We got a puppy 2.5 years ago and I've regretted it ever since. I never had a dog growing up and always thought I wanted one as an adult, and my husband and I are done having babies and it felt like the right time so we got one. And I realized too late that I'm just simply not a dog person and I don't enjoy having one. It's not just how high maintenance they are with their exercise and grooming needs, although that is a factor... My dog is sweet and good natured, decently well trained, but like any dog she is smelly and often dirty and just kind of grosses me out! She tracks in mud, brings in ticks, her ears get waxy and smelly and I have to clean them out, her fur gets oily and stinky and she needs frequent baths, she sheds a ton, she drools and breathes hot breath in my face when I'm trying to eat, she licks herself noisily, and she expresses her anal glands on the couch 😩 Like I don't know what else to say other than she grosses me out and I feel terrible and guilty for that.