Any of you have spouse who doesn't share your love for animals?
 

Hi! I was wondering if there were any of you who has a spouse who just doesn't share your love for animals? And can't seem to understand your love (craziness, as it has been referred to) for the 4-legged creatures. Now, I usually don't draw the line at just the cat and dog. I have a rabbit, a goat, a cat, and now 2 dogs. I would have an entire household full if given half the chance. I do get a little tired of all the "stray" hair running loose in the house but as I have told him time and again.......it's a small sacrifice for the unbounding love they have to offer. My first husband either didn't mind or just didn't say anything because I was constantly bringing home something and never asked ahead of time. My second husband is not as passive so I feel like a child asking for a toy at Wal-Mart anytime I want an animal. He always protests and usually ends up loving (or at the least...tolerating) of every animal I bring home. My children are just as a fanatic as I am. His two children don't prefer animals either. I tell him the craziest thing will be that they will probably end up marrying a animal loving freak also, just as he did. Just wondering if any of you have had to deal with the same thing and if I just need to buckle down for the long haul or what.
Thanks for all the wonderful things I have gained from this forum.

Well i only have my two dogs and a cat but My Husband loves them as much as do.

My boyfriend was very unaccepting at first when I got Kelsey. Now he is attatched to her..not as much as me of course, but he is accepting now. :)

My boyfriend loves Bailey as much as I and claims to be HIS DAD,,and he also loves my cat,,, I dont know if I could deal with a partner if they weren't animal lovers.

I had an ex,, and he came to my house not too long ago to repair something, and he didnt hardly acknowledge Bailey and wouldn't play with him and yelled when he got up on the couch on his coat,, SO, needless to say,, I was instantly short with him,,and when he left,,, I thought " I knew I dumped his ass for some reason!" :thumbup: :D

Ya know at first my husband was reluctant, he LOVES cats, and I am allergic! I had always had lots of animals growing up including horses. He only had cats. But when we got Obie, he fell instantly in love. He's a proud Yorkie dad.

Rhonda LMAO!!! Too funny!

my boyfriend will not let my get a rat, or mice Like I've always wanted. (call me weird but they don't bite and they're so smart and you can train them), or cats only because he's allerigic.

Well, My husband and I both weren't HUGE animals lovers, I didn't even think I really liked dogs very much, I had a cat when we first started dating and he really didn't care for him at all lol but I feel in love with Lilly and now my Husband LOVES her very much. he even talks about a little brother or sister for her haha.. we will have to see :eek:

My husband loves Kiki as much as I do. When we first got married I was not an animal person. My father loved animals, but my mother just would not allow them in the house. During the first year we were married, my husband brought home a kitten and I fell in love with him. My husband has always had dogs and cats growing up. After marriage I found out what I had missed growing up. I am so animal crazy now and I love Kiki.

Ladyt & Kiki :aimeeyork

She brings the animals home, and I fall in love with them. Every time. Then we compete for their affection.

Competing for affection is the RULE around here. Mommy gets so jealous when she get home from school, and daddy has little Obie all curled up in his lap. It doesn't last very long, all I have to do is say-come here boy, and he is done with dad!

But then again, it's great to have so much love to go around!! So maybe I will keep my jealousy in check!

The first thing out of my husbands mouth when he walks in the
door is "Teddy Daddy is Home" It was his idea to get Teddy and
he actually picked him out so he adores the little guy. He is not
however quite as accepting of most of the other animals. Mainly
because the majority are drop offs or were left behind by our
older kids. He's nice to them but he isn't anywhere as loving with
them as he is with Teddy.

I know that Marty loves Dollar, i dont think as much as I do though...I love him more then anything and somtimes I dont even understand it..LOL! But I am that way with all animals I just have a huge love for all kinds!!!! :aimeeyork

not anymore...kept the critters, ditched the husband. much happier now.

Marley Barley
 

:aimeeyork My husband hasn't been able to see Marley yet, just a picture! He'll be back from Iraq in Feb! But my husband knows how much i just love yorkies so Marley was my early Christmas present! So when my husband comes home he has no choice!!! i know that he'll love him thou ! Ahaha sometimes he reminds me of my husband! SHHH!!!! :aimeeyork

LOL.....You know...sometimes life choices are so obvious.... :D



Francie

You said a mouthful there! It was a total no-brainer. I don't know why it took me so long to figger out.

Well my boyfriend often calls me 'ridiculous' because I would have a million animals if I could - I already have geckos, a cat, 3 dogs and a horse. He wasn't really fond of the idea of me getting little dogs as he is a big dog person (he said he wouldn't like them) but now he LOVES my little dogs. It's so funny to watch him talk baby talk to them and ooooh and ahhh over them when I dress them up in new outfits - he would die if his friends knew about this!

OMG! That sounds EXACTLY like my life!!! My first husband loved animals but hated me and now my second husband HATES animals and loves me... Not usre which one I like best....I could go on for hours about this. I went for a long time without a dog because he hates them and then I started doing rescue and he was ok with that since they weren't staying and now I have finally said It's gonna be my way and that is it!! Now I am bringing home my second Yorkie tomorrow.... I even bought Tucker and UT Vols sweater since my husband bleeds orange and that didn't matter... I give up!!!! Not everything can be perfect!!!!

Sounds exactly like my household. My husband is just as crazy over our two as I am.

LOL Sounds like our house! We're always debating on who the dogs love most!! We even argue over who has to take them to the vet, the theory being that they'll hate whoever does the dastardly deed! :rolleyes:

My Hubby is just as crazy over my Babies as I am.

My husband 'says' he likes animals. He doesn't. I feel like he tolerates Macie b/c I fawn all over her. He also want a baby and when I knows I'm looking he'll show more affection to her, turn her over and hold her like a baby....trying to soften me up!

I had a boyfriend like that once.. I traded him in for a better model! :grin2: :thumbup: One who LOVES all my babies just as much as I do! But even he gets confused sometimes by all the excess money I spend on clothes, toys etc to spoil Harley so much! :p My dad is the person who pretends to be irritated and uninterested when a new pet is brought in the house but within days we catch him in the living room around midnight cuddling with them! hehe BUSTED! :animal36

I'd never date a man who didn't love my dog or any animal as much as he loved me :)

Good call! :D

Update
 

Update..........Well, my little furball almost cost me my marriage. I brought him home against my husband's will and the s*#t hit the fan. I might have salvaged the most of it but we (furball and I)tiptoe around. I think he will calm down eventually but not sure if the love will ever be there for my new addition. I won't let him sleep in bed with me because that is where our (ok, more like his) cat sleeps and can't tread on that territory. Plus the middle of the night accident is a good deterrent also. But he has been whining quite loudly once he wakes up and goes outside. He is staying in his crate and the noise seems to echo off those little walls at 4 in the morning. We have had some "conversations" in the early hours of morning. I hope the whining will all end soon and life can resume. Like having a newborn all over again. And to thank I did this last year at the same time with my Aussie and it was wild enough but unfortunately he didn't give this new baby a decent run for his money. Perseverance MUST come in small packages.

My husband told me absolutely no more dogs when my Peke died. I said the hell with you, and bought Snoodles. The first day, he would not even look at her, by the second day, he was petting her and loving her. Now he says it is the best dog we ever had. She is always in his lap---because he wataches T,V. ALOT!
Now the birds are a different story. He hates Teka my Green Cheek Conure. Of course, that is because he bites him. I don't blame him! Ha! He tolerates my Blue Crown Conure and will talk to him when he is talking. Even has taught him a few words! Husbands! Who Knows what they are?
Pat

My husband is the oe who introduced me to yorkies. I had a maltese when we were dating and I was living with my parents. I was always a maltese kind of girl. After over two years of marriage we finally got Pepper and I want another one!

Yorkies yes, Shelties ummmm no...
 

My husband had animals growing up, and I had always had them when I was a kid. So when we decided to get a dog, we did a LOT of research on what would be appropriate for us. Yorkies fit the bill just fine, but we had a really hard time with the first two due to an irreputable breeder and our inexperience with the breed. Then we came across Jasper in a pet store (DUH, like that was a better breeder), but he was so dang darling that we took him, and a few months later got Angel from an incredible breeder we stumbled upon. The two of them were a wonderfully dynamic duo. Then we went to a dog show, and my husband saw a sheltie and thought that would also be a great dog for us. Right from the start I hesitated, as 3 dogs seemed a little much, but fell in love with Betsy from the day she came home. My husband, not so much. Shelties are NOT Yorkies, and the difference in personality startled and irritated my husband to no end. I was able to stand my ground for 4 long years of complaining, but eventually offered Betsy to my sister, who has had her for almost 7 years and loved every minute of it. No, Betsy did not break up my marriage, but my husband did insist that we find a different home for her and it did hurt my feelings. I got over it because my sister took her. If it had been a stranger, I am not sure how I would have been able to look kindly upon my hubby for quite a while. Funny how relationships sometimes get these unexpected bumps in the road, eh?