I wish this poor woman all the best, and I hope her ex is only allowed supervised visitation with that kid. Dumping a dog like this shows extreme lack of empathy and compassion. There's no excuse. Also, the dog peeing in the house? That makes me think he was neglecting to let it out when she wasn't around, or outright abusing it. She should be asking herself how many times did she come home to find the baby in a wet nappy, or crying in their crib because ex-partner didn't want to deal with them.

The man abandoned an animal on the side of the road and thinks he has a shot in hell of getting full custody of their child? Good luck with that, dude.

My husband isn't a cat person, definitely wasn't before we got ours. But now, he is adamant that she won't go outside for fear of her getting hit by car or hurt by another animal. When she walked up on our balcony ledge, he would grab her because he was scared she would fall. When we're out of her breakfast wet food, he will let her have a can of his tuna stash. Because you don't have to like pets to be a decent person who treats them well.

You had a child with a monster, it was only a matter of time before he dropped the baby off at a fire station. As for the custody battle, I believe him when he said going to tell the judge your an insane unfit mother. Good luck!!

I'm surprised the piece of shít that dumped the dog is still being a waste of oxygen, I hope the lady and the kid made out safely!

OP should leave him on the highway. What an awful human being. He’s absolutely delulu if he thinks he can get full custody.

An unfortunate truth is that when people show you who they are, believe them. He showed himself to be a conceited irresponsible partner with no regard for your wishes or happiness, and it would only have been the first in an ever growing list of such incidents if you had stayed with him. His first reaction to seek sole custody is the only confirmation you would ever need.

Targeting a pet is emotional abuse. No judge worth its salt will allow you custody jackass! Go scrotch earth OP!

And the 2% of people in the survey who said this treatment of a pet wouldn't bother them at all? A loss of 2% of our population that includes YOU lot wouldn't bother *me* at all.

My ex-husband did the same with my 5-pound toy Yorkiepoo. He dropped her three towns over during rush hour close to a major highway. A teenager was walking home from school and saw her get hit by a car; thank god she was ok. She called her parents at work and made them come home and take her to the vet. I had had her for three years, from 6 weeks old, and had not microchipped her yet. It took me six days and the help of a lady to whom I handed a flyer at a gas station who ran an organization in New Jersey that helps find lost pets, and within 3 hours of her posting on her Facebook page, I got a call from the family in Hamilton Township New Jersey. They had her, and I drove so fast to get her. Thanks to that beautiful young girl, my Liberty is still here and is now 14 years old. As for him, he was on his way out. It made it faster. I'm glad you got your dog back. My six days, she had me in hell.❤️❤️

The husband is a monster, but I still hate that she calls small dogs rat dogs. Just because you don't like them is not a reason to denigrate them. They're all good boys (or girls).

What did he say when you called the police to report him?

FFS try an aromatherapy calming collar. Tell this story to the judge and this d**k will not get custody of a human child.

My ollder sister would do something like this. She's an awful person. If anyone, including her, did this to my cat, I'd kill them. Not joking. I'd kill them and give it no more thought than swatting a fly.

I don't know where OP is from, but in my country is totally illegal to abandon a dog on the side of the road. If you catch someone doing it, you can easily report them to the authorities, and it's a criminal offence.

Typical abuser move. The birth of the baby probably made him feel like he had her well and trapped... so now his true colors start to show. He has no empathy, respect or consideration for anyone but himself and it would only get worse from then on.

he's clearly scum, as are 6% of people that answered the poll, especially the 2% that said it wouldn't bother them.

HE considers HER an unfit parent?? HA! I hope she gets a good lawyer and gets full custody and lots of child support! I hope the judge is an animal lover! Anyone who would do this to a poor defenceless animal is not someone I would trust around a poor, defenceless child!!!!!

How horrible, I truly do not understand why some humans can be so cruel. Maybe if he were taken to a remote area, with no food water, shelter, proper attire and left out in the elements

I hope what he did is illegal where they live and he is charged and found guilty of animal cruelty. That will ensure he never gets custody of their son and will likely only be allowed supervised visits. God only knows what he has done to the child for crying when she hasn't been there to see it. An abuser is an abuser is an abuser. Who is next? Her? The baby?

I would tell him he was going with you to look for the dog in another area. When he gets out of the car.... drive away! All the better if doesn't happen to have his phone. You can pack his things & change the locks while he is dealing with that. Oh & the reply to you can get a new dog... you can also find a new bf. Maybe at the dog park!

I was so happy to read the update..so happy yeah!!!! And to read she is divorcing that scumbag....I would like to get my hands on him myself....the way you treat God's creatures is how you know what kind of person someone really is!!!

I didn't see if you found your dog? Prayers that you put ads out post pictures call vets offices put pictures in vets offices. He thinks you have left him his heart is broken. I was in the hospital and rehab. Mine didnt eat. When I got home he didn't leave my side not even during therapy even with my walker.

Hope she does not leave the house! Stay with the child in the home. The court will make him leave after they hear the specifics.

Get him charged for animal cruelty, and mention it in the restraining order if you need to file one later. Change the locks, get him out of the house.

Document his behavior toward rhe dog and in the US it's goinf to be moms over aholes l.stay strong. That dudes is shhhhht

It's a felony to drop a dog on a highway. Animal cruelty and endangerment. Let him know so he can reconsider the finances ... or turn him in. https://www.nhes.org/felony-animal-cruelty-laws-in-all-50-states/

Abandonment is a crime I wld have kicked that partner out & grab my furkid. Sm ppl r so evil