Dog Parents Share The Craziest Things They've Done To Accomodate Their Canine Children

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Jan 21, 2024 12:00 PM EST

Hey, friends! We dog owners know that our doggos are our babies. We love them like our children and are willing to do anything to make their lives as comfortable and easy as possible. But how far would we go? Well, today's delightful Reddit thread focuses on the craziest or most expensive things that dog owners have done to help accommodate their canine children. And we must admit, this one tugged at our heartstrings. 

It's so truly wholesome the amount of love these folks have for their doggo babies, and we can't help but sit back and admire the purest form of love that there is; between man and man's best friend. The canine corner of the interwebs never ceases to provide the most heartwarming content that we animal lovers have had the pleasure of coming across. Go ahead and enjoy reading all of the sweet comments that dog lovers left on the thread! 

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  • 01
    Posted by u/TheDogDad1000 9 hours ago What's the << craziest » thing you've done to accommodate your dog or make their life better?
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  • 02
    For example - moving to a house that you didn't like, but had a yard.... Not taking up your dream job because you couldn't stay with your dog? Changing furniture so your dogs could get up more easy? Buy a bigger car just for the dog to have a space ? What is the 'craziest' thing you've ever done to make your dog's life better or more comfortable ?
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  • 03
    louderharderfaster 8 hr. ago I sold my house when he (Max, the dog) got sick - it was the only way I could afford it and not go into debt and become even more stressed after my fiance died suddenly. It was actual, pure hell for a year there. We now live in a small, kinda sad apartment but near a gem of a state park and he is healthy at 2 years old. I have no regrets.
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    DeviDarling 7 hr. ago I would do this for my dog. I bought a house on a half acre so he could have trees and squirrels to chase. I'd sell it if it meant I could keep him alive if something went wrong. My dog, also a Max, is the love of my life and does everything with me.
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    StinkypieTicklebum. 7 hr. ago Our dog had surgery last summer and could not use the stairs. My husband got the camp bed out of the attic and put it in the living room. We slept on that bed for two weeks until the doggo could manage the stairs again.
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  • 06
    = breezybreelo - 7 hr. ago Getting sober. Realizing I was a shiey dog owner was the turning point for me.
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  • 07
    7saligia 8 hr. ago Kai Ken I declined a job offer because it would require that I return to office. I had just welcomed home my pup maybe a month or two prior at the time. One of the driving reasons I finally picked up a pup was due to my ability to work from home.
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  • 08
    I refused the offer and shared that I could not rightfully abandon my pup right after I brought him home. I was not trying to negotiate; I simply told them "no thanks." They countered with a hybrid position. I thought about it for a nanosecond and politely refused again. They returned with a written offer reclassifying the position as fully remote and gave me an unexpected bump in pay to boot--so it all worked out in the end.
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  • 09
    And I most likely will be relocating to a larger place within the next year--despite having no interest whatsoever in a larger space for myself. I live alone. I do not need it. I do not want it. And it's definitely going to cost me substantially more. But it's for the doofus pupperhead.
    via u/7saligia
  • 10
    ChasingPotatoes17 - 6 hr. ago Not exactly the question, but my dad and stepmother took $20k less on their house vs another offer because the lower offer couple was so excited about the possibility of the yard for their dog.
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    InvestigatorShot4488 8 hr. ago I had worked so hard and finally was offered a great promotion!!! Yeah for me. Except, I had adopted a rescue puppy the day before. We had lost my soul dog Griffen and his sister was going downhill quickly. She wouldn't eat, play, snuggle or really anything. We were so concerned that we were going to lose her too. She was only three at the time.
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    ZZBC 8 hr. ago edited 8 hr. ago . Not really crazy because I love the car we got either way but when we went car shopping the first thing I did was measure the back to make sure both crates would fit. If they wouldn't that immediately eliminated that car from the running.
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  • 13
    BodyBy711 7 hr. ago We upgraded: -from a Queen to a King bed (even though he was never supposed to sleep in the bed with us hahahahaha) • from a car to an SUV (our dog is tall and didn't like being in the back of the car, also DogDad was worried about not having Air Con on a roadtrip with him, even though we'd never leave him in the car alone ever and would obvs have the windows down for the drive)
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  • 14
    • from renting a 1 bed 1 bath to owning a 2 bed 2 bath (so now not only does the dog sleep in our bed, he sleeps in the spare room and seems to think its his) We are currently looking at wedding/elopement venues and my HARD must-have for any is that the dog is allowed to be there. Not dog friendly? We'll get married somewhere else.
    via u/BodyBy711
  • 15
    cburnard 8 hr. ago I got my dog (large breed) in 2019 when I was 28. I quickly realized she hated walking to work with me. I didn't know how to drive, so I took some driving lessons, drove my housemates car for a bit, got my license, and bought a car. Literally all for the dog's comfort and safety.
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  • 16
    KWAYkai 8 hr. ago A dog is a reason I can never move. A Great Pyrenees from a nearby farm adopted us when she was only 2 months old. She has never been abused nor neglected. Sweet dog, but absolutely will not be touched in any manner. I can't get a collar on her or get her in the car whatsoever. I've even tried sedatives from the vet. She essentially belongs to the property (we're very rural) & cannot be taken anywhere else to live. Therefore, I must stay to take care of her.
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  • 17
    The golden retriever rescue I reached out to came through big time. They had a 5 month old who had been hit by a car and almost lost his eye. He was painfully thin and very timid. We introduced them and they seemed pretty good together. Not quite the same as her relationship with Griff but she definitely was interested and started to "live" a bit more. I turned
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  • 18
    turned down the promotion because I would have been back in the office full time. I couldn't do that to either dog. They were both fragile and needed some intense love, attention and of course supervision while they built their relationship which ended up being pretty great. So ya, what's an extra 25,000 a year Pups came first and I didn't regret it at all. Eventually I did end up with an even better promotion that didn't require me being in the office full time.
    via u/KWAYkai
  • 19
    WinterBackbone · 7 hr. ago Not crazy but bought a daybed then cut the legs down so she could get on/off it more easily.
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  • 20
    Samantharina - 8 hr. ago Well I was a perfectly happy renter but I bought a house so I could have dogs. But I do like the house still, 23 years later and it was the best financial decision I ever made. But I bought it because my building didn't allow pets.
    via u/Samantharina
  • 21
    alleysunn 8 hr. ago Mines not crazy, but one of my dogs is apparently epileptic...... He currently takes 2 different meds a total of 4 times a day, so I had to change my work schedule. Luckily where I work is pretty great so it wasn't a hassle. I imagine it would be a big thing for other people to pull off.
    via u/alleysunn
  • 22
    WildColonial Girl. 5 hr. ago I'm a grown woman with no kids and pushing 50, and I have a bedtime because the dog says so. Right now it's 9:30 p.m. and he's fussing at me because he wants to go to bed and snuggle.
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  • 23
    Low Barometer 7 hr. ago I built a dog shelf under my desk, so my dog can sleep just above my feet. He's got a nice little bed in there too. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George built a bed under his desk.
    via u/LowBarometer
  • 24
    Commissar_Brule · 7 hr. ago My girlfriend pressured me into buying a house and then left us, and despite everyone telling me to give my buddy up for adoption I commuted 2.5 hours each way until I could afford to sell the house and move us closer to work. It was about 20 months of commuting that far.
    via u/Commissar_Brule

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