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Originally Posted by NODAK  Even a husband?? Or do you consider a husband to be "immediate family"?? I seriously hope you wouldn't take a Yorkie over the person you pledged to spend the rest of your life with. |
Sounds to me like you're jealous of the puppy. My yorkie is much more attached to me than my hubby, but that doesn't bother him. I'm the one who does the majority of taking care of him since I'm home all day. He takes care of him in the eve. when I'm at work. I would never have bought a dog if we were only home 4-5 hours a day.
You have only given this poor puppy ONE week and you're already using those horrible words..."get rid of". You haven't given him time to bond and get used to his new family and surroundings yet. Maybe the dog senses that you resent him, it sure sounds that way to me. You're expecting way too much out of this little puppy!
I really hope that if the two of you have kids and the kid bonds closer to your fiance than you, that you can handle that because guess what? Most babies prefer their mothers for a long time!
My husband would never expect me to "get rid of" Jake just because he's closer to me than to him. Jake loves my hubby, he just prefers me. My husband sees nothing wrong with that because Jake is my dog, and my husband knows that Jake makes me happy. He would never dream of "getting rid of" him because my husband is an adult and doesn't feel threatened by my dog. And, I would never even consider rehoming him just because he isn't as close to my husband as he is to me. That is just ridiculous and beyond my comprehension!
I think the only advice I could give you is to rehome this dog so that he will have a chance to be loved and taken care of and not resented.