Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I rent on my own a semi-detached home. It’s in a good location for me (very close to the train to work and there’s a supermarket that’s walking distance as well). Despite a small yard out the back, the lease explicitly states that there are no pets or animals allowed on the property (I assume guide dogs would be fine though?).

Through work I had to go out of state for around a fortnight. My girlfriend (who lives with her parents) offered to housesit since she’s on uni break and set herself up more in my place.

3 days before I’m due to return, property management emails me to say I’m in breach of my lease with a pet on the property and that nuisance barking has been reported (attached is a photo of a dog in my yard). I need to fix the problem or I’ll be asked to vacate if it’s not fixed.

I call up the missus and ask what’s going on. It was supposed to be a surprise, but the dog is a rescue and apparently was days away from being put down due to being unadoptable. Now it has a forever home at mine and we’re bloody heroes for saving it.

I definitely my cool. Threw around a lot of fucks. “What the fuck were you thinking?”, “stupid fucking decision”, etc. I reckon I threw in an insult or two as well. It was a fight and I felt I had no control of the situation.

Ultimately, I say the dog has to be gone by the time I’m back. Not my dog, don’t make it my problem. I return and the dog is still there. It’s a nice enough dog (barking aside) but I can’t have it as I don’t want to risk my lease. I don’t particularly even want a dog right now and it’s just a problem I don’t want to deal with. The dog has to be gone. 

Apparently I’m a heartless bastard because according to the missus, if this dog is returned it’s curtains for it and it’s put to sleep. Girlfriend’s parents can’t have it for some reason and no one else wants it. So for the past few days the missus has been crashing at friends places with the dog she refuses to get rid of. Some (not all) of our mutual acquaintances are pissed at me because “real men don’t act like that”. 

I don’t really feel like the arsehole here, but that’s probably what all arseholes think.  
So, I’m opening myself up to judgement (although it's with a dirty throwaway).

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**TL;DR**  
Girlfriend was housesitting my place. She adopted a dog from deathrow. My lease doesn’t allow pets. Get warning from property management about the dog so I tell girlfriend to get rid of the dog potentially condemning it back to deathrow.