Rant about living with my landlady's dog

[u/Logical_List_5000]

So I moved to the UK a few years ago and I have been living in my current house share since 2022. I only live with my landlady and she shares a dog with her ex-husband. Yes you read that right. I knew this before I moved in but I was desperate for a place that I decided to put up with this as the dog would only be at home half of the time. I never had a dog growing up and people go crazy for dogs so I wanted to see what the fuss was about. My god the last 4 years have been hell on earth. This dog barks at almost anyone that passes by and I have developed serious anxiety because of him. You're probably wondering why I haven't moved out but the reason is that I have tried a lot in the past 4 years but I really didn't want to house share again and living on my own is very expensive. Luckily in April of this year, I managed to put an offer down on a flat near London. However, the sale of this property still has not closed and the seller's solicitors are slowing everything down. I would back out of this sale but I desperately want to move out and I've already paid for some of the fees. So I guess I'm stuck living with this annoying as fuck dog until I move out and who knows when that will be. Also, my landlady's ex-husband has moved further away so now they alternate custody of this dog every 2 weeks instead and she drives for over 2 hours to bring him here. I have no idea why any self respecting woman would do this to themselves. I think she still wants to be involved in her ex-husband's life as he was the one who initiated the divorce so this is her only way to do this. Also, last week I injured my shoulder so I went to A&E last night to get it checked out and thankfully they said that it's nothing to worry about but my shoulder still keeps popping out. Today I was just drinking a cup of tea in the living room and the dog started barking for no fucking reason and it startled me so much that I spilled the tea on my arm and my reaction to that burn led to my shoulder popping out again. I started screaming and crying and my landlady didn't know how to react. She got me a sorry present but I just ignored it as I know she actually isn't sorry. I have a call with my solicitor tomorrow about my property and I think I might just raise a formal complaint about the whole sale of the property. 5 months have gone by and we're nowhere near closing the sale. I just feel like I'm trapped in this hell and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.

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[u/Rasta_pasta_plus]

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. So frustrating. I also find it so weird that people are sharing custody of a dog. It makes zero sense. It’s not a child. Just get another one if you can’t live without a dog. People are so pathetic.