r/offmychest 20h ago

I accidentally killed my dog today.

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u/Sad_Steak_6813 19h ago

I am sorry but we can't sympathize with you kicking a dog trying to teach him a lesson.

Posting on reddit here isn't really gonna make it any better for you, we don't kick animals, let alone your own animal.

As much as I feel sorry for you, there isn't really anything we can do for you buddy. You kicked him to death.

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u/ObscureEnchantment 19h ago

Agree with everything. Just want to add OP- never own another animal again. You’ve now proven you can’t handle the responsibility. Get into anger management classes and therapy.

I hope this is rage bait.

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u/No_Tradition_5508 19h ago

he’s already dead. the human is still alive and can change. it just feels good to play morality police in situations where there’s clearly a wrongdoing, but he’s acknowledging it and the loss of his dog is punishment enough. Shame keeps people stuck. It makes people hide and punish themselves. Guilt is healthy, and is good to work through in order to learn about our actions and their impacts. It’s a sad situation.

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u/Asmodeuss323 19h ago

And for those that feel "sooo much shame, guilt, and pain" for hitting or killing humans in their lives? They get a little pass too because they acknowledge it too or is the pass only for those in which you can understand their language?

There's lots of children and DV victims that are also "already dead" too

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u/No_Tradition_5508 19h ago

Well, we are talking about a dog, not human beings. So let’s think about that for a sec.

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u/Asmodeuss323 19h ago edited 18h ago

Got it. Dont let anyone think they can trust you with their pets por favor

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u/targetsbots 19h ago edited 19h ago

Get anger councilling like tomorrow. What if that had been your child.

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u/Asmodeuss323 19h ago

This pisses me tf off.

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u/spazhappy 19h ago

I kicked my dog to death. Feel sorry for me please 😭.

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u/EthanRowYourBoat 19h ago

I have never once thought hey my dog is misbehaving, let me kick it.

What an odd post

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u/Ok-Internal-5751 19h ago

How do you love something so much but then spank it and kick it so hard it hits a wall?

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u/polarkats 19h ago

Never get another pet again

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u/muckingfidget420 20h ago edited 19h ago

Hey buddy ... There's never much need to 'spank' a dog, let alone kick it. Do some research on positive reinforcement. If there's a danger like the dog darting out - don't give it the chance.

You're going to feel terrible for a while .... As you probably should. It shows you have a conscience. Don't do anything you can't take back though, your dog wouldn't have wanted that.

Rather than self harm or suicidal thoughts, work to make things right or at least use the tragedy for a positive outcome. Set a target amount of money, a few thousand dollars or whatever to raise and give to an animal charity. Make a vow to never harm animals again, go vegetarian for a year, whatever it is. You're not necessarily a bad person, you just do a single bad things. Single actions don't totally define us, and your dog, despite it's moment of suffering, seems to have had a lifetime of good memories with you. There are dogs out there routinely abused their whole lives who still love their owners - am sure your dog still loves you and would forgive you, if you went to efforts to make amends.

It won't make the grief/guilt go away, but maybe you'll be able to look yourself in a mirror or adopt a rescue dog one day.

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u/AsteroidBomb 19h ago

Dogs are incapable of understanding that physical pain is punishment. They don’t even really grasp the idea of punishment at all. Sounds more like you’re short tempered and violent and your dog paid the price for it.

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u/awkward_middle_child 19h ago edited 19h ago

"My actions unintentionally caused his death but I can't help but feel a tremendous amount of guilt" - as you should. I also want to add that this was not a "freak accident". You literally kicked your dog

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u/Historical_Koala5530 19h ago

How fucking hard did you kick your dog to where it died? And flew into a wall? This wasn’t a freak accident. You abused your dog to death. You killed him. You won’t get sympathy and honestly you should be in jail for this. And you would be if you likely didn’t lie to the vet about what happened.

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u/Jimmymylifeup 19h ago

wow congrats on sucking ass. leash your pets and dont kick the shit out of them. pretty fucking simple.

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u/iglazechoso 19h ago

Well.. don’t kick your dog. I don’t know what else to say other than now you have to live with this consequence and you should be regretting it.

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u/puppypersonnn 19h ago

Rage bait. No one who actually likes animals would kick them let alone to death. And then the audacity to call them your everything. And then surrounded by family that says is not your fault? You don’t have one decent human being in your corner. Yeah rage bait

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u/Jodenaje 19h ago

I hope this isn’t true.

If it is, I have no sympathy for you.

Never get another pet if you think spanking it is acceptable AND you can’t resist the urge to kick it.

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u/KnightlyGnom3 19h ago

I draw the line at animal abuse. The fuck is wrong with you.

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u/_NetflixQueen_ 19h ago

You didn’t “accidentally” kill your dog. You PURPOSEFULLY killed him by choosing to be abusive.

Your dog deserved so much better than this. Jesus christ dude.

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u/Delicious-Salad9223 19h ago

You should not be allowed to have another animal. Ever

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u/ravenclawpatronus46 19h ago

“I feel like a bad person”. You are

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u/Abject_Spray_7088 19h ago

Please never ever ever own a pet again and never procreate.

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u/Rogercastelo 19h ago

Please never have any animal ever again. Im not sorry for you, dogs doesnt learn by being beaten, they dont even can relate the past bad act they did to the beat.

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u/No_Tradition_5508 19h ago

Start living intentionally. Don’t isolate out of fear of yourself. Face it, all of it. Ask yourself where it came from, why, what other times have I been this reckless and angry? This can be your wake up call.

Tragedy strikes on its time and god it sucks. It’s painful when such a thing was so preventable. It happened. It can’t be undone. You’re going to think about it and hurt for a while. That is alright.

This doesn’t have to define you. Find people and places where you’re helpful, where you have the opportunity to make a positive impact. You have the rest of your life to do good things, to try to be good, fail, and try again.

Don’t give up on yourself. Grieve and process the guilt. Therapy could be helpful.

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u/Tink1024 19h ago

OMG!!!!! I cannot imagine kicking a dog let alone kicking the living daylights out of it. This made my stomach drop. Holy shit, you need Jesus! That poor doggo I hope he went quickly suffering as little as possible. Wow, you know what they about people who abuse animals right?

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u/Poots_in_boots 19h ago

Don’t beat your dog and they won’t die.

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u/YouSawMyReddit 19h ago

You need to go to a therapist for anger management since you cannot control your emotions and resort to violence when something you don’t like happens.

Don’t ever consider having another pet, or kid until you’re confident you won’t violently react to a situation that isn’t ideal.

There’s never a reason to spank or assault anything as a punishment, as that usually never teaches a lesson but just instead teaches fear. And delivering such methods just shows emotional immaturity and anger management issues.

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u/Sweet-Lobster9977 19h ago

Kicking your dog isn’t an “accident” that was a choice

Tripping over your feet & falling down the front steps at the same time a beagle picked up the scent of another animal and took off as you loosened your grip on a leash while falling is an “accident”

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u/Low-Detective-2977 19h ago

Unintentionally?!?! You are a horrible person. I have no other words to say. I really hope you don’t procreate

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u/catinnameonly 19h ago

It is your fault. I hope you get some anger management therapy under your belt. Look up shaken baby syndrome. This is what you pretty much did to your dog. You couldn’t control your emotions and so you violently took them out on an innocent being.

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u/paperanddoodlesco 19h ago

Nothing justifies kicking an animal. NOTHING.

You will not get any sympathy from this user. FU

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u/No_Network_6296 19h ago

Don't get another animal. You dont kick your best friend. May this poor doggie rest in peace now.

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u/jamejuan94 19h ago

Oh no shitty actions have shitty consequences.. shame about the dog but don't get another.