Hard to understand some people

[Scooter]

I met a woman at the dog park today who had a beautiful 3 year old lab who was playing happily with my Zoe. We got to chatting and she said they'd only adopted him a couple weeks ago. I asked who would give up such a great dog and she told me the couple who owned him got a divorce and NEITHER OF THEM WANTED HIM! What?? If, God forbid, my husband and I ever split up Zoe is what we'd be fighting over the most! (And I'd win, by the way!) Just unbelievable to me.

 

[Brattina88]

I agree with you. People never cease to amaze me with their excuses to rehome a dog

 

[Paige]

Maybe as individuals they wouldn't be able to provide her with enough mental and physical stimulation. Good dogs can go down hill fast if their needs aren't being met.

 

[CaliTerp07]

Maybe as individuals they wouldn't be able to provide her with enough mental and physical stimulation. Good dogs can go down hill fast if their needs aren't being met.

Yeah, I work too many hours to be able to keep Lucy by myself. The only way we make it work is that I walk her in the morning and go to work a little later, and my husband goes in/comes home early to walk her in the afternoon. If I had her by myself, she'd be alone 12 hours a day.

That said, in some divorces it probably an excuse to get rid of the dog no one really wanted...but I like to hope that some people truly want their dogs!

 

[Paige]

Exactly. You never know someone else's situation. I had to give up a dog I loved to death because he didn't get along with my other one, I was extremely ill and it wasn't fair for them to be on a crate/rotate situation with their individual needs. Spank has a ffabulous home. It was much better for him in that situation. Maybe this dog is the same? Maybe not.

 

[TheGoldenRetriever]

I asked who would give up such a great dog and she told me the couple who owned him got a divorce and NEITHER OF THEM WANTED HIM! What??

:yikes: I really hope she was saying that for the sake of expedience, i.e. didn't want to tell the whole story, etc., .... or maybe she didn't know the whole story?

It could have been something like what CaliTerp said ... that with the breakup neither alone could provide a good enough life for the dog and they wanted better for him?

Or they each had to move to apartments that don't allow dogs ... or only allow small dogs rather than a Lab? (That second one can be very area-specific. I have lived in vastly different parts of the U.S. Where I have lived one would have had an extremely hard time finding ANY apartments that allow anything other than a single cat ... if ANY pets at all. Other places I have lived there are apartments that allow dogs ... a few even big dogs.)

Or maybe one or both of them had to temporarily move back in with their parents or other family ... and their families didn't want or could not have the dog living there?

I am not naive and realize people do give up pets for less-than-stellar reasons ... but I do not believe that is the case EVERY time.

 

[sillysally]

At least that reason is better than the one I saw posted in an ad to rehome a goldendoodle. They paid $1600 for the dog and then decided when he hit 8 months that he "had grown too big for their apartment." Really? It's half golden, half poodle--a four minute google search could have told them how big that dog was going to get.

Even if they didn't give a crap about finding out if the dog was right for them for the dog's and their family's sake (they mentioned how attracted to dog their 10 yr old was--I feel bad for the kid) you'd think they'd want to have some idea what to expect before they dropped $1600 just from a financial standpoint.....

I understand that there are perfectly legitimate reasons to rehome an animal--I rehomed a horse of mine recently--but stuff like that i just don't get...

 

[Brattina88]

we've had a couple divorce dogs in the rescue. While I can't speak for this case, the ones I've had experience with neither wanted to keep the dog because it was the "baby" before the "real" babies came. The dog reminded one of the other... didn't want them.

BUT like I said, can't speak for everyone

 

[Paige]

I'd be fighting tooth and nail to keep my dog in a divorce.... and probably wanna take Tom's dog too.

 

[SmexyPibble]

When I move out I'm taking my dog, absolutely no doubt about it.