Not a question you want to think about, but...?

Question

If you and your spouse or signifant other were to split up. Who would get the dogs?

I like to ask my husband "what if" questions, and that was one of them.

Answer 1

I would be the one to get the animals, 2 cats and 1 dog, if we were to split up. I would just die without them, my husband would survive. Don't get me wrong he loves them and all but I just love them that much more. :)

Answer 2

easy one,my rottweiler would go with me our coyote  would go with him.Tilks Mom

Answer 3

I would. No doubt about it. I am their main caregiver and he works away a lot.

Answer 4

I would get all the animals well I told him he can have the cat!  My husband works really long hours so he would not need any animals if he had no one their to take care of them!!

Answer 5

If I bought the dog for her I would expect her to take it.  If I bought the dog for myself I would expect to be able to keep it.  If it was for both of us I would give her the choice to either keep it or give it to me.

Answer 6

My hub gets the dog.  :-P  I get the cats. :-D

Answer 7

i get the pits and the lady gets the jack russell

i love those crazy dogs....even the jack russell...

Answer 8

Unfortunately, it did happen to us.  We kinda split custody I guess you can say.  I moved 2000 miles away.  I work from home so I was home all day and could be with the dog all day.. ' Great' we thought... So I brought the dog with me.  It ended up being not so great.  I moved to Texas, which is about 27 gazillion degrees 24 hours a day and was too dang hot to take the dog out.  I was also in an apartment with not much room for an 80 pound dog.  

So back up North to the house we'd been living in with the fenced in yard and the snow the dog went.  Which was really a much better situation for him....... except the fact that my husband works about 37 hours A DAY.  

But we're back together now.  We were only apart less than a year so everything worked out fine.  My dog got quite a bit of cross country traveling and he's back in and all set for his snowy winters which is where he'd much rather be!!!!

If it had been permanent and we'd both known it, God knows, it would have been a fight to the end with judges involved... we're both that attached to the dog.  But we honestly did try to work out what was best for HIM when we were going through it.

Answer 9

I would...Most Diffidently!! He got me a cat for my birthday and we split up for a few months and he wouldn't give him back. (since we were living together at the time). So I now get all my animals registered in my name!  

Answer 10

We would probably share custody of the dog, just like we would with the kids.

Answer 11

Me. I am paying for Beej and if we do split up Josh has already said he's going back to OTR trucking. Not to mention my name is going to be all over his paperwork with the town and the vet.

Answer 12

I would get the dog... even if I had to leave the country to keep him...

Answer 13

The dogs would stay with me....

Answer 14

probably the one who took more care of him...

Answer 15

Ultimately I would (it just makes sense as I'm the main caretaker), but it'd be a battle.  

Answer 16

My boyfriend and I live together, but we both have a dog. It works out well, my dog is bonded to me, his dog is bonded to him. So I'd keep my dog and he'd keep his dog.

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Answer 17

Me. My husband knows that my dogs are bonded to me more than him. There would be no questions asked. He'd gladly give them to me.  

Answer 18

when i got divorced i got both dogs.  i figured that i am the one that took care of them, potty trained them, vet trips, etc you get the point of what i mean.  plus both were bonded to me.  he did say that he would come back and get one of them (which he never got) so my attorney put into my decree that the possessions (which legally means the dogs) were mine.

Answer 19

The only type of "pre-nuptial" agreement we've ever had is about the dogs!  My husband gets Caesar & we would have to decide about the female (would she go with me or would we want to keep the dogs together, etc.).  My husband & Caesar are soul mates!  We bought & raised him together, but he thinks the sun rises & sets for my DH.

Answer 20

We actually had talked about this with some friends before, because we knew some people that were having a dispute over their animals.  My husband said he knew Cubby and our cats would go with me, because they are very attached to me.  He picks on me all the time that Cubby and I are attached at the hip.  Although it should really be "attached at the ankle" since he's so short, I guess.

Answer 21

We’ve discussed this… we have four cats, one of whom is extremely attached to my husband, so it’s a given that he’d go with him if we split.  One actually belongs to his oldest (my stepson who is 20 and lives with us) so he’d go with him wherever he ended up (and he would have the option of staying either with me or his dad, his choice).  One of the others, that we adopted at my request, would go with me, and the funniest thing is that the remaining one doesn’t have the sweetest of personalities, and we kind of joke-argue about which one of us ‘has’ to take her.  It will most likely be me.

We just adopted a dog last week, and it’s understood that he’s mine and we’ve already joked about how I’ll get him in “the divorce”.

Answer 22

I've been through this before.  I got the dog.

My current dog likes me, but LOOOOOVES my boyfriend.  In fact, all the animals do- there's something about him that makes them fall on their furry knees and worship him when he comes home.  I'm fine, but when he shows up- forget me, he's HOOOOOME!

So, I would encourage him to take the dog.  Given his work schedule though, and his love for the dog, he would realize, as my last ex did, that the dog, in spite of her feelings, would be better off staying with me.

Just like in a divorce, this situation is terribly sad and stressful for pets. I hope I never go through it again.

Answer 23

When I was with my ex, we got 3 dogs.  I paid for 2 of them, he paid for one.  I took the two I paid for when I left, and he kept his.

When it comes to something like that, I would prefer to have no ownership, or all of it.  

Answer 24

I think it totally depends on who takes care of the dog and who has time for him/her.  You want to think about the best interest of the dog and if you wouldn't have the time to dedicate to them and your boyfriend would it's healthier to let them go.  Pets are like kids... you have to put them first in the situation.

Asking "what if" questions is always a good way to communicate and stay on the same page with your significant other.