defbringer
08-12-2004, 10:49 PM
This is a long post, but I would very much appreciate your input!
Ok, I'm a pretty clean guy. Not obsessive, but clean and tidy. The idea of living some place where an animal poops inside of it is, frankly, foul.
My sister and her boyfriend, recently-become fiance share this ill-behaved dog (and I LOVE dogs, but not this one), a mini-dachshund that is
* not housetrained
* pees on furniture (my two sofas that are now ruined)
* craps on the throw-rug in my computer den (at least a dozen times)
* pees on the floor (thank god for hardwood floors) every time I or one of my friends tries to pet her
My sister and her fiance are LAZY and will NOT housetrain the dog. They insist the dog HAS been housetrained and that it is natural for her breed to relieve themselves when excited. I know friends who have had this breed, and it is a load of BS.
The dog craps/pees on my furniture or on my rug, but has never gone potty in any of my sister's rooms (my part of the house is on the main floor). I have a toddler gate I have to keep up to seperate my part of the house from the living room so the dog doesn't come to urinate in there, but whenever I'm gone, somebody ends up using my bathroom and forgets to put the gate back up. I came back from a movie tonight...and voila...3 little neat turds on my rug. Sister and fiance response to me telling them the dog crapped in my room: "She did?". Not a "sorry" or even an explanation.
I've already brought this problem up to my sister, she refuses to do anything about it so I've told her she's taking over the house by herself and I'm finding a new place. But I am stuck here for another 2 months until she can afford the payment herself.
SO....what do I do?
Options:
1) "I'm deducting $100 from what I pay for the house each time I find poo or piss on my rug.."
2) "If I see dog poo in my room again, I'm putting it in your bed."
3) "If I see dog poo in my room again, I'm moving out and you're stuck with the house payments."
I know these seem ridiculous but keep in mind...I have had this dog literally ruin two very nice sofas, ruin a nice $500 rug. When i move, I'm throwing all these things away because they're RUINED.
I am a dog lover and I bear the dog no ill-will. The owner is the problem, not the dog.
Can any of you people give me some advice? Please?
Ok, I'm a pretty clean guy. Not obsessive, but clean and tidy. The idea of living some place where an animal poops inside of it is, frankly, foul.
My sister and her boyfriend, recently-become fiance share this ill-behaved dog (and I LOVE dogs, but not this one), a mini-dachshund that is
* not housetrained
* pees on furniture (my two sofas that are now ruined)
* craps on the throw-rug in my computer den (at least a dozen times)
* pees on the floor (thank god for hardwood floors) every time I or one of my friends tries to pet her
My sister and her fiance are LAZY and will NOT housetrain the dog. They insist the dog HAS been housetrained and that it is natural for her breed to relieve themselves when excited. I know friends who have had this breed, and it is a load of BS.
The dog craps/pees on my furniture or on my rug, but has never gone potty in any of my sister's rooms (my part of the house is on the main floor). I have a toddler gate I have to keep up to seperate my part of the house from the living room so the dog doesn't come to urinate in there, but whenever I'm gone, somebody ends up using my bathroom and forgets to put the gate back up. I came back from a movie tonight...and voila...3 little neat turds on my rug. Sister and fiance response to me telling them the dog crapped in my room: "She did?". Not a "sorry" or even an explanation.
I've already brought this problem up to my sister, she refuses to do anything about it so I've told her she's taking over the house by herself and I'm finding a new place. But I am stuck here for another 2 months until she can afford the payment herself.
SO....what do I do?
Options:
1) "I'm deducting $100 from what I pay for the house each time I find poo or piss on my rug.."
2) "If I see dog poo in my room again, I'm putting it in your bed."
3) "If I see dog poo in my room again, I'm moving out and you're stuck with the house payments."
I know these seem ridiculous but keep in mind...I have had this dog literally ruin two very nice sofas, ruin a nice $500 rug. When i move, I'm throwing all these things away because they're RUINED.
I am a dog lover and I bear the dog no ill-will. The owner is the problem, not the dog.
Can any of you people give me some advice? Please?