Man’s Post For Future Pet Owners Says Don’t Adopt Until You’re Ready To Make Sacrifices

Pets are amazing. The cute furballs are like rays of sunshine in our lives, bringing us out of the darkness with their unconditional love and support. They take away all our stress and sometimes even help us detect and fight diseases.

But they are also a lot of work. Pet parents have to face struggles and make sacrifices for their furbabies ensuring their needs are met. According to Fox News, professional baseball player Austin Conway who owns a German Shepherd mix named Stella outlined the same in a candid Facebook post.

He began by saying,

“Really hate to be making this post right now…My girl Stella is just too much to handle sometimes. She is constantly shedding all over my bed and clothes. Is always wanting to go outside at the most inconvenient times. The other day she even stole a piece of bread off of my plate when I wasn’t looking. And it’s even harder to find an apartment to live in that will take her, since she is a German Shepherd mix. Generally, I always end up paying a higher rent, because only select apartments accept her.” 

He further added,

“So, I have came to the decision that I will not be giving her up. I will continue to deal with pet hair on all of my belongings. I will continue to get out of bed at 6 am or midnight when she’s begging me to go out even though I just took her. I will continue dealing with a food thief. I will continue to base my living situation off of her for as long as she’s alive.”

“And I will continue making any sacrifice I SIGNED UP FOR when I adopted her over 4 years ago. She will continue to be with me no matter what city I move to, however many children I have, or how much of a pain in my ass she can be. She’s family, and if you don’t view an animal in this same way, please do us all a favor and don’t get a pet until you do.”

His post served as a message for future pet owners to be ready for the commitment before deciding to adopt. People agreed with him that owning a pet is no cakewalk. But they also believed that all the sacrifices were completely worth it as the rewards of sticking by them and treating them like family outweighed the efforts in the end.

Here are some of the reactions:

Thank you, Austin, for being real and accurately describing both sides of pet parenting. It might not be as easy as it looks but is definitely fulfilling if one is serious about the commitment.

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