Abbie Chatfield has divided opinion with her views on pet ownership after rehoming her puppy.
The host of FBoy Island, 29, appeared on a special animal-themed episode of Channel Nine’s The Hundred on Tuesday.
The game show, hosted by comedian Andy Lee, asks guest panellists questions and compares their answer to what a representative panel of 100 people think.
Host Andy asked guest Abbie, ‘Is it OK to bring your dog to someone’s house unannounced? What percent of The Hundred would think that’s acceptable?’
Abbie, who came to the show dressed as a bunny, responded with a staunch ‘no’.
‘I just think it’s a bit weird to bring your dog announced,’ she said and it seemed the majority of The Hundred agreed.
It comes as Abbie made the heartbreaking decision to rehome her almost one-year-old puppy Daisy.
The Bachelor star announced the sad news on her It’s a Lot podcast last week.
Abbie Chatfield has divided opinion with her views on pet ownership after rehoming her puppy during a guest appearance on The Hundred
Abbie recently made the heartbreaking decision to rehome her almost one-year-old puppy Daisy
Abbie asked her fans and followers to ‘please listen to the full episode before commenting’ in the caption of the video she shared to Instagram from the episode’s recording.
‘Today’s episode I’m really nervous about recording. I’m scared about the backlash because I feel really sick about the whole situation,’ she began.
‘I’m going to be honest because I know that the decision I made was the right decision for me and everyone involved.
‘I’ve had to rehome Daisy.’
Revealing the sad news on her It’s a Lot podcast last week, Abbie said that as Daisy (pictured) grew older and became better behaved, Walter’s tolerance for her became less
Daisy is a one-year-old cocker spaniel the media personality adopted into her family in April.
‘I’m going to cry,’ Abbie said as she began to explain her decision.
‘Daisy is my puppy. I have an older dog, Mr. Walter, who is eight, and I have Daisy, who is one-years-old in a week or two.’
‘I’ve had to rehome her because of Walter and his traumas and the way they’re manifesting. So before anyone gets into my DMs, I’ve spent six months agonising over this.’
The TV personality claimed she had to give away Daisy because her other dog, Walter, had too much trauma from his previous owners, and could not deal with the other dog’s energy
Walter suffers from anxiety caused by his previous owners.
‘I’ve tried my absolute hardest and I never thought that I would give up a dog, ever,’ Abbie continued on the podcast.
Abbie, who lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney, said she’s ‘tried literally everything’ in her capacity to find a way for her two dogs to get along.
The decision has taken a huge emotional toll on the popular TV and radio host, who said that until the day she gave Daisy to her new owner, now a couple of weeks ago, she was ‘scream crying in the shower’.
‘I’ve raised her and gone through the hardest parts of her puppyhood. I’ve done all the hard work with her. She is the best dog.
‘She sleeps with her arms around my neck. I can’t train that trauma out of him and all I can do is give him a safe place to live.’
Abbie said that she’s rehomed Daisy with a good friend’s sister in Brisbane, who drove to Sydney to pick her up.
She packed up all of Daisy’s things and made lists of all her food and activity preferences for her new owner.
‘A few weeks on I am 100% sure this was the right decision for both dogs, but I am heartbroken,’ she penned in the caption of her podcast post.
