So I am faced with a dilemma today... Glen's brother and sister-in-law have been wanting to re-home their one year old dog for a few weeks now. However, neither of them have put forth any effort to do so. I personally drew up some flyers for them to post around town and personally made posts on two different websites as well as Facebook. The flyers are STILL sitting on the counter and to my knowledge, there have been no replies on Facebook.
Yesterday I overheard the sister-in-law telling her daughters that "Bear is going to a new home tomorrow so you need to tell him bye-bye.". When I asked her if she really did find him a new home she shook her head no at me.
They have mentioned taking him to a shelter multiple times but I think that is ridiculous, as does Glen. We have offered to take him a few times too but they don't want him around their kids (4 & 2), because he "bit them". Yet, they leave the dog unsupervised in a closed room with a 2 year old. If you ask me, that's more irresponsible parenting than anything.
I am just incredibly frustrated. This dog is such a sweetheart and no one even knows exactly why he nipped at the 2 year old. They don't spend time with him and he is still intact. We have offered to pay to get him neutered, we have offered to take him and keep him away from the girls... but to no avail, they just won't listen.
So it comes down to this. I firmly do not believe in bringing a dog to a shelter, I think it is absolutely ridiculous. Glen is working today unfortunately but he told me to talk to his brother about it once again.
I just don't know how to come across.
Should I be stern and show how upset I am about it?
Or, should I be calm and try not to start a fight about it?
In the end I know it isn't up to me or Glen. He is their dog and will do what they want with him... I just don't want to see this poor guy go to a shelter because his owners don't want to put the effort towards finding him a new home.
People like this just shouldn't have pets
.
Maybe I can find out what shelter they plan on taking him to and we can just go adopt him ourselves.
Sorry for the long post. Any advice is appreciated!
Yesterday I overheard the sister-in-law telling her daughters that "Bear is going to a new home tomorrow so you need to tell him bye-bye.". When I asked her if she really did find him a new home she shook her head no at me.
They have mentioned taking him to a shelter multiple times but I think that is ridiculous, as does Glen. We have offered to take him a few times too but they don't want him around their kids (4 & 2), because he "bit them". Yet, they leave the dog unsupervised in a closed room with a 2 year old. If you ask me, that's more irresponsible parenting than anything.
I am just incredibly frustrated. This dog is such a sweetheart and no one even knows exactly why he nipped at the 2 year old. They don't spend time with him and he is still intact. We have offered to pay to get him neutered, we have offered to take him and keep him away from the girls... but to no avail, they just won't listen.
So it comes down to this. I firmly do not believe in bringing a dog to a shelter, I think it is absolutely ridiculous. Glen is working today unfortunately but he told me to talk to his brother about it once again.
I just don't know how to come across.
Should I be stern and show how upset I am about it?
Or, should I be calm and try not to start a fight about it?
In the end I know it isn't up to me or Glen. He is their dog and will do what they want with him... I just don't want to see this poor guy go to a shelter because his owners don't want to put the effort towards finding him a new home.
People like this just shouldn't have pets
Maybe I can find out what shelter they plan on taking him to and we can just go adopt him ourselves.
Sorry for the long post. Any advice is appreciated!