How old was the dog when the couple broke up?

The 72-pound German shepherd mix was a handful. Almost 5 years old and racked with separation anxiety, a condition they expected would only be aggravated by losing a “parent” in a leash tug of war. They bought him together, trained him together, and adored him together.

Can you split up a dog after a break up?

While an obvious solution may be for each person in the relationship to take one of the dogs, it’s important to assess how attached the dogs are to one another. Splitting them up may cause more of an emotional strain than you think. If you are considering co-parenting, is it possible for you to maturely work out a shared custody situation?

What to do with a shared dog in a divorce?

Just like in dealing with kids in a divorce or breakup, there are three typical scenarios that former couples with a shared dog can explore: 1. You split custody “My ex and I have had joint custody for 2 years. It works really well and we’ve worked it out so one of us has the dog for a week and then we switch for the next week.” —Lisa Chang

Why did my ex keep the dog after we broke up?

Ex and I got a dog about a year after she moved in with me and when we broke up she insisted on keeping the dog even though she’d never walked or fed it. Basically she cried and called me over and over until I relented.

Who is the owner of my ex fiance dog?

Then the dog would end up back at his mothers and my ex fiance would help care for it. When we broke up the dog was still with his mother. After weeks of him and his sisters harassing me and my aunt, he told me he was going to finish the dog off with a spade over its head.

When did my boyfriend Buy Me a beagle?

My boyfriend bought me a Beagle dog (Bugle) in June 2009 and we lived together with the dog until we broke up in January 2011. At that time my boyfriend asked me to leave the home we shared. The Bugle stayed with him and I visited him when he would allow me to take him for weekends.