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No Bad Dogs Podcast

E343-The Guilt of Returning a Dog — And the Truth Behind It (Emotional)

No Bad Dogs Podcast

Tom Davis

Education, Kids & Family, Pets & Animals, How To

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tom speaks with a dog owner who adopted a Presa that was supposedly good with other dogs, but the Presa is now attacking the other dogs in the home. The owner has two young children, and we speak about the safest and best option for Presa.



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0:00.0

This is a difficult podcast for the owner that I speak with.

0:04.3

So there is some emotions going on in here, maybe a swear word or there.

0:08.3

So if you're listening to this with little ones around,

0:11.3

you might want to put the AirPods in for this one.

0:14.0

Not too bad.

0:15.1

So don't worry.

0:16.3

But this is a situation where you have a dog owner who adopted a dog and the dog just isn't a good

0:26.2

fit and so trying to a when is the decision to rehome the dog or give the dog back and also

0:35.1

just understanding that that's that that actually looks like success and it's not failure.

0:41.0

I think a lot of dog owners think that they fail because maybe they have to rehome their dog

0:47.2

or give their dog back or even create more structure or limitations for their dog.

0:53.0

And that's really not failing your dog.

0:55.5

That's actually advocating to say, hey, this dog could live a better life with different

1:01.4

circumstances, whether it's with you or with somebody else.

1:04.2

And that's not failure.

1:05.5

That's just actually being mature and making the right decision, in my opinion.

1:09.9

So this is a great podcast really diving into the mechanics of all of that.

1:16.5

And I think it's good for every dog owner to listen to something like this because I think

1:20.3

the world that we live in, you know, this dog owner just feels this is such guilt of potentially returning this dog but really the

1:30.3

risk is her family safety and her other dog safety and also the dog that she adopted his ultimate

1:41.5

happiness and freedom right this is kind of like the whole no bad dogs thing.

1:46.3

And this is really where this brand and even this podcast was created where you have a dog that's

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