mainpower
Well-Known Member
I have posted on here before about my OH's springer which has been aggressive towards my dogs. She was picked up as a stray so no idea of her history, and was fine with my dogs until she came into her 1st season. First she attacked the JRT (neutered, 10yo, all mouth absolutely no trousers). It was a quick scrap, done and dusted. Then Sophie (dope on a rope, village idiot type if you know what I mean), but she's really gunning for Lily, who is the only one who will fight back.
This means life is like a French farce at times, keeping them seperate, and at night my dogs sleep in the kitchen, and spaniel in the utility area off the kitchen, which has a gate across it.
So this morning, I got up and put my dogs out, put the kettle on, brought mine in, put spaniel out, made tea, got spaniel in. Went to put her in the utility, realised too late that Lily had sneaked in and was lieing on her bed! Lost my grip on Sam's collar, and when trying to break up the ensuing fight got a bad bite on my calf, cue a morning spent in A & E.
I feel we cannot go on living this way, but getting my OH to agree to rehoming Sam is impossible. He says it's Lily that is the problem, as Sam doesn't bother about the other dogs, but Lily never starts the fights, just tries to finish them! He thinks Lily should go, but I would never be able to trust Sam with my other dogs.
Sam is fine with dogs she meets out on walks.
I'm feeling like I'm the baddie in all this, I don't have the time or the inclination into training (not that I'd know what to do anyway) Sam, but I try to pass on advice I've read on here but my OH is very muleish about being advised by me... I think the dog should be out working, but he wants a lapdog cuddley dog such as he's had in the past. He feeds tit bits, has the dog on his lap, she goes bonkers if he cuddles me! So when I try to stop him being like this with her then I'm being horrible, it's his dog, blah blah..
Actually, I should probably be posting in a "Train your man" forum. I'm just seriously p'd off at the moment because I'm laid up for a couple of days, so thanks for reading my vent!
Do any of you AAD peeps have "his and hers" dogs or are you more united?
Will I ever get my man trained lol?
This means life is like a French farce at times, keeping them seperate, and at night my dogs sleep in the kitchen, and spaniel in the utility area off the kitchen, which has a gate across it.
So this morning, I got up and put my dogs out, put the kettle on, brought mine in, put spaniel out, made tea, got spaniel in. Went to put her in the utility, realised too late that Lily had sneaked in and was lieing on her bed! Lost my grip on Sam's collar, and when trying to break up the ensuing fight got a bad bite on my calf, cue a morning spent in A & E.
I feel we cannot go on living this way, but getting my OH to agree to rehoming Sam is impossible. He says it's Lily that is the problem, as Sam doesn't bother about the other dogs, but Lily never starts the fights, just tries to finish them! He thinks Lily should go, but I would never be able to trust Sam with my other dogs.
Sam is fine with dogs she meets out on walks.
I'm feeling like I'm the baddie in all this, I don't have the time or the inclination into training (not that I'd know what to do anyway) Sam, but I try to pass on advice I've read on here but my OH is very muleish about being advised by me... I think the dog should be out working, but he wants a lapdog cuddley dog such as he's had in the past. He feeds tit bits, has the dog on his lap, she goes bonkers if he cuddles me! So when I try to stop him being like this with her then I'm being horrible, it's his dog, blah blah..
Actually, I should probably be posting in a "Train your man" forum. I'm just seriously p'd off at the moment because I'm laid up for a couple of days, so thanks for reading my vent!
Do any of you AAD peeps have "his and hers" dogs or are you more united?
Will I ever get my man trained lol?
