I need help

India
September 11, 2007 8:16am CST
Hello Everybody.. I need help on this please.. My best friend has a personal problem and I want to help her. Her husband is very fond of dogs. He has bought a Rotweller brand of dog at his place without consulting his wife that is my friend. She does not like dogs.There are many problems arising coz of the dog. 1. They have a daughter who is around 3 yrs old. She is prone to cough and presence of the dog has increased the frequency of infection 2. Their house is small Just one bedroom hall and kitchen. The dog is at home all day and moves around the house peeing many atimes and also does potty anywhere. My friend has to keep cleaning all this all day long 3. The dog is too active. Even if he ia left alone for some time, he keeps touching and playing with household items. He tears off the little girl's frocks, or sometimes kitchen napkins. sometimes he eats up a wire of electrical items. He also messes up everything in the house if he is alone. 4. So my friend is tied up whole day and can't go out for long. They cannot afford keeping a maid also at this level. 5. They are pure vegetarians and the dog food smells of non veg. The smell remains in the house all day long. We vegetarians are not used to such smell and feel nauseatic . The dog has also bitten my friend while playing with her once. 6. The dog expenses are terrific! 7. Her husband is out all day long for work and returns at night. So she is the only one to take care of the dog. In all, she just does not want the dog at home. But her husband is in no circumstances ready to let the dog go away. He is ready to part with his wife and daughter, but not with the dog. Can u'll give me some suggestions as to how to overcome this situation??
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@tanjam420 (228)
• United States
11 Sep 07
well you can let your friend know that if she is going to be away from the house for a periosd of time she could get a cage to put the dog in.. they do work wonders, i have one for my dog and she will not go to the bathhroom inside the cage... give him a play toy like a bone or a rope, rawhide, they love them, also she could get a container with a lid on it to put the dog food in then she will not smell it... and as far as the dog bitting when it plays well they do that all dogs do it is because they are enjoying the attention and they dont mean it to hurt.. if you watch dogs play with other dogs they nip at each other all the time... i know my two dogs do... she should give it a shot rotts are good dogs especially around children and they are very pretective of there families... good luck...
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• United States
11 Sep 07
well just to start rottwillers are very good with children just in case you are wondering . you might ofer the dog a bone if it chews or plays with child toys they like to have their own stuff animals i've learned , you see I used to breed rottwilerrs. As far as the peeing you can give ice cubes instead of water they like it and it will slow down the pee process. then take the dog out every hr if possible.The sometimes do bite while playing not on purpose though. As far as the smell get a product called oder ban to kill the enzyme that causes the oder.You can by it at a pet store. tell your friend good luck
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@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
12 Sep 07
I deeply sympathise with your friend. It is a pity that husbands can be soooo selfish, but that is usually the case when he is out the whole day. Even after knowing it is affecting the health of his daughter, he is not ready to compromise, then it is a bad situation. I suggest that she leave the dog outside the whole day and take him in a little before the husband comes in. Of course, i am not saying leave him to die unfed and all that, but give him his meals out and let him be out only.
• United States
11 Sep 07
An ex-boyfriend did this to me once, without consulting me he brought home a dog for ME to take care of, just one more thing his sorry controlling a$$ had me to do. (wish I had seen this before I moved with him) Well, I got tired of it pretty quickly, and called the Humane Society and told them that I had a stray dog from around my neighborhood and that I had put up signs yet no one claimed it. They came and took it away. When he got home I told him I had been walking it and it got away from me and I lost where he had went. I told him that I searched and searched but it was no were to be found. May not have been the right thing to do but it was what I thought was best for me, as I had tried to discuss this with him and tell him I didnt want to do it. Seems he felt as if I was his "dog" and could "tell" me what to do. xx