Dog Health Questions: I don't want a dog, my fiancee does, what do I do?

So my fiancee and I have been together for 4 years and we live together. His cousin's dog had puppies and he gave my fiancee one of them. My fiancee absolutely loves the dog, adores it to death. But me, not so much. I went on board with the idea because my fiancee was so excited with his gift but from the first week I already knew that this was not gonna be easy.

Caring for a puppy is alot of responsibility and takes so much time. We are having financial troubles and we barely have to money to take care of the poor thing. We are working all the time and the dog only gets time with us at night.

The dog has just learned to pee/poo outside but it has accidents whenever it gets excited or scared. It sheds everywhere, One hour after I've cleaned the house it's already dirty. I'm so stressed out and sad because lately my fiancee and I fight over the dog all the time. I don't want to be mean, but maybe I'm just not a dog person. Now I don't know what to do, how can I get my fiancee to see my side and give up the dog that he loves so much. It will break his heart, I don't even know how our household will be w/o the dog now. I don't want him to blame me.

OR how can I get myself to like dogs more because so far nothing has worked. The dog smells, nips, barks and won't let me sleep.... I'm thinking maybe I should just give up and leave. We don't have money for dog training classes, or even to take it to a vet. So confused =(

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Usually I would recommend learning to like the dog, since it is important to your fiancee (and would potentially be important to your future children).
But if you can't afford to care for the dog properly, then that is a very real concern. Just as with a human child, you must provide the basic necessities of food, shelter, and medical care - if you cannot afford to do so, then you hand the child or animal over to someone who can. If your husband loves this dog, he should love it enough not to let it starve (or suffer from an illness he can't afford to treat).

Offer your husband a compromise. Give this dog to a good home within the next month. Promise that once he has saved enough money to cover dog food for one year, three months of obediance training, and $1000 of medical expenses, then you will agree to get a new dog.

Also, check with your local Humane Society - many of them have programs for pet owners who are struggling financially, and they might be able to provide low cost or no cost supplies or medical care.

Dog Training - How NOT To Train Your Dog

• Do not give up the dog, give up the fiance.If him having a dog upsets you THAT darn much then you do not need to stay with him and make him miserable by forcing him to choose between you and a little old dog hon.
  You can get used to the dog.


• Get a new fiancee


• dont get one. i didnt want a dog and my wife did. she got one. and now i have to walk it everyday, it stinks and i have to bathe it, i have to feed it, take it to the vet. we have had him 5 months and he has probably cost me $1,000 in vet bills and probably $100 a month in misc. (food, toys, etc).
  put your foot down.


• You should be proud of your partner and lern to love a puppie is easy it is just a babie and your partner is showing he could one day be responsible for a child a pupie relys on you to survive so love it if your man wernt taking care of it the poor babie pup would die care dnt be heartless