[smorrow82]

My husband and I entered our relationship with one dog each. I was fine with one, I am not fine with two. At first, they were fine. Then they started getting into trouble together. I can't even remember how many couch cushions we have lost, $100 ear phones, shoes, dog beds, anything fluffy/squishy. My dog (the puppy) is now in a kennel whenever we are gone.

Let me also say that mine is a 73lb pitbull terrier and his is an 85lb Staffordshire terrier. He also has a 16lb cat...

His dog sheds like no one's business! There is hair everywhere. He also has long "quicks" so his nails are like talons. He has no regard for personal space so my toes are constantly taking a beating/slicing... This does not bode well for my leather furniture which is now scratched to hell. I have pet covers... but he likes to bring them down to the ground, fluff them up, and/or get on the couch anyway. He also reaks of dog smell even with frequent bathing. Did I mention he's a puker? My brand new home already needs new carpet from his constant vomiting!

My dog is a lover and I don't really have a problem with him except for his nasty jowels. But that we are both full time students and employees and we don't have time for these dogs. I can't have 2 large breed animals in my house anymore! But my husband refuses to get rid of his dog - he says they saved each other... I love my husband and I don't want him to resent me but honestly, I have grown to hate these dogs and I resent them all for the way my home is not mine anymore. I feel like I am angry all the time and that's not good for a new marriage, and we want to have a baby soon. I can't even think about laying a baby on my carpet or being home alone with my infant and all these stupid animals... I feel completely lost.

[joypulv]

Dogs that size should be outside most of the day, and not chewing up furniture.
Build a large kennel with a long run, and hire a neighborhood teen or mom to come in twice a day to clean the kennel or run and water them and make sure they get some play in the yard.
You do have a yard, don't you?
Yes, it will cost, so wait on the baby. You shouldn't be having children yet anyway, if you are both working and both in school.
If you don't have outside play space, neither of you should have a dog that size.

I don't get the sequence of events. You got a pitbull puppy that you don't have time for, and you knew it.?
You don't sound attached to your dog at all. If one has to go, it might as well be yours. He loves his.