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It may sound shocking, but I despise my dog. I despise her.

She's a Jack Russel Terrier, and she's the most selfish, moody, cold-hearted animal I have ever seen. She pouts dramatically and enjoys wallowing in it; she LOVES the attention she receives when my parents feel sorry for her and buy into her pitiful "pity me, I'm a helpless dog" scheme. She nastily snaps at my new kitten whenever he's near her, and if she's in one of her moods, he'd better watch out. She actually punctured his cheek with one of her fangs. She falls into a mood whenever she doesn't get what she wants; she'll act this way until my parents will let her lick the milk bowl or they give her a piece of popcorn, and if it isn't enough for her she'll pout even more and make a big deal of it. She'll stare at you or stand in one place and she won't move just to attract your attention so you'll give her something she wants. She's a nasty old woman.

Ugh. I'll never forgive her for hurting my kitten. He's not even a fourth of her size. She does it to the cat she grew up with too. Smudge won't even go near her anymore because she's so nasty to her.

Why did we get this dog again? Thank god she's not my dog. My parents won't let me discipline her. They say I'm abusing her if I refuse to give her some of my food and when I try to tell them to ignore her when she acts as selfishly as she does they brush me off. It's their bad behavior that's helped make her the way she is. She was naturally selfish and self-pitying (FAR more self-pitying than myself) but their indulgence has made it far worse. GRRRR!

I love animals, and I always find a justification for their behavior, good or bad, but I just can't understand my own dog and why she acts the way she does. She's worse than a human being. I can't stand her; I've never disliked an animal before, so she's the first.

If you hate your dog, do give it your food. It'll help it get one step closing to getting out of your life if you know what you mean.

No, that's the last thing I want to do. I don't want her to die, I just don't want her...around me. I'm not going to spoil her organs with human food. That's abuse.

Wow is all I have to say....
Dogs don't just pout around till they get what they want, that's idiotic... they can't think like that. Sure they can learn acting bad gets reward but not like the way you think she is being..
Jut wow though, I won't say more since it'd lead to abusing the rules on here..

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She's a dog.. lol.

It's not your dog's fault that she hates the cat. Dogs don't generally like cats and vice versa. Keep them away from each other if it's a problem.

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Well give her some fucking attention if you think she's begging for it then o.o A dog can't be selfish and "self-pitying" There's no such thing, they aren't humans. And you can't expect a dog and a cat to live in harmony with each other unless it's a special case, I would think at least THAT would be known.

I feel sorry for the dog

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2^^ Mhmmm. Like I have two dogs a St Bernard and a chocolate lab and a cat. The St Bernard always chases the cat when it runs, puts his mouth over him. But it's just a game, he never bites down. If the kitten is new put it in a crate for some time during the day in a normal room where the dog can see it, they'll get adjusted then hold the dog on a leash and let the cat run around so they can get used to each other. It's not gonna magically happen.