[JadeD]

I do wonder how your husband felt about the past dog. Maybe he will grow to love this one.

Who takes care of the dog? If you take full responsibility for the dog maybe you can sit down and talk to him and ask him that if you take 100% responsibility for the dog if he will allow it to stay.

I have a Yorkie that I am the only one in the house that really loves the dog. My son just pretends he is not there unless he is being bad and then he will tell the dog to stop. My daughter will let the dog with her once in a while, but he will steal food off her plate so not while she is eating. My husband puts up with him okay but no one in the house will take him outside except me. I think other people in the house have taken him out a total of 3 times in the 10 months I have had him. You can almost always find him curled up with him. I adore this dog and so everyone just lets me take care of him and pretend he is not there and for me and the dog it is fine. I give him enough love for everyone in the house. I can eat my dinner with this dog on my lap and he would not dare take my food off my plate.

My husband has a dog that the rest of us tolerate. I have to be the main caregiver of him as my husband holds a full time job while I am a stay at home mom, so I try not to complain. I do ask my husband to walk him in the evening sometimes. I guess because we tolerate each other's dogs it works for us. The puppy we recently got is half his though and oh man does my husband love that puppy. He has told me for over 20 years that he didn't like little dogs and then we got this puppy and that puppy has his wrapped around his finger!

The puppies are loved and adored by everyone in the house. My older dog knows that I love him though and so he is fine with just being my dog. He will not eat if I am not at home. He just sleeps and waits for me to come home.

I think you should sit down and talk to your husband and discuss what he doesn't like about the dog. Agree to take full responsibility for the dog (if you are able) and ask him to please tolerate the dog because you love the dog so much. Good luck. I am glad my dog does not create problems in our marriage.

Good luck, I hope you end up with a happy ending!