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Originally Posted by emmaowner  I have been with my boyfriend for two years and he moved in with me five months ago. I have had my yorkie Emma for one year and she is not very well trained. Well, my boyfriend can't stand take her bad behavior around the house. She still pees and poops wherever she wants, she chews on everything she can get her teeth on, she bites, and she barks constantly. She has ruined several of his shoes and she even got hold of his expensive Ray Bans sunglasses and chewed them up. She is pretty nice to us, but she hates everyone who visits.
He started making comments about how he doesn't know how much more he can take of it, and yesterday he said that he won't keep living with me unless I give Emma to someone else.  I don't know what to do, he is a perfect boyfriend except for this. |
Hi -- you say above he's the "perfect boyfriend..." - but he's not at all. If he doesn't accept you - everything about you, including your fur child - and throws ultimatums at you (someone mature would NOT do this) in order to control you, then he is NOT even close to being perfect.
Are you prepared for a lifetime of him tossing out ultimatums in order to control your life???
You chose to take on the responsibility of owning this poor little innocent dog. You need to put your foot down *now* and stand up for this dog whom you love and tell him that you come w/ Emma as a package deal and he doesn't have the right to force you to give up your fur child. Tell him you should be approaching this problem as a team as something to solve and deal with and find solutions for. If he can't see that, then perhaps you're not right together, ya know?
I would suggest you view the training and potty training sticky threads in our Training section. Also, I'd highly suggest you pay a trainer to come to the house, meet Emma and the boyfriend, and give you advice.