Girlfriend Feeds Her Dog "Table Scraps," So Redditors Go In Hard To Teach Her The Difference Between Leftovers And Table Scraps
Four months into dating, Jay invited his girlfriend over for a full day of hiking and dinner, and the evening took a sharp turn once her dog, Shelby, got involved.
After a homemade roast chicken dinner, OP decided the leftovers were fair game for Shelby, but Jay saw it very differently. What started as a simple feeding decision quickly turned into an argument about respect, leftovers, and who gets to decide what happens in someone else’s kitchen.
By the time Reddit weighed in, plenty of people had thoughts about the chicken, the dog, and the relationship. Read on.
Jay got up, took the plate, and brought it back to OP wrapped in tin foil. He then asked OP to leave.
Jay said the dinner he made was for the two of them, and OP should have asked first because he was planning to use the leftovers.
Before OP left, she argued that since Jay made the dinner for them, she had the right to do whatever she wanted with some of it, and he should have been understanding since he knew that Shelby was on a raw diet.
This is where the dinner stopped being about dinner.
OP's friend said that Jay had a right to be upset, but OP doesn't trust her opinion because she judged OP in the past about how she treats Shelby.
OP was judged in the post as well and had to defend why she put Shelby on a raw diet.
She did say that she eventually apologized to Jay, and he accepted it.
The dog was not the only one getting side-eyed here.
The girlfriend's choice to feed her dog table scraps may stem from a belief that this practice demonstrates love and care.
But he broke up with her because what happened was just a part of a pattern of inconsiderate behavior on OP's part.
Even if someone hosts you and your dog for the day, it is still your responsibility to meet all of your dog's needs.
OP said that she and Shelby would have gone home early if there had been no dog-safe food in Jay's house.
Reddit was not exactly gentle about that logic.
OP needs a lesson about the difference between leftovers and table scraps.
The bare minimum and polite thing to do was to ask Jay if it was okay to take some of the chicken to feed the dog.
Oh boy, OP is about to get schooled.
And the comments kept coming.
Without Reddit's intervention, OP would have gone on believing that she did nothing wrong.
Among the other things you learned, hopefully.
We highly doubt your dad ever gave the chickens half of a pot roast that was safely tucked away in the fridge.
That comparison did not land well.
OP probably would have gone ballistic if her dog got sick from the roasted chicken.
We don't think Jay made the roast from scratch with Shelby's diet in mind.
The commenter pressed on why OP thought it was okay to take food that wasn't hers to feed her dog.
Ultimately, maintaining a healthy dialogue about pet care practices requires empathy and understanding.
Fostering a culture of open communication can enhance the pet ownership experience and ensure the well-being of the animals involved.
Really? You can't think of any other reason?
You literally went for a hike, which is an activity dogs are known to enjoy.
Jay invited her dog to the hike, not to the dinner he paid for and cooked.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! OP made a lot of assumptions and made no attempts to communicate.
Sure, Jay invited the dog to the hike, but he has no obligation to make accommodations for her.
It has been established that OP cannot differentiate between leftovers and table scraps.
Important note: groceries are expensive as hell these days!
That dinner probably cost Jay a good amount of money, and OP just basically called half of it table scraps.
Not to mention, it was her first time visiting his apartment, and she felt comfortable enough to rummage through his fridge!
How does roast chicken qualify as part of the dog's raw diet, anyhow?
The roast was bad for Shelby and disrespectful to Jay, who spent money on the food and made it from scratch.
OP basically wasted $10 worth of food Jay could have eaten the next day.
It wasn't her place, yet she felt like she could do this.
Even her "judgy" friend telling her she was in the wrong wasn't enough to convince OP that she behaved so terribly.
Even self-proclaimed "crazy dog ladies" couldn't get on board with how OP behaved.
The most important part: Run, Jay! Run!
Shelby is not at all to blame for how her owner behaved. OP should have brought enough food for her dog, knowing that they would be staying at Jay's place for dinner right after a hike.
It's ridiculous that it took a Reddit post and a few thousand people telling her how wrong she was for OP to realize she disrespected Jay. I guess she can spend more time with Shelby now that she's single.
This one ended with a breakup, a lot of dog drama, and a very expensive chicken dinner.
For the same “you didn’t ask first” energy, see the dog owner furious about cheese and tortillas.
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