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Instead of leaving my yorkie home with my dad I'll take it to a friends house... he might step on him... |
They say that how a man takes care of a dog is an insight as to how they would be with kids. Needless to day we have NO kids after 6 years of marriage. But have 6 dogs! That's because I don't mind being primary caregiver to the dogs; kids on the other hand scare me to death! |
Often, my hubby will grumble "I didn't know I was gonna spend my retirement years cleaning upi dog s--t" I remind him this is payback for all the years that he did zip to help with our kids. No feeding, diapering or noticing they are into something really bad for them..that is unless they are chewing on something of his. It is amazing how ownership decide the reaction...LOL |
I think we are all living in the same house here. And my grown son gets so mad about any male stereotyping, like mentioned above but I think we have grounds ladies. |
i'm so glad i shared this frustration 'cause i go back and read everyone's response and can't help but laugh. it seems like we all live in the same household! i guess "men" aren't different, they just look different. ;) |
Oh yeah, same here... But he's getting better! When Wosie broke her leg, I needed to keep her quiet, so I wanted my husband to help out. He asked me to crate her while I was at work. I asked him to take her out on occasion (he's home all day) so she would not get overly bored or lonely. The first two days I asked how often he took her out, and he said "to go potty". WELL, at least he did THAT, lol!! So I started taking her to work with me. He now takes her out to stay in the kitchen with him, and sometimes I come home and he's watching TV with her on his lap! There is hope!! :D |
Okay, after reading all these posts (and getting my laugh for the day), I realize I'm the "odd ball" here. My hubby takes just as much care of our furbabies as I do. He'll clean up accidents, feed them, give treats, let them out, and even bath them! His favorite part (mine too) is to just sit on the couch or in the recliner and love on them:) So I ask you all, after reading your posts, what is wrong with him????.....LOLOLOL!!!! |
Humm same here I thought my dad was the only one like that. I will have to tell my mom when I get home from work that we are not alone. :D When we got lil bear my dad thought crate training was crule unsusal punishment for such a cute tiny puppy. So back to the store went the crate and he said oh I'll watch her. Yeah that didn't happen...now at 7yrs if lil bear poops on pad or anywhere else my mom (now since I have moose) get's informed "poopy alert" with an added beeping provided by him. When I got moose I laided down the law she was my puppy...she was going to be crate trained and to let her out to pee and stretch mid day and then put her back in her crate no letting her roam freely. Yeah that worked for about a month. Now when I leave in the morning I put moose in her home in my room and my dad comes to the doorway and tells her I'll get you out of your prision after michelle leaves....I have all but given up. |
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Yes, I did:) Although he was totally against my getting Gage (our rescue), he agreed to a one month "trial" to see how he and Gabby got along and I agreed to try to find a very good home for him in case it didn't work out. Well, that was over six months ago and Gage is still with us. Hubby will joke and tell Gage we're gonna find him a new home then he'll pick him up, scratch his head and ears, give him a kiss, then say I'm just kidding, you're going no where! He is "smitten" with the furbabies and sees to their every need if I'm not there. He is absolutely wonderful - has been for all of our 20 years together:) |
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OMG!!!! I feel the exact same way....I could go on and on about this...shoot I think that I will ok 1. I say when Dollar goes outside praise hima nd give him a treat...what does he do he says good boy like one time in a deep voice...UGH 2. I say take him out and stay out there till he does something...does he? NO! I will just end there......UGH! |
Well, I have to admit, with our very first yorkie, Katie, he didn't do much with her except feed and play with her. But that was because I wouldn't let him do much more than that. I was so obsessed with her (who of us aren't!) and wanted to be the perfect "mommie" and do everything for her. With Gabby and Gage, I don't have a problem at all in sharing the love and care for these precious babies:) One of these days, I'll remember to bring our digital camera home from the deer camp so I can take some pics to share. I feel like a "bad" mommie not showing them off to you all. |
My husband is as bad as the rest of yours! While we're watching t.v. at night, Chester will be on the couch with us sleeping. I'll go back to the bedroom for a sec and what does hubby do? Let Chester down on the floor when he starts whining and continues to watch t.v. When I come back into the room, there's a nice little puddle in the kitchen for me... Chester also sleeps with us in bed and my husband woke me up the other morning at 1 a.m. to let me know that Chester needed to go potty, instead of just being a MAN and taking him out himself. So I get up and go outside in the FREEZING cold and when I come back in, my husband is already back asleep all snuggly in the warm blankets. We don't have any children at the moment, and I keep telling him that if I don't see some improvement in his basic care efforts, no children for him! I think for all of you young couples out there (like us) raising a puppy together before children can be a big help in husband training for future child care! Jamie |
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