📝 AITAH for not wanting responsibility for the dog

By clarinue • Score: 6 • April 5, 2025 12:22 PM


First of all i Love dogs! Our dog is a really nice cute girl who loves cuddles which she gets!

But i would have not chosen this breed or chosen to have a dog at the moment at all. She is an american akita. So HUGE. We live in a one bedroom Apartment and have a baby.

The baby was an unexpected surprise so my boyfriend and i moved in together and he had the dog for a while before. And of course we keep the dog! Shes a cutie! BUT her BUTT is leaking all the time. Our house smells like poop all the time. When she shakes she shakes off brownish disgusting drops that I have to wipe off walls, the TV or whatever. Sometimes its worse sometimes its better. Everytime i point it out my bf gets annoyed at me and tells me if i have a problem i can just go wash her or take her to the vet myself. But i want him to see the issue himself and clean her. I take most responsibility for cleaning, laundry, cooking and the baby. He helps. I think he can Take responsibility for his dog that he chose and i can help. I can feed her and take her on walks. I dont want to have to pay attention to her butt.

I also dont get how he does not see it himself and how he is not uncomfortable with it. Our baby will start crawling soon and i dont want this place to be so unhygienic. At the moment i have the baby on a big blanket that the dog is not allowed on. But sooner or later that wont be enough. Then i will have to clean the floor every day anyway.

I dont think its too much to ask for him to pay attention to his dog and clean her properly. He says he cleans her but i dont see a difference. I do feel like the AH because i get so dusgusted and annoyed by the dog.

My bf says i got responsibility when we moved in together. So am i the AH?

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