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Wednesday, 11 January 2012




Dogs cause 2,000 family arguments in their lifetime

Owning a dog can be fun, but it can also cause lots of arguments - 2,000 arguments in their lifetimes, in fact!

A study has found that a dog will cause 2,000 family arguments over the course of its lifetime.

That's three a week!

The study carried out by insurance company esure found that the top 10 arguments were…

1. Who should look after the dog when the family goes on holiday

2. Whose turn it is to walk the dog

3. If the dog is allowed on the bed

4. If the dog is allowed upstairs

5. Who should pick up the dog poo

6. Being too harsh on the dog

7. If the dog is allowed on the sofa

8. Money spent on dog

9. Training the dog

10. Letting the dog eat from the dinner table

 

Do you own a dog? Do you have these arguments in your house? Let us know in a comment below!

 

 





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  • shoeless27 (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 @ 16:32

    I have the FLUFFIEST DOGGY IN TH WORLD!!!!!!!! he is called hector: an ADORABLE puppy: THE CLEVEREST DOGGY EVER!!!

  • superdog7 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 @ 17:44

    yes i do own a dog called lucy she is a labrador and she does NOT cause argumants she is sweat and would never eat from the table ok once when she was a PUPPY like 3 MONTHS old she ONCE stoll a mini apple pie and some how un wrapped the foil of it! other then that she does NOT cause arguments

  • clickley9 (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 15 January 2012 @ 09:37

    i have 2 dogs called molly and noodle and they do not causev arguments at all. molly once opened a packet of chocolate and ate it all and she wasnt sick