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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
To be clear, being so isn’t going to cause a separation. But it’s been a drain. He was 2 when we got him from the pound, he’s 100 lbs and reactive and 4 years and thousands of dollars of courses and countless hours of time and effort and he’s just manageable. And the argument driver is, she isn’t disciplined with him so there is no consistency. We literally attended courses together for ages and I was the only one to fully buy in on the day to day with him. So he’ll basically never improve and it’s not even his fault. We can’t just have people pop over, we can’t leave him with anyone, we can’t go for walks as a family because it’s not even fun. Having friends kids over is super stressful for me as I take that super seriously. He’s extra pissy if our kid is with us. It’s just a daily grind that I’ve come to accept…. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t.
Still love him, still scritch him and tell him he’s a good boy every day.
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I had the same problem with trying to stop my wife from giving our dog the odd bit of food while eating at the table. Once that happens, it's near impossible to change the dog. So now, the dog and I share a bowl of raison bran, and rye bread toast every morning.
Have you watched "Marley and Me". It may make you think your dog is an angel in comparison.
What breed is it?
I know it's a pain to have a dog like that, but perhaps just the loving and caring for him may be doing some good. Hopefully he'll mature and settle down with age.