what should i do

[Guest Anonymous]

:-? :( a year ago we aquired a german shepherd at 1 years of age, and a little while later we got another dog, cyrus. for awhile it was just those 4. but a few months ago we found out that my dad, who lives in another town, his dog died at age 12. so to keep him company my mom gave him dakota, the german shepherd. ever since we got this dog i've always feft bad about him. now i love dogs but this one was different and i dont know why but i just didn't like him. well yesterday , we were down t 3 dogs, i had gotten on the net and found an old english sheep dog for free just out of town. i mention this to my mom and agreed to go look at her even though we had 3 dogs already. when we got there we fell in love and had to get her. she is absolutly wonderful, well behaved and everything. but today after school i found my dad there with dakota, he said the dog started to mess in the house and didn't want him anymore. so now we are up to 5 dogs and thats just too many my mom has decided to try and find dekota a home since he has gotten too big for the size of our house. my sister has started to yell at me because i 'd rather have dakota gone. yes i do love dogs and like i said before i have a bad feeling about him so what should i do
(sorry that this was so long) :fadein: email is delh@mwisp.net if u want to reply and help me out with my situation.

[Guest roo]

:cry: Sounds a bit like the disposable pet syndrome to me :cry:

[StarFox]

Ok a few questions.

How long have you had Dakota? Is he agressive or mean in any way? Why do you have a "bad feeling" about this dog? Can you explain that more? Why can't you give the Old english Sheep dog to you dad (since you just got her) and keep dakota? Does your mom and sister like dakota, are you the only one that dosn't like him?

[imported_Kat]

First off you have a responsibility to Dakota. Just because you dont like him doesn't give you right to go and get another dog then dump Dakota. To be blunt you do not have the right attitude for being a responsible dog owner.

[kendalyn]

I agree with Kat. You have had Dakota for a year and yours is basically the only home he's known. I think it is possible that the reason he was having accidents at your Dad's house was because he was upset at being moved around.

And it is not usually a good idea to make a snap decision about getting another dog. Think all aspects of the decision over next time.

[inktomei]

Maybe your dog was confused at we where he was? Like Kendalyn said, he might just be upset at being moved around or just confused at why he was there.

When I adopted my GSD/Husky mix he was already housetrained. He had a large number of potty accidents in my house when I first got him though. I figured he was just trying to adjust to the new surroundings; and with some "retraining" he's reliably housebroken now.

Maybe you should really try to work with him before you make a premature decision.

Ink.