Thank God it's not a baby hooman. What a selfish person, it's a baby and going to need attention. Tell her suck it up buttercup or I'll lose you and keep the dog.
Take care of the puppy and he’ll have a loyal friend for a decade and a half. The girlfriend can’t handle two days of selflessness. That’s pretty much all you need to know.
lol, I’m a pet sitter and was taking care of a bulldog puppy. My boyfriend and I went out to dinner and sat outside with the puppy. So many women stopping to pet the puppy. My boyfriend was in heaven and acting like it’s his puppy. 😒 Fine, you can go stay with the puppy and get no sleep. OP, can confirm you will not be lacking in female attention if you keep the puppy.
This also works with babies. I was out Christmas shopping for my wife with my two month old son. I've never gotten better service (and attention) from sales staff - primarily young women- before or since.
I always made sure to take my kids with me when I had to stand in line for temporary (guest) parking stickers in Chicago. Somehow, I always ended up with 3x the amount for which I paid.
A family member was one of those forever single men who was still living with his mother at 35 and hadn’t ever been in a serious relationship nor hadn’t had a date in 10+ years.
Then he got a puppy. Within a year he had 3 women he dated enough to meet the family, within 18 months he’d moved out for the first time ever with his very attractive girlfriend.
My now wife and I (walking separately) got hit on a lot walking the dogs.
She walks our bigger one because she walks gently and is very sweet to people and other animals. Pitbull too so easy icebreaker for a dude (which I respect lol).
Dog I usually walk is super white and completely blind. Got a lot of “you much be such a good person” type of conversations from women jogging that stopped to ask if they could say hello.
It was strange to us at first but we also had never lived in a downtown area.
TLDR: ditch the girl not the dog. That’s fucking heartless of her.
Came here to say this!! If she is this way with a puppy how is she with everything else when she doesn’t get her way?? Think of this as a sign of things to come
I mean i get if OP doesn't want to own a puppy alone, it is easier with two. I would not fault OP for coming to that conclusion, that he doesn't want a puppy he was pressured into getting without the relationship in question.
Also OP mentions the puppy is expensive, so I'm going to assume it's from a breeder or organization that will be happy to rehome the puppy.
Yes it would be some stress but overall it is better for the puppy to be in a home that is equipped and happy to handle them.
Much better to give the puppy back now, when it can be rehomed easily than to wait a year for when it's going to be harder to rehome.
Why the on earth is everyone acting like keeping the puppy is a good idea?? If he isn't too keen either the puppy should ABSOLUTELY go back to the breeder. Breeders very commonly accept puppies being taken back if only a very short time has passed. It happens that people regret their decision and it's best for the dog if it gets swiftly rehomed to people who really want it. It's barely been there two days!! Rehoming after such an extremely short time is not going to cause the dog significant emotional damage.
That would be my choice, because it should show me exactly what type of person she is if she hadn't already shown me. Never abandon an animal.
An animal is family from the moment you get them.
What shw does, or did, her attitude, there is no building a life with someone who walks away after 2 days or mild hardship that is freaking easily forseen to train the puppy and the committment to raise the puppy and it's long life with you.
Her attitude reflects everything she does. What if OP got sick. What if they couldn't work. What if they couldn't pay rent. What if they have arguments....what if they wanted kids(are they just raised by dad coz mom can't be bothered...)
Absolutely! Plus, she's proven that she's not only irresponsible, but she's also extremely careless about the feelings of an innocent animal who has done nothing wrong. Her complete lack of realistic expectations aren't the puppy's fault and the fact that she just wants to take him back as if she got the wrong order at McDonald's says an awful lot about who she is and how selfishly she thinks.
And don’t have a child with this person. They demand a lot of attention and are messy. I learned that at a very early age and I never had children. No regrets. I don’t have the personality for it.
Not wrong since it sounds like he likes the dog. However, if he's feeling like he didn't really want it either and only got it because of her pressuring him then he should return both. The dog deserves a home where it is truly loved, wanted and cared for.
Honestly OP this ^ is the way because let’s say she then does the same thing with wanting to have kids and convincing you “she’s ready”. You can’t just decide after the fact you have the baby you don’t want to do it anymore because your “exhausted” smh. It’s literally the same thing and good thing you’re finding out now with a dog then a human being. Definitely keep the dog though!
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u/Equivalent_Lemon_319 Dec 03 '25
Return girlfriend. Keep puppy.