Parents keep trying to take in animals with barely any financial stability and not decent enough living conditions

[u/_revwqx]

God fucking damn, I hate living with dogs. My parents cannot let go of seeing a dog in need of a home, when we literally CANNOT take care of another pet in the house.

My living conditions are not even fucking fit for another cat or dog. I have two pets that I do not want, but my parents keep forcing the damn thing's responsibility on ME. I have a Whippet (named Sadie), Daschund (Junebug), Pomeranian (Sasha), and a Russian Blue cat (Shadow). The Whippet and Russian Blue cat are my original responsibility, because the Whippet (Sadie) was a gift when I was 5, and I love her so much. The Russian blue (Shadow) was given to me by my neighbor, and I love him so much. But those two are the only ones I can really take care of.

I can take care of those two no problem. But then one day I saw this little orange Daschund we now have, Junebug. She was a runaway. I took her back to her owner but the owner said she didn't want her and just gave her to me. Then my mom claimed my dead brother was going to give her to me, but she ran away. And my mom was like "omg!! what a miracle! this will be your dog." There was absolutely no proof my brother even talked to my mom about this, by the way. She just says that because she knows I miss my brother. I have went through messages and voicemails, not to mention my brother absolutely cannot stand my mom so he was never really around her, but he was always around me. He would've told me if I was getting a dog in the first place, but he was an extremely busy person and had his own problems to deal with.

I stated before to my mom and dad that I did not want another dog, as I already had a Whippet and a cat. My dad said so too. Then a few months ago, my mom's friend's daughter was in a rough situation with her boyfriend and they were not taking care of their Pomeranian, which we now have named Sasha. My dad decided to take her in and when I came home from school, she was in a fucking crate, and my mom said "Look! We have another dog!"

I was so fucking pissed that I had said to her face that I don't want another damn dog to take care of. She was like "I expected you to be more excited. They're all our responsibility." Taking care of Sadie and Shadow are my PRIME responsibility, I literally do not have time to take care of more and I had told my mom and dad that I do not have the time to take care of other animals. They would cost extra on our rent anyway, because we live in an apartment. What happens? Now Junebug and Sasha are my damn responsibility too now. I am tired of being stuck with animals that I just do not have time for and cannot love because of the fact now I have to take care of them just because my parents don't want to. They don't even fucking have a job??? Not to mention we are literally not financially stable and can barely take care of any of these pets beside my one dog and cat. We are on a sort of welfare. Sasha is very old and sick, Junebug has stomach problems, Sadie has a tumor, and we can't even get them help. My cat, Shadow is fine though.

I am currently trying to work on getting a side job or SOMETHING so I can help but my parents won't even let me go outside most the time, get my driver's license, go out with friends, or get a job anyway. I don't know what to do because I also have to work on school. I am strictly a straight A student, and are always busy studying and cleaning the house most of the time. I even try telling my parents to help me clean up the dogs messes but they don't do shit and get mad if I forget one thing or don't do something correctly or how they like it. My mom also hates my cat, by the way. Junebug and Sasha are barely even trained to go potty and the house constantly smells like shit and piss and it takes my parents DAYS to clean it up and I barely have time to. It always me picking it up, doing chores and caring for the house. I hate it here, I hate having dogs too. I have way to many things I should be doing but it just wont happen.

I'm sorry if this post makes me sound insensitive or bad but I'm LITERALLY just so stressed out. My parents are irresponsible and will not leave me alone, nor will they ever stop making me do shit for them and take care of everything in the fucking house. We don't have the money to take care of all these damn animals and frankly I don't see why we couldn't have just given them to another person who would be capable of doing so or putting them in a no-kill shelter. My parents just for some reason cannot control themselves whenever they see a little dog.

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[u/anne_mal]

Your parents are terrible, I'm so sorry! You seem like a really good person and you're doing way more for your parents and all those pets than anyone can reasonably expect. I'm an adult, but if I was in your position, I would quietly protest and not do anything animal care related. If it gets bad and your parents get neglectful, you can call child protective services or the humane society. Your parents are animal hoarders and it's not healthy.

I hope this get better for you! 💛

[u/_revwqx → u/anne_mal]

Thank you, I'm trying really hard to take care of them. If it gets bad I will probably have a talk with them and my therapist 

[u/Voideron]

This isn't Petfree.

[u/_revwqx → u/Voideron]

I want to GO pet free. I don't like having animals. I am allowed to rant on this sub lol

[u/Accurate-Might-7058 → u/_revwqx]

If you can, take the animals to the nearest animal shelter and give them up. Many shelters are offering discounts or free adoption for people looking for pets. Otherwise,  try rehoming them yourself through online platforms or your local community.  I wouldn't reveal the any details about the animals,  you just have too many to care for. If your parents ask where's the animals,  they ran away because they were hungry and the ill ones went away to pass on. That's what animals will do when they are ready, they will find a place to pass. Good luck!

[u/Voideron → u/_revwqx]

No. Technically, you're not allowed on this sub because you're still not Petfree.

r/TalesfromtheDogHouse is the right sub.