Auntie Biache'
Well-Known Member
So, I was booted from a FB group yesterday for being sensible, instead of feeding into someone's "poor me" post. This woman had posted a few weeks ago that she had just adopted a GR, and had a crate on end with the pup standing up with her head out the door. Someone asked about it and she said, it was just one of those cute things that happened and she took a pic. Got it. Been there, done that. No harm, no foul.
Yesterday she posts about how frustrated she is with potty training. People start asking questions to try and figure out how they can help. In the end, what we learn is that the puppy isn't actually being potty trained. There is no one in the house between first thing in the morning and some time in the afternoon, when her daughter gets home from school. She says she works 3 jobs, and has 3 children. I've looked at her FB page, and I don't think any of her children are old enough to be home unsupervised. In addition, she has pics of her girls at different events, being involved in sports and other activities. These are all good things, but I digress. So her complaint is that the puppy is crapping everywhere. On her carpet, on her hard wood floors, in her crate. She has 2 small dogs that she has trained to do their business on piddle pads while everyone is away all day. Puppy doesn't get it, but obviously thinks it's okay to poop in the house, since the other dogs do. She's saying that she thinks she's going to have to make her GR an outdoor dog, since it's not catching on. She's basically expecting this puppy to potty train itself.
In my Auntie Biatche fashion, I tell her that she needs to return the puppy to the breeder, so someone who has time for the puppy can adopt it, since she plainly does not have time.
People, if you want a pet, you have to be responsible for it. You can't leave an 8 week old puppy alone for 8+ hours a day. Who the hell is feeding the puppy? No one. No one is feeding it, walking it, supervising it, loving it, or training it. The thought of the things this puppy could get into and choke to death, hang itself, or God knows what has been foremost on my mind. This woman is somewhere out there in the cyberspace world, and there is not a damn thing I can do about what happens to the puppy. I tossed and turned last night, wondering if she had thrown this little puppy outside, all alone, in the dark, to be an "outside" dog. I'm not "one of those" animal people, but damn. I will drop what I'm doing to make sure my puppy is in the house before dark. Gilly took one week to potty train. Boomer has taken almost 2 months. No two dogs are alike. They will all learn at a different pace, just like children do.
So, if you're thinking about adopting a pet, and you work a full time job, or more, and you have numerous children in school, and there is no one home all day, and you don't plan to have someone come in and help, then do the puppies a favor. Don't adopt.
Yesterday she posts about how frustrated she is with potty training. People start asking questions to try and figure out how they can help. In the end, what we learn is that the puppy isn't actually being potty trained. There is no one in the house between first thing in the morning and some time in the afternoon, when her daughter gets home from school. She says she works 3 jobs, and has 3 children. I've looked at her FB page, and I don't think any of her children are old enough to be home unsupervised. In addition, she has pics of her girls at different events, being involved in sports and other activities. These are all good things, but I digress. So her complaint is that the puppy is crapping everywhere. On her carpet, on her hard wood floors, in her crate. She has 2 small dogs that she has trained to do their business on piddle pads while everyone is away all day. Puppy doesn't get it, but obviously thinks it's okay to poop in the house, since the other dogs do. She's saying that she thinks she's going to have to make her GR an outdoor dog, since it's not catching on. She's basically expecting this puppy to potty train itself.
In my Auntie Biatche fashion, I tell her that she needs to return the puppy to the breeder, so someone who has time for the puppy can adopt it, since she plainly does not have time.
People, if you want a pet, you have to be responsible for it. You can't leave an 8 week old puppy alone for 8+ hours a day. Who the hell is feeding the puppy? No one. No one is feeding it, walking it, supervising it, loving it, or training it. The thought of the things this puppy could get into and choke to death, hang itself, or God knows what has been foremost on my mind. This woman is somewhere out there in the cyberspace world, and there is not a damn thing I can do about what happens to the puppy. I tossed and turned last night, wondering if she had thrown this little puppy outside, all alone, in the dark, to be an "outside" dog. I'm not "one of those" animal people, but damn. I will drop what I'm doing to make sure my puppy is in the house before dark. Gilly took one week to potty train. Boomer has taken almost 2 months. No two dogs are alike. They will all learn at a different pace, just like children do.
So, if you're thinking about adopting a pet, and you work a full time job, or more, and you have numerous children in school, and there is no one home all day, and you don't plan to have someone come in and help, then do the puppies a favor. Don't adopt.
