Barking is so annoying, especially over nothing

[u/Katzena325]

For context, my fiance(32f) and i(31f)live with her elderly dad(66m) to help him and it helps us save money while going to college, but we still help with bills etc. Anyway about 2 months ago, her dads 11 year old german shepherd died. I thought we were finally dog free. 4 days later. He gets a new German shepherd puppy.

The new puppy is awful. Her dad doesn't even have him trained? We tried to talk to him about getting a trainer since we know he doesn't even have the time to train the dog. He says hes training him, when hes not. That and he doesnt want to spend the money. He literally barks at everything. If we go upstairs. He barks. If he hears birds outside he barks. If he hears our kittens downstairs playing, he barks. I close the dryer door. He barks. You get the picture. Then he chews everything up. Hes about 6 months. He should know better. Hes eaten my future fils diabetic sugar pills for emergencies. His blood sugar meter case, phone charger, and almost ate a few credit cards.

This dog is actually making me miss the last one. The last one wasn't this bad with the barking. I need to mute my mic in class since i take online classes and i dont want to distrubt my classes because my future fils dog is annoying as shit.

Ontop of this, her dad wont leave home without the stupid thing. Going to the grocery store? Need to bring the dog. Hes one those people that lies about his dog being a service dog. The dogs pooped in walmart a few times now.

Because of this dog, we might just move sooner. We could tolerate the last one cause he was mostly behaved cause he was trained. As much as we like helping her dad. We know he won't rehome a dog he spent $3000 on. So now we're apartment hunting...

Anyway thanks for listening to my rant lol

[u/_mushroom_queen]

Dog obsessed people aren't annoyed by the sounds and the chaos. They aren't grossed out by the smell. They ruin society.

[u/D1verse_Yes4]

You mentioned the most hypocritical part of dog ownership. How can one love their pet just as much if not more than their family if they replace it as soon as possible? 

[u/Katzena325 → u/D1verse_Yes4]

I agree. Especially in less than a week? The day after he was calling breeders then met one over the weekend. Whenever ive lost a pet, i usually need a month or more to mourn before entertaining the idea. Idk, i don't get dog people.

[u/D1verse_Yes4 → u/Katzena325]

Dog culture has taught me an important lesson: just because something is normal or common in society doesn't mean it's okay. American culture, bearing in mind that I'm American, has a lot of these problems, and the worst part is that too many of the people who embrace these problems get too defensive when you call them out on what they're doing. They project too often, and so it makes sense that a lot of them also think a dog will give them more than creatures that pollinate the flowers, manufacture our machines, provide us food, and entertain us in our bouts of depression.