We adopted a 5 yr old dog 6 yrs ago. Then we adopted a 10 yr old dog 5 yrs ago. They’re very small which is nice.

I had been talking to husband about needing to split if he wasn’t willing to compromise on some things.

Daughter started getting on him for his constant smoking and obnoxious behavior.

He saw a puppy for free, and started pushing for it. Daughter had been telling me she wanted us to move out to get away from him, and I asked her how with a puppy? Once she started thinking about having a puppy she was hooked and couldn’t think of anything else.

Im pretty sure once we got it, husband said to me that now she can focus on taking care of the puppy instead of paying attention to what he’s doing (that didn’t work).

My thought about splitting was def that he would take a dog, and that he’d want to! But he lives states away now and left overnight with minimal stuff. He lives with a relative so prob would say he can’t accommodate a dog. I think the relative has a couple dogs themself.

Maybe if he ever comes back for his stuff, he’ll grab a dog. The older dogs hate the puppy and are traumatized by him because he’s big, plays, and just started pouncing on them.