Let me start off by saying I have always loved dogs. I can’t remember a time when my family didn’t have one. My boyfriends friend and his dog have been living with us for 3 months. The dog is extremely hyper all the time and not trained in certain areas. For example, the friend never taught the dog how to walk properly on a leash. This caused the dog to SNAP his old leash 2 months ago and the owner has yet to buy him a new one. Since then, the dog gets taken outside/walking with NO leash and btw we have no fenced yard. The dog most of the time comes when called, but twice I have had to physically chase, grab him and take him in the house. Hes not small either! (70+ lbs). The dog knows when he does wrong because he’ll run into a corner and tuck his tail but he will STILL act out. Anyway, I’m left alone with him whenever they both go to work for 12 hour shifts overnight and the dog absolutely stresses me out. I can’t keep my eye off of him for 5 minutes without him chewing through someone’s shoe or electrical cord or digging through clothes and ripping up blankets. He has at least 10 chew toys and bones scattered on the floor next to him. He has better days than others but I have never not wanted to be around a dog so much before. It’s more so the experience and hassle that I despise rather than the dog himself. The dog needs to be trained and FAST. The owner needs to make his dog more of a priority. I don’t know what to do anymore. Nothing is changing even though things are obviously not good. I would like for the dog to stay and be better along with my boyfriends friend BUT I refuse to have this dog around when my baby is born. It’s too big of a risk imo

** just to add, this rant was not about just the dog misbehaving. The owner still doesn’t take care of him and that’s a problem that needs to be addressed as well. Why should I have to pick up his slack and put in all of the effort while he does nothing? He’ll continue to mistreat his dogs in the future and won’t learn anything.