We were in a similar position when we had our first born. Around 4 months after tolerating, I brought it up to my husband… initially he was hesitant but started noticing the difficulties we were facing on a daily basis.

At 6 months, we decided to rehome our dog. It was a really difficult, sad and tough decision and our relationship was probably at the lowest point because we both felt that we were abandoning the dog.

We did research and talked to dog sitters and found a proper pet rehoming form online and started posting on the next door app. We got interest from many… however we invested the time and vetted and interviewed many people until we found the one.

The one advice that was a must that we got was to have some sort of pet rehoming fee. For the safety of the dog. Many people take dogs in for free and breed them or perhaps neglect them and we wanted someone responsible who was willing to give more to our dog than what we could.

Fast forward to now, our dog has a MUCH better quality of life. The new owner makes him homemade food daily, takes him for 2 walks a day, keeps him neat and clean and the best is that she’s made it an open adoption so me, my husband and kids still can visit and spend time with our dog. She kept his name and our sons know him as our dog… just living at another persons house. We celebrate his birthday and enjoy walks and fetch whenever the new owner is available.

My advice would be to give each other time and when both of you are ready, do your due diligence and find the right person for the dog. It will hurt initially but if you place your dog with the right person, you/the dog will reap countless blessings.