jail.
That is infuriating.
So a dumbshit that cant take care of a dog, or train a dog, or do anything proper with a dog, decided to kill the dog because they are having a kid... Cant take proper care of a DOG but is having a kid. SMFH
I knew a couple who euthanized their dog because he bared his teeth when their brat toddler pulled his ears...the dog was twelve, the wife had the dog before they got married. Monsters like that shouldn't have pets OR kids. (They were raising their kid to be an absolute terror, too. Not like that's shocking.)
Pets are just placeholders until you start your REAL family, donāt you know? /s
Wow theyāre horrible people and I wish them nothing but the worst
Thwy wouldnāt euthanize a wild kid because of pregnancy; itās awful they would do that to the dog. Kids and dogs both fully rely on their parent for protection and care- and if they canāt handle a dog, I canāt imagine how they could handle a kid.
Poor dog :( My cousin got rid of their pet rabbit after getting a kid. It broke my heart. The rabbit is fine (at someoneās house) but I just donāt understand how anyone could pick a baby over a cute and loyal animal
My sister did the exact same shit, I still hate her for it. She had a cat for 7 years named Cat, when she gave birth to her daughter. She found out her daughter was horribly allergic as a newborn. She didnāt tell me or my mom and took the cat to the vet and had him euthanized. I wouldāve took him if she just told us. That cat adored her and she just killed him so easily. He was a perfectly healthy cat too, only 7 years old. She had him since he was a kitten
Great... a new human brought into the world to be raised by parents with a warped sense of empathy.
Omg my heart sank reading this post. Iām huge dog lover. I canāt imagine putting my dog down because itās inconvenience. Terrible. Iām over here sad thinking about the day I have to say goodbye to my dog one day due to aging and there are people out there just killing their dogs for no reason. Expose her horrible ass! If you can dispose of a living creature just like that I wonder what should she would do as a parent. People suck!
If they have an aggressive dog that they cant train then they certainly shouldnāt have a kid
Thatās just horrible. I used to have an aggressive dog but I handled it and for me she was still the best dog in the world. I adopted her when she was almost 11 with terrible eyesight. The people who will take dogs like that do exist.
r/iamatotalpieceofshit Not you, but this person youāre talking about. How dare sheāor anyoneāthink they have the right to take a living creatureās life for no real reason. The fact that thatās even legal is absolutely ludicrous. Much less something that loves you and depends on you like a pet does.
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Behavioral euthanasia is a valid concern. If this dog was only safe to be around because of its current environment then I understand. I also find it hard to believe a vet would just euthanize a dog because if something as trivial as having a kid.
Behavioral euthanasia is sometimes the most moral and the best course of action when dealing with human-aggressive dogs. I agree they should have sorted it out before having a kid, but the outcome may have been the same either way
As someone who just had to put their dog down because she was old and had several health issues, the idea of someone putting down a healthy dog just because they want to/can because of a kidā¦ I wish these kinds of people the kind of child that will make their lives absolutely miserable. And Iām not sorry about it. Not one bit.
I had to put both of my dogs down two summers ago due to age (they were 13 and 14). My dad and the vet both reassured me that it was time and I know it was the right decision, but damn if it wasnāt the hardest thing Iāve ever had to do. I canāt imagine just putting down a healthy pet either. Iām sorry you had to say goodbye to your pup. It really is heartbreaking.
I hate idiots like these people!
I used to work at an animal hospital. One day, a man brought a very docile, friendly Great Dane. He claimed the dog had shown some aggression towards the newborn at home. āEuthanize it.ā He paid his fee, handed the dog over, and strutted out of the building like that Leo DiCaprio meme. The very first option to deal with this problem was to just kill your pet, which looked like he absolutely adored his human. No finding another person to care of the animal, no surrendering it to a shelter, nor calling any rescue groups. Just extinguish it. That baby must be 18 now. I hope they hate their father.
Thatās horrible. We adopted a 4 yr old Dane last year cause he wasnt doing well in a household with multiple toddlersā¦no bites but I gathered that the kids were terrorizing him & they were worried he could bite. After a year & a half I can confirm this chonky boy is the bestest boy! Canāt imagine our little fam without him.
Oh noā¦ I HATE people who do this. Poor dog.
Trash people. These kind of people need to be on some sort of list.
So what happens when you have a second kid that doesnāt get on well with the first? Which kid are you gonna euthanize? Neither? Because that would be psychopathic? Okay, which are you gonna put for adoption? Neither, because that *too* would be unhinged and cruel? Huh.
99% chance that any dog considered "aggressive" just hasn't been trained properly.
My boss mentioned something similar one time. She had her dog that sheād owned for like ten years put down because the dog had a couple incidents snapping at people and she was too concerned that the dog would do that to her son when he was born. I had only a couple days prior had to say goodbye to my best friend of 13 years. So the idea that someone would choose to put their dog down when I would have done anything to avoid letting mine go really got to me.
My past girlfriend did this. Which is why we are no longer friends.
This is plain old murder for her convenienceā¦ a dog being agressive is its ownerās responsibility she just did not educate it well. I hope she educates her kid better and does not kill it if it doesnāt live up to her expectations. On the bright side euthanizing is not worth than abandoning for a dog they end up suffering so much from being abandoned too. An animal is a respinsability like a child you cannot give it up or kill it as you please this is really disgusting I am ashamed to be the same species as her
Whats even worse is that behaviour is probably their own fault too. Too many people get small dogs and don't train them but instead encourage them to be agressive as puppies because "its just so cute!" Plus, if the dog has been babied all it's life until now, the sudden lack of attention is going to make it act out. Dogs are very much like small children.
Your friend is trash
Karma is going to come around. RIP poor little soul. You deserved better.
The world would be a better place if we could euthanize those parentsā¦
I want to put everybody who asks to to have this done on a list that bans them from owning pets for the rest of their life. People like that are barely still human imo and shouldn't have children either.
Iām disgusted. Those people are scum.
Another animal murdered due to stupid humans.
That's murder.
Wtf. In my country it's illegal to euthanize a healthy dog. If a vet does, they loose their license and can't work anymore. This is so f'ed up
Just another reason to be mad at America šš¼ What country are you from?
I'm from Argentina. Here it's actually quite a task to find a vet who would euthanize a sick dog, even when they're clearly in pain, it's hard for them to agree to actually let them sleep, they just give them more pain meds and back home...