Does Your Oh Have His/her Own Dog?

[Ravyk]

OH had a dog before me. He grew up always having a dog. Now we have two dogs, Peggie is 'his' and Spot is 'mine'.

[Kirty]

My OH is not really into the animals. He tolerates them and plays with them occasionally, but thats it. I wish he was into the animals like I was so we could do stuff with the dogs together.

[kazads]

My OH loves our girls - we have been married for 12 years this year and have yet to have kids so our dogs are our family and always will be. Nothing will change when kids come along. WE have three girls - a boxer (nearly 1), a great dane (nearly 2 - adopted from RSPCA about 5 weeks ago) and a rotty x dob (12 years old and coming to the end). My OH makes sure that he says goodnight to our old girl as he says he never knows when she may not wake up and wants to make sure he has done the right thing by her ;)

It is funny because the boxer is mine and his is the great dane on paper - but I must say that the boxer is daddy's little girl and the dane favours me. It is so funny , the boxer and dane will move heaven and earth to find the opposite parent. But they both also love the other so it is all good.

OH walks the dane and helps pack their feed (had 80% done when I got home tonight). At frustrating moments when he would normally be yelling and screaming, he is laughing because one of them is slobbering in his face. They may not be human children but my gosh, they bring so much joy that they may as well be

[pie]

Everyone told me that my problem is that she is a girl and I should get a boy next time (Bubby does love me best!). But with what you say about Benson, perhaps it is just a dog thing?

I think it's an individual dog thing, my boy dog attached himself to my OH, he loves him even though I feed him and train him, when OH is home Kyzer doesn't even look at me! Trixie however is by my side like glue all the time.

OH never liked Trixie in the beginning, he thought she was too dopey (which she is ) but then one day he told me that he likes her because whenever you look at her or talk to her she wags her little tail and she's always up for a cuddle and some love, now she's forever on his lap when he is watching TV

[~Anne~]

My husband is not a 'dog' person. In having said that, he likes dogs, but he is not one that considers a dog a 'child' and he would never ever allow an animal to suffer. He considers them animals though, and not little humans. For me, this is great because I think along similar lines although I am more inclined to consider them 'my babies' and to treat them as such.

(edit: None of that really makes sense when I re-read it... I know what I mean though! )

Edited January 10, 2011 by ~Anne~

[The Spotted Devil]

Mr TSD loves both the dogs and the cats He is really good with them all and they do choose to spend quality time with him, but not exclusively. I do all the training (and try to explain what I'm doing so the dogs have basic obedience with him) and make sure they are exercised, fed, wormed, vaccinated etc. He is happy to feed/walk the dogs if he knows I can't (rarely) but does feed the cats most days (depends on who is awake/home for breakfast/dinner/supper). He prefers not to let the dogs off lead as he's terrified of something bad happening to them. I don't expect him to come to obedience/agility trials at all....it's actually easier having him home holding the fort and preparing dinner! I think if it hadn't been for me, he wouldn't have had cats or dogs but only because he travels a fair bit for work.

[Gayle.]

My husband has Benson. He didn't deliberatly set out to have Benson but Benson decided it for both of them. Wherever my husband is, you can be sue Bensons close by. He waits on my husbands side of the bed for him to get out of the shower each morning. If husband sleeps on the couch, Benson sleeps on the other couch.

Husband chooses bickies to buy for himself according to what Benson likes.

He loves all the dogs to the point where he was very agreeable to moving out of town to give the dogs a better lifestyle, but Benson loves him best.

Gayle, I have been lamenting to anyone who would listen about why Bitty loves OH best when I spent so much time raising her as a baby.

Everyone told me that my problem is that she is a girl and I should get a boy next time (Bubby does love me best!). But with what you say about Benson, perhaps it is just a dog thing?

Well, my girl loves me with absolute and utter devotion. So it's definitely not a gender thing. Benson started out being my dog. I bought him when my old Maltese girl died, and he was as different from her as you could ever get. I took him to obedience from 4 months of age, I was always the one who trained him, fed him, walked him, groomed him, did the ET with him..........but he loves Rick. Just adores him. Rick must do more cool things than me or something. But if Rick is working in his shed, you can guarantee Benson will be within a metre of him.

Dusty was supposed to be my daughters dog but she took one look at me and my daughter didn't stand a chance. Isaak........well, he seems to prefer to be near me for now, and he's certainly a big cuddle bug, but he tends to spread the love around.

So I think it is just a dog thing. My old Maltese girl was my dog through and through even though she was a family pet. Wherever I was, she'd be right there ...and very similar in temperament to Dusty....soft, quiet, submissive and not overly motivated by much......kind of happy just to hang out with mum.

Our old girl Kassy, who grew up with and was very bonded to the Maltese, is nobodies dog. She follows me around these days but I think that's cos she can't see very well. But she's always just been her own little personality and not really bonded to anyone.

We all look after her and care for her, but she's more likely to be in her own bed than lying at someone feet watching every move they make. And she's always been like that.

[chicko]

my OH never grew up with dogs or had anytrhing to do with them, always liked them but didnt have the time for them due to travelling and working. When he met me he knew i came with 2 dogs (take it or leave it) and how much apart of my life they are. He has paid for a lot of things for them (flys to and from perth to sydney and return) plus extras for living in a rental with them. He does adore Sunnie and thought misha would be a nightmare to live with but now he cant live without them!

[Rozzie]

My OH (all 6'3" truckdrivin' redneck) has a Shihtzu and a Chix. They are his babies.

[♪♫LMBC♫♪]

My OH has grown up with dogs, his parents show and breed huskies and he has shown since he was a kid. So yes, he is very much a dog person. He has his own dog and she absolutely loves him to bits, I've never seen anything like it before.

When we first started dating, she didn't like me much, wouldn't really let me pat her and was jealous when OH would cuddle me or anything ;) But now we are friends and she will give me cuddles and kisses.