Just recived this any one intrested:rolleyes:Pleas P M me for contact details dont think they should be posted on here

hope you don't mind me emailing you but I am making a documentary for the BBC and am keen to make contact with dog owners around the country. I am looking into the subject of what happens to dogs when couples split up; what effect a break down in a relationship has on pets and their owners. I have included some information about the documentary below. Please note we are just at the research stage so there is no obligation for anyone to appear on television, I am purely interested in finding out how different people deal with this difficult situation.

If you know of anyone who would be happy to speak to me please pass on my details

Many thanks

Gayl Paterson

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New BBC documentary - Who gets custody of the dog

You may have stopped loving each other - but you both still love the dog

Breaking up is certainly hard to do but even more complicated when there is a dog involved. Dog-owners generally have a very special bond with their pets and can struggle to reach some sort of agreement when a relationship turns sour - and indeed disputes over a dog can frequently exacerbate the distress caused by the breakdown of the relationship. Our intention is to understand what it feels like to be separated from a much-loved pet and bring this to peoples' attention in a way that could really help other dog-lovers.

The documentary will be made over the next 2-3 months and shown on BBC One next year. It will feature people in a range of situations from those in the process of splitting and trying to decide who gets the dog; to people who have already split where only one person has got the dog; to people who have already decided some form of joint ownership.

OH well for me it was easy. I got the dogs, my ex got the kids! ;)

I would take the dogs as my OH knows it would break my heart to be away from them, more so then him.  He also know I am more capable of taking care of them, not just day to day stuff but medical conditions, training, grooming etc etc!

Does this mean you have discussed this with your OH?

Couldn't even contemplate discussion "What if we split..?" type conversations with my wife - a bit bad luck to me :)

Yeah - we had a rocky patch a long long time ago and it was actually discussed when working things out....it has not since been mentioned however I know the same thing stands ;)

Nice one Goldmali, you got the better deal! :-D hee hee

Dog is mine, no question about it. I'm the one who takes care of him and I work from home. The OH would have to bring dogbert into work with him and while I do bring him in with me sometimes (we work together) he wouldn't be able to cope.

The oldest stayed with my ex, the others came with me :D Oh, apart from his 'working' bitch that he never actually trained to the gun, but had kept her to train her :rolleyes:

My ex got all the furniture, pcs, jewellery etc and our old english as she chose her. I got to keep the rest of the dogs...they helped to make the rooms look not quite so empty :D

I got the kids, dogs, parrots, rabbits and rodents -------- he didn't want any of them lol.

I took the kids, moved in with my parents and left Gemma with my husband. Went and let het out of her crate 3-4 times a day while he was at work. We never really discussed anything about who got what. It was just automatic that I got the kids and as soon as my house was sorted I would take Gemma lock stock and barrel.
I moved into my new house 6 days after moving out of my husband (I couldnt stay he was making mine and the kids life hell)
The sunday dad helped me put fences up. THAT evening I picked up Gemma and moved her in. The day before I moved in to get her out of my husbands house.
He never batted an eye lid. Now 7 years on she is happier than she ever was when I was with him, and the only thing my ex husband asks about her is....'is Gemma dead yet' :(
Lea.

Just talked it over with husband I get both dogs and youngest kitten and i will sneak into his back yard with a tin of salmon to get eldest cat but don't tell him the last bit

i already had lucy when we got together so it was a well known fact that she is mine and there would of been no way she is going anywhere as for chas he did try and take him but i put a stop to it before he even got to the door i dont think he would of been able to stay with him anyway because he went back to his parents and his mum is scared of the dogs and they all work all day. He did try the 'since i payed for the dog when you stud him out i want half the money' to which he was told if he done well in the show ring and i did decided to stud him out in order for him to recieve half the stud fee i would want half of the dogs upkeep ie food, vets bills, show entry fees, hotel cost and diesel cost to get to the shows, and half the cost for all his traning classes he soon shut up

Well Kassie (4 1/2yr GSD) would have to stay with me- she's very much one of those '1 master' type of dogs, she just wouldn't settle or be happy if she wasn't with me.  If anything ever happened to me I'm sure she'd die of a broken heart.  As for the Mara-Moo (7mth GSD)- well since Kassies her Mum and I'm the *main* person with the dogs showing them, training etc- she'd have to stay with us too or she'd be unhappy:-D  Infact come to think of it- I'd keep everything- dogs, kids, house, bills etc etc- he'd get freedom- to do what he wants, when he wants, how he wants.  Thats fair enough if you ask me, to do anything I'd have to organise round work, kids and dogs :-) 

Stacey x   

All dogs with me hubby kindly said he would pay maintenece lol  i know he would too :D