Reasons to Kill your Puppy

[kenv1950]

Reason to kill. My Rotty (Malcom) Very large Rot, 162 LB. gentle giant.. Couldn't leave him in all day so I put a doggy door in for him.. Everyday I'd come home he would be on the porch waiting, always sitting like he was at attention.. Came home from work one day (about 90 deg. out) He was sitting on the porch just as proud as can be.. Opened up the front door and the smell was so bad it pushed me back a couple feet, He brought me a gift.. (DEAD WOODCHUCK in the living room) Couldn't scold him for doing what dogs do.. He's since gone (BONE CANCER) he made it 10yrs.

 

[Arik]

I still wish you'd change the thread title, JL, but in the spirit of sharing reasons to be exasperated with a puppy:

1. For gobbling up what the cat left behind in your yard, and being so overjoyed about it that puppy wants to come lick owner all over the face.

2. For gobbling up whatever hits the kitchen floor, including non-food items like mom's dropped medication.

3. For notifying owner to let puppy back inside by scratching frantically at the wooden doorjamb.

4. For the front door jailbreak.

5. For seeming perfectly happy to lie down and enjoy the car ride, until at its conclusion owner finds that puppy has peed on the (covered, thankfully) seat and lain in it.

6. For chewing Mama's shoes, starting with the most expensive pairs and not seeming to associate the whuppin' with the act of chewing the shoes.

7. For chewing the power cord to the refrigerator in half and not being electrocuted in the process. (I still haven't figured that one out.)

8. For chewing the cover off of a baseball and swallowing it, unbeknownst to owner, and not revealing it until the next day while riding on a ferry and being walked around on deck for "fresh air" in front of the other passengers. (The term "hanging curve ball" comes to mind.)

9. For having an appetite for socks. (Side benefit: dad picks up his socks now.)

10. For being the only puppy at the vet who thinks the right way to get on the scale is to hunch down on stomach and drag puppy's self across the floor and onto the scale.

I could go on, but I might make someone decide not to get a dog, and that's not my intention.

7) Same here only with the lamp

I'll just add to yours

11) Shredding new rolls of toilet paper all over the house

12) eating the armchair of the couch

13) for thinking the only place to pee while going to the vets office is IN the vets office despite being walked before and after the car ride

14) for arguing with you. Yes my dog actually argues and answers back.

15) for walking away and mumbling under her breath when kicked out of the kitchen.

16) liking her bowl spotlessly clean even if it takes an hour

17) attempting to destroy every toy in 12 seconds or less....and often succeeding

18) playing the roll of a linebacker and Tackle when excited

19) Sleeping on top of you when you fall asleep on the couch

 

[pawngal]

I'll add a few that I don't think have been mentioned.
We had a pair of black lab/chessy cross.
One had a plastic fetish, destroyed 2 cell phones,anything plastic inside the Surburban including the turn signal lever, knobs, window cranks, anything in a plastic bag from food(human and dog) to the little baggies with my husbands medications & vitamins. She also ate and rolled in any dead stinky thing she could find. Was a good thing she liked baths.
Her sister's puppy chewing was wood, any size stick became fiber in her diet or at least kindling. And she destroyed the spindles on the house deck.
Latest dog has a fondness for gummy bears and then pukes.

 

[coltle6920]

Frankly,I'm a firm believer that all pet owners should be neutered!

I'm amazed at the stories I'm reading here.My friend has had 5 dogs at one time and all of a different breed.I think the worst one of them did was turn over the trash can in the kitchen and that was only done once.Whenever I come to visit I make it a point to bring a nice meaty bone for each of them.Other than their initial excitement when they see me drive up they are some of the best behaved dogs I've ever seen.

Anyone else watch the Dog Whisperer on Saturday mornings?

 

[jlrhiner]

Anyone else watch the Dog Whisperer on Saturday mornings?

Well duh, no.

 

[shouldazagged]

I'm extremely lucky. Moose the Micro-Mastiff (he's a fifteen pound rat terrier) was, they thought, about six when he adopted me at the animal shelter. He's now about ten, and has slowed down very little--still very lively at play time. Has two speeds, Fiesta and Off. But he only chews rawhide bones and toys, both of which he demolishes. He barks only to let me know someone is at the door, apparently believing I don't know what the doorbell signifies, or if he sees a cat. He likes baths.

He's perfect for a half-crippled old man. He keeps me laughing and walking, the latter four or five times a day. He sleeps with me but doesn't take up much room. He can go ten hours at night without going out to post on canine social media. We both landed soft when he came to live here.

Still, puppies are so much fun and--no, fortunately we have a one-dog limit here.

 

[mtrvl]

I have a pound puppy, the shelter said the little girl was 1 1/2 year old. No she was younger maybe a year still a pup. she is my dog and took me over. I am her chew toy, she keeps my hands , face and ears clean. she has inside toys, balls and rubber bone and chew toys, out side she found my hickory smoking chunks, chews on them and carries them around. at night she sleep next to me and she snores. I woke up the other night to the sound of snoring, I thought is was my wife, but it was the dog. Now I guess it's a visit to the vet to get the dog a C-pap machine. but she is a cute mid sized dog.

That's just too funny. FYI...my C-PAP cost nearly five grand. That's a lot of S&W's.

 

[Arik]

I'm extremely lucky. Moose the Micro-Mastiff (he's a fifteen pound rat terrier) was, they thought, about six when he adopted me at the animal shelter. He's now about ten, and has slowed down very little--still very lively at play time. Has two speeds, Fiesta and Off. But he only chews rawhide bones and toys, both of which he demolishes. He barks only to let me know someone is at the door, apparently believing I don't know what the doorbell signifies, or if he sees a cat. He likes baths.

He's perfect for a half-crippled old man. He keeps me laughing and walking, the latter four or five times a day. He sleeps with me but doesn't take up much room. He can go ten hours at night without going out to post on canine social media. We both landed soft when he came to live here.

Still, puppies are so much fun and--no, fortunately we have a one-dog limit here.

I have one too! Awesome dogs. Although mine has the speed of lounge and sleep

 

[vigil617]

post on canine social media.

I see what you did there, Mike.

You were in especially fine form with that posting, by the way.

 

[307-Niner]

The 'baby' Rottie has toys galore and two other dogs to play with but she still want's other excitement and though she's aggravating as you know what, she is so comical. She drags in the biggest branches she can find in the back yard and proceeds to pulverize them into tiny pieces. I tell her to get out of my bed and she takes that as an opportunity to wrestle and play bite. I end up moving her bodily. In fact she interprets every move as an invitation to play and being a Rottie, won't be convinced otherwise. Most stubborn mutt I ever met in my life.

After having raised 5 rotts, I smiled as I read your post. But don't worry, they usually turn into really good listeners around 2 years old.

 

[glenncal1]

Like real kids they are cutest when they are asleep:

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Frankly,I'm a firm believer that all pet owners should be neutered!

I got my T shirt back in 71.... Have you got yours cotle?.


WuzzFuzz

 

[coltle6920]

Well duh, no.

That's too bad...

Contrary to what you might think the man actually trains the owners.While pets can understand commands they also sense how you are feeling and react accordingly.

 

[coltle6920]

I got my T shirt back in 71.... Have you got yours cotle?.


WuzzFuzz

Never bought one.These people know who they are without being reminded.

 

[wyccad915]

I'm pretty sure some of those things wont go away. My dog doesn't necessarily want to play fetch at 2am, but I'll roll over after waking up, eager to just get back to sleep and who is there in my face? my 6yr old golden retriever panting, as if to just say "hey."

 

[85V65Sabre]

I was working on some wiring under the truck, went in the house for a few minutes........
Came back out to find that my boy had been helping! Small job turned into a BIG JOB.
But you just have to love them.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.