My Cousins Dog Chewed up My Shoes, What Should I Do?

ILikeThis124 on 12/03/2018 - 21:55
Last edited 13/03/2018 - 08:33 by 2 other users

Hi all,

Long story short, went to my family's house to visit them and at the front door my cousin told me to bring my shoes inside but I just put my shoes on the shoe rack with the other 20 pairs already there. Other relatives leave early and he noticed that his dog had chewed my shoes and put them higher after they were torn and carried on inside and didn't tell me about it. When I was leaving I noticed that my shoes were extremely wet and were curious why as it was dark. I look at my shoes under the light and they have been chewed and torn. They aren't expensive shoes but not cheap either (Converses).

Now I am in the dilemma of what to do? He didn't say anything to me but I am upset as I only purchased my shoes about two months ago and I am the type of person that likes to take care of their belongings. I don't know what to do as he did tell me to bring my shoes inside but since there were another 20 pairs already there I thought heck why am I the only one that has to bring my shoes inside.

Should I just cop it and disregard it as it will create an awkward tension between me and him or let him know that I am upset about it?

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  • neo on 12/03/2018 - 21:58
    +257

    FFS, buy a new pair and move on with your life. Stupid sh$t like this is why you might lose a friendship for the sake of $50?

      • [Deactivated] on 12/03/2018 - 22:20
        +54

        Yes, because we are professionals in having our shoes eaten by dogs.

        I've personally been in this position no less than 63 times this calendar year alone!

        PM me for details.

      • qwerty on 12/03/2018 - 22:27
        +17

        Is your relationship with them worth $120 ?

        While its wrong they hid the damage and should pay you gotta make the decision to push it or not ?

        • ILikeThis124 on 12/03/2018 - 22:35
          +6

          Thanks for the advise qwerty, will not push it

        • Kangal on 13/03/2018 - 18:47
          +28

          @ILikeThis124:
          Eye for eye, tooth for tooth…

          I say go back to your cousin's place and you personally bite, claw, and chew his shoes.
          Then pee on them to make them wet, and place them high.
          I mean that's what you came here for?

        • nathanlim on 14/03/2018 - 12:03

          @Kangal: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth? Then he should bite and pee on the dog, not his cousin. :)

        • arislan on 14/03/2018 - 12:59
          -1

          @nathanlim:

          Exactly, was gonna be my suggestion too… I mean the dog was putting its scent on his shoes, might be some attraction here. I say reciprocate and see if you get a happy ending..

      • gmail92 on 12/03/2018 - 23:45
        +58

        Who would pay $120 for Converse…, let alone anyone on this site.

        • dwillia on 14/03/2018 - 12:39

          they were converses, they're more expensive

        • Pyrock on 14/03/2018 - 13:03

          @dwillia:
          have owned few pairs of converses and they definitely werent that expensive. I never pay full price for shoes since learning about ozbargain :D

        • dwillia on 14/03/2018 - 16:56

          @Pyrock:

          WOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHH!

      • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 00:04
        +42

        Never been in this position and don't know how to proceed,

        1. Wear other shoes.
        2. Go to store.
        3. Buy better shoes for less.
        4. Thank dog for improving your wardrobe.
      • ChatCPT on 13/03/2018 - 10:10
        +38

        Member for 4 years. $120 for converse shoes?
        Your Ozbargain membership has been revoked

        Seriously OP you must be really young. There are waaay more difficult decisions ahead in life. This is nothing
        Good luck!

      • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 13:58
        +3

        shoes cost $120 not $50.

        Well in that case, definitely demand restitution.

        No family member is worth $120!!

        • Mr Frodo on 13/03/2018 - 22:00
          +6

          No family member is worth $120!!

          True, and no Converse shoes are worth $120 either!!

      • braussie on 13/03/2018 - 17:11
        +1

        Hail the King!

        They probably tried to hid from you because they know you're a Tight Ass (no offense)

        Please accept the title as the new king of Oz Bargain!

        :-)

      • bettina44 on 13/03/2018 - 22:42
        -8

        Don't worry Ilikethis124, some people in this forum are plain mean which is why I don't make threads anymore and very rarely comment on them. Sometimes I have the energy to shove it right back up their arse other times I don't regardless though, it's a waste of time.

        I also think it's ok to bring it up, just be polite and calm about it. "So on the way home, my feet felt wet and breezy, it's probably an accident but did your dog chew my shoes?" or whatever your style is.

        • MishyMoo on 14/03/2018 - 18:52

          Agree with your first paragraph. To
          Its too rough in here for me these days

      • delfabc on 14/03/2018 - 14:22

        i too are a profanity, problem?

    • bobbified on 12/03/2018 - 22:48
      +3

      Couldn't have said it any better!

    • c64 on 13/03/2018 - 11:00
      +7

      the converse should also apply, what about him paying $50 for the sake of a friendship?

    • Eisa01 on 13/03/2018 - 22:35

      Here is a similar situation:

      During a visit to my wife’s cousins house a few years back, my shoes were stolen because I left them out the front upon my wife’s cousins request. Upon entry to the house, I said they may get stolen being so close to the street. She said “no, nothing will happen.” I said, “You sure? I’ve had a pair stolen before.” “Nah it will be fine,” she said. Brand new Adidas shoes from a sample sale, so not replaceable. She offered to pay for them, but out of courtesy I said don’t worry about. So she handed me a pair of old thongs and off I went, not happy of course.

      You were asked to bring them inside and you left them outside. I didn’t ask for them to be replaced because it would be impolite to ask the host to replace the item just because she used incorrect judgement. Move on it’s a pair of shoes.

      Man I loved those shoes…

      • belongsinforums on 13/03/2018 - 23:27
        +5

        shit situation. she knows you cant possibly accept her money, and u probably couldnt find the same pair anyway.i would forever hold it against her…secretly

  • assface on 12/03/2018 - 21:59
    -3

    what is this kindergarten? just ask him to pay for the shoes. geeze thread closed.

    • bobbified on 12/03/2018 - 22:51
      +27

      just ask him to pay for the shoes.

      OP should buy his own shoes. He was told to put his shoes inside but he didn't.

      But really, regardless of who's wrong, it's a pair of shoes… and it's not some random business or stranger - it's family!

  • retiredfeline on 12/03/2018 - 22:02
    +45

    Even the score. Invite him over and get your dog to chew up his shoes.

    Or invite the dog over and chew up its paws. Whatever.

    These threads get better all the time. :)

    • D C on 12/03/2018 - 22:56
      +5

      Time for a site rename?

      OZTroll?
      TrollBargain?
      OzGeeImUseless
      OzPointless

      • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 14:04
        +2

        OzAdvice.com.au/node/trivial

    • Butt Scratcher on 13/03/2018 - 09:58
      +2

      I can see a few problems with that, what if OP doesn't have a dog or how can you even make sure that it chews his cousins shoes?

      What I think would be a better way of getting back at him. Next time he goes to his cousins house, whenever he gets the opportunity just step outside the house pick up one of his cousins shoes and have at it.

      • retiredfeline on 13/03/2018 - 10:58
        +4

        I'm sure that by racking the brain with paws for thought, OP can cobble up some responses and chews an appropriate one. Otherwise the injustice will dog OP.

        • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 14:14

          It's not that difficult…

          Little bit of mince meat stuffed under the inner soles will do the trick.

          Cousin will be the Pied Piper of the neighbourhood dogs.

    • Chridim on 13/03/2018 - 12:14
      +5

      If you don't have a dog, chew up his shoes yourself, while he is drinking a coffee you just served him.
      I know it's disgusting but this will be the only appropriate revenge.

    • cameldownunder on 13/03/2018 - 13:18
      +2

      I bought an investment car, but not sure if I should get it professionally cleaned. While picking up the car I found $1000 at the dealership, returned it to the register, but did not get a finder's fee.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/03/2018 - 22:04
    +25

    Should have listened to him. He told you for a reason.

    Bin the shoes and buy a new pair.

    'Ya done now' - big shaq

    • Moral hazard on 14/03/2018 - 14:04

      Big shaq never said that.

      The lyrics that you're confused with are :
      "you dun know"

      As in, you don't know.
      He's not saying you're done now.
      He's saying you already know, but using jamaican type slang.

      You dun know…

      • [Deactivated] on 14/03/2018 - 15:26

        You win!

      • Unrvl on 14/03/2018 - 18:44

        (profanity) party pooper ill continue thinking it was ya done now

  • hogwarts on 12/03/2018 - 22:06
    +12

    He's a family member. I wouldn't bother. Just move on. Why is this a thread?

  • Donaldhump on 12/03/2018 - 22:10

    Get revenge and do a Julian O'Neil to their shoes

    We're the shoes brand new and now a write off? But if we're me I'd make them pay halves for new ones, they sound pretty rude to not say anything

    • ILikeThis124 on 12/03/2018 - 22:13
      +7

      Thanks for the cure. Websites name is a great coincidence also lol

  • [Deactivated] on 12/03/2018 - 22:12
    +14

    I'm pretty sure if you were the type of person 'who likes to take care of their belongings', then your shoes wouldn't have ended up as a dog's dinner.

    • ILikeThis124 on 12/03/2018 - 22:15

      How does that make any sense?

      • Eeples on 12/03/2018 - 22:22
        +12

        It makes sense because you said that you are the type of person who likes to take care of your belongings….. if that was true your shoes would not have got munched (because you would have looked after them better).

        • ILikeThis124 on 12/03/2018 - 22:25
          +1

          Me putting my shoes on the shoe rack with other shoes makes me not someone that takes care of their belongings, right.

        • Eeples on 12/03/2018 - 22:27
          +30

          @ILikeThis124:

          Yes. That’s right.

          You knew there was a dog.
          Your cuz told you to take your shoes inside.

          Anyone who is the type of person who takes care of their things…. would not have left their shoes out with a dog.

        • Sensiekatie on 13/03/2018 - 13:35
          +1

          @ILikeThis124:

          Valuable lesson is dogs chew shoes - especially puppies.

          Yes, you May think that as others are there, yours will be fine. However, that dog chose your shoes because of a reason - whatever that is no one knows.

          Learn the lesson and be more careful next time. You were warned - though he wasn’t Specific . Dog owners sometimes forget others are not used to these behaviours - and there were obviously other guests and thus things on tir cousin’s mind.

          This hosting responsibility may also account for their forgetting to tell you. He did put them in a safer position. So just move on - unless he is always causing you grief.

        • trapper on 13/03/2018 - 15:54
          +2

          @ILikeThis124:

          Yeah man you were warned, case closed really.

    • nismo on 13/03/2018 - 18:29

      Any comment that contains "dogs dinner" gets a ➕ from me 😂

  • Eeples on 12/03/2018 - 22:12
    +13

    If you can still wear them you should keep wearing them.

    If you can not wear them anymore then do not wear them.

    • onetwothreefour on 13/03/2018 - 06:26
      +5

      What if he can only wear one? Omg this is killing me, I wouldn't know what to do.

      • pegaxs on 13/03/2018 - 09:45
        +9

        Post up a thread and ask…

        “Cousins dog chewed my left shoe, right shoe is fine. Can I wear just one shoe or do I need to wear a pair? Please help….”

      • geoffs87 on 13/03/2018 - 13:08
        +1

        wonder if he can contact converse Australia directly, and if he explains this awful situation he's been left in, maybe they will help him out by shipping him 1x shoe (the one which was "destroyed".

        hmmmm…

        https://www.converse.com.au/contacts

      • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 14:19
        +2

        What if he can only wear one? Omg this is killing me, I wouldn't know what to do.

        Hop.

  • Cheap Steve on 12/03/2018 - 22:16
    +17

    Civil suit. Lawyer up.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 14:20
      +1

      And post another thread about the case.

    • berger on 13/03/2018 - 15:44
      +1

      You don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a CRIMINAL lawyer

      Breaking Bad reference.

  • Yummy on 12/03/2018 - 22:17
    +18

    Payback time… ambush & chew the dog back.

    • subywagon on 12/03/2018 - 22:59

      I actually bit a dog back when I was a toddler…

    • xoom on 12/03/2018 - 23:53

      Sif not pee on the dog to assert dominance.

  • Polde on 12/03/2018 - 22:24
    +14

    Jeez it's only Monday and we have these types of threads already

    • ILikeThis124 on 12/03/2018 - 22:36
      -8

      Someone had to make it

      • D C on 12/03/2018 - 23:22

        Well done you.

  • tassieeagle on 12/03/2018 - 22:32
    +26

    Is the dog available for hire? Having some issues with my homework and need a good excuse

  • ihbh on 12/03/2018 - 22:39

    Get even and bite the sh*t out of your cousin's dog's paws.

  • elgrande on 12/03/2018 - 22:40
    +15

    The only thing you can do in this scenario is to get your dog to chew his shoes. If you dont have a dog, then the responsibility for the chewing rests with you.

  • whooah1979 on 12/03/2018 - 22:46

    I only purchased my shoes about two months ago

    there were another 20 pairs already there I thought heck why am I the only one that has to bring my shoes inside.

    did they still have the new shoe smell? the dog probably ate your shoes out of the 20 pairs because they didn't smell like old cheese.

    • resisting the urge on 13/03/2018 - 10:25
      +2

      More like they had odorous foot smell. Dogs go for the smelliest shoes first, they can't help it, will just seem to them like the best ones to play with if there are no other dogs around. Teenage boys shoes are the first to get chosen as they have the worst feet due to hormones and learning about washing, removing dead skin, etc.

      Just scrub a layer of the dead skin off your feet and keep doing weekly, use cotton socks and don't keep your shoes on during the day, take them off whenever you can. Even if you don't notice, others will, esp. females and dogs. Then your feet will be fine and you can leave the shoes in your cousins rack.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 13/03/2018 - 14:28
        -1

        Even if you don't notice, others will, esp. females and dogs.

        Did you just liken females to dogs!!?

        Misogyny!!

        • resisting the urge on 13/03/2018 - 17:48
          -1

          One is fascinated by the smell of bacterial activity, whilst the other is full of it and never misses a chance to comment on it ;-)

          But both are certainly hopelessly obsessed.

          'What's wrong, I used Palmolive Gold (the new improved one with extra Chlorine and added Uranium oxide), just last week!'

  • subywagon on 12/03/2018 - 23:01
    +7

    at the front door my cousin told me to bring my shoes inside but I just put my shoes on the shoe rack

    It's your fault, they told you to bring them in.

    End of thread.

    • ninetyNineCents on 13/03/2018 - 11:22

      why did the cousin have a shoe rack outside if the dog likes chewing shoes ?

      Seems strange to leave temptation… its like having a rack to charge your phone outdoors…

      • subywagon on 13/03/2018 - 11:50
        +2

        That's irrelevant because the cousin warned him to bring his shoes in.

        • ninetyNineCents on 13/03/2018 - 15:05
          +1

          You missed the point, i was nt referring to this particular incident, im simply questioning the wisdom of having a shoe rack which makes shoes available to the dog.

        • subywagon on 13/03/2018 - 17:42
          +2

          @ninetyNineCents: Not really. Maybe the dog only likes strangers shoes because of the new smell? Maybe the had the shoe rack before the dog started chewing the shoes and they just can't be stuffed getting rid of the rack? Maybe they are trying to train the dog out of it? The point is the OP was warned not to leave the shoes out there and they did. OP is an adult I assume. It shouldn't be "tempting" to leave shoes out where there's a chance for a dog to chew them especially if they were warned. I know I sure as hell would've brought them in.

          It's like if the cousin had a dodgey balcony and warned the OP not to go on it as it might collapse. Then the OP goes out on it and it collapses because the night air was just too "tempting".

        • ninetyNineCents on 13/03/2018 - 20:28

          @subywagon:

          and if the cousin proceeded to let and have other friends and family on the balcony, it would be mighty confusinh=g.

      • Pyrock on 14/03/2018 - 13:09

        it was probably due to the new smells of his shoes that the dog went for it. Im guessing the dog normally leaves them alone

  • Baebs on 12/03/2018 - 23:02
    +8

    Bikies.

    • xoom on 12/03/2018 - 23:57
      +5

      To ACA the OP needs to go. Tracy what's her face will have a field day with this story.

  • sim777 on 12/03/2018 - 23:21
    +4

    YES - i was hoping a stupid post like this would come up soon

    • D C on 12/03/2018 - 23:23
      +3

      It's either this or another 'I'm completely full of myself, AMA so I can spout some BS' thread.

  • iforgotmysocks on 12/03/2018 - 23:35
    +4

    Thank you for your post on Australia's foremost bargains website. PJC would like to see a price in the title, bargains have prices.

    • pegaxs on 13/03/2018 - 09:42

      It’s just not a troll post unless tuzii or BrodenIt have had their say… both on time outs. :(

      • D C on 13/03/2018 - 18:51

        Still wait for Scab to show.

  • John Kimble on 12/03/2018 - 23:51

    Pics or it didn't happen.

    Maybe your cousin didn't notice they were chewed on either.

    $120 for Converse shoes!?

  • [Deactivated] on 13/03/2018 - 01:17
    +1

    Buy $10 Dunlop Volleys and get over it,

    • Brouw3r on 13/03/2018 - 11:48

      $39 and not Dunlop anymore

    • [Deactivated] on 13/03/2018 - 11:49

      Can you really get them for $10? I never see them lower than $30 at Kmart.

      • [Deactivated] on 13/03/2018 - 20:33
        +1

        If you don't mind Aussie green and gold eyesores and fluoro blue, try DFO/outlets.

        • [Deactivated] on 13/03/2018 - 23:24

          Ahh, I see, I guess I'll pass then. I only like the black ones and the whites.

  • DarkOz on 13/03/2018 - 07:32
    +4

    This is your cousin and it's only a pair of shoes. Let it go.

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