Should I Return My Mom's Shorkie After Training and Bonding?
I don’t usually rant here but I need someone outside the box to give me an opinion!!! Long story short. My mom lives in NY and she gave me her 1 y.o Shorkie pup a week after I gave birth (I already had 2 crazy girl and no sleep with my newborn) she gave her to me because SHE COULDNT TAKE CARE OF HER ANYMORE. She said she was in the cage all day long while everybody worked! Now I’ve had her almost 4 MONTHS! She is potty trained, obedient, I taught her how to lay, sit and stay and she WAS NOT TRAINED WHEN SHE GAVE HER TO ME. I spent money on food and little toys for her and I’m attached. And now she wants her back because she misses her ............wtf
Amy A·
Nope, it’s your family’s dog now.
Heather·
You can’t take her away from your girls now!!!
Victoria ·
What it sounds like to me is that your mom didn’t want to put in the effort to train the dog, so she pawned it off on you. Now that you’ve done all the work, she wants the dog back. I’d tell her that it’s your dog now. You’ve put in time, effort, and money into this dog. She lost her rights to it when she gave it to you
.·
Nope! I would tell her no she couldn’t care for her once she won’t be able to again. You put a lot of work into her and you and your kids are to attached now
Adrienne·
Eff that she abandoned that poor puppy probably bc it was too much work. Now that you've done it all she wants to reap the benefits. I'd say no, the pup will likely still be neglected.
Congrats to you, that's a lot of work with babies
Adrienne··
And taking the dog away from the children would be heartbreaking and hard to explain for them to understand. She can have visitation 🤣
BakingDaddy ·
Are work schedules any different? What's the difference from three months ago? That dog would be lonely away from her family and kids. I would tell her to find a new dog. She abandoned it and now you aren't willing to give her back after the kids got attached. Ridiculous.
👻·
So she wanted you to do the hard work of training the dog and now that she realizes how good of a dog she gave up she wants it back. NOPE! I would tell her to get another dog because your girls are too attached.
Deleted·
Nah I would keep my dog
Deleted·
But on a side note ; how did you potty train her ? My 5 yr old chi\Shi is still not potty trained. We got her from a shelter too .
Tsunami··
Мама троих детей
Treats are your best friend!!! Lots of them! And I’d literally take her out every 20-30 mins in my yard, especially after she ate. If she didn’t do anything I’d put her in her kennel. And when she did I would reward her and not put her in the kennel
Deleted··
ok ima try that. I have been putting her in the kennel. I don’t let her have free run of house anymore. I sometimes leave her outside and she won’t poop until she comes in . She’s weird. Lols.
Tsunami·
Мама троих детей
It was hard but I was determined cause I have carpet all over my house and I was NOTTTT WIDDDDITTTTT to have a dirty little house. Ew.
Kristen ·
Мама троих детей
Id tell her it's your dog now and all you have done with her. That she belongs to your family now and she gave her up. She should have kept the dog and took care of the dog and trained if she cared so much.
Ash·
Мама дочки (2 года)
Tell her NO.
Angela·
No way tell her ur kids are attached to her as well!