Help! My boyfriend isnt getting along with my dog!?

Question

He likes her "so-so" but at night he gets mad at ME when the dog jumps on the bed to sleep near me (shes used to this because i was single when i got her and she slept with me for 2 years before he came along) She doesnt sleep between us...just on the outside of the bed.... I try to keep her off the bed but she always tries to jump back up. What can i do???
I'm tired of being the referee here.

oh, i forgot to add...she's a Yorkshire Terrier and 8 pounds

Answer 1

give your dog her own bed in a corner in your room she will always be near and soon she will like it more.make sure it's pretty big the she'll fell that she can stretch more in her own space.

Answer 2

Tell your boyfriend to grow up and stop being jealous. There is no way an 8 lb yorkie takes up enough space on a bed to be a problem. My husband and I have a 60 lb lab that manages to always find his way to the bed during the night also. And think of it this way, she has been your faithful, loyal, and loving companion for longer than he has, and odds are she is in your future and he is not. Would you really want to be in a permanent relationship with someone immature enough to be jealous over a dog? What would happen if you ever had kids? Dump him

Answer 3

It doesn't really sound fair to me to lock the dog out of the room all of a sudden because your boyfriend doesn't like it. That would be like punishing her. You basically trained her to sleep with you, so now you have to untrain the behavior, or have your boyfriend get more understanding.
You can try to get a doggie bed for her and put it next to your bed. They even sell some beds that are elevated so it can be close to the same level as your bed. This compromise should make both doggie and boyfriend happy.

Answer 4

The only reason I see you asking a question like this is because you really don't know who you like the most. Which one do you like the most? If you like your dog more, then put your foot down to your boy friend, and tell him the dog sleeps where it wants, but if you like your boy friend more put the dog in the basement, buy a dog house, or get one of those gates, like they make for small children, and block the dog from coming into the bed room at night. Or, another option is to get the dog trained. Sometimes we can't have everything we want.

Answer 5

Oh, Please -- If your boyfriend doesn't like your dog, then kick him to the curb. Boyfriends come and go, but you'll never find a loyal friend like your dog. AND if she has slept with you for 2 years, then that is her bed too. You can't just change the rules for her after teaching her it was OK to be in bed and now all of a sudden it isn't. What kinda of guy is your boyfriend? If your dog being in bed with you makes you happy, and he still doesn't want the dog in bed, he doesn't care about you at all, and in the long run (if he stays around that long) he will continue to discount what you need to be happy. Good Luck, You Need It.

Answer 6

You boyfriend needs to go! You had her first and she is your baby. He's showing signs of possessiveness and being very controlling. Have you seen signs of it in anything other than with your dog? He needs to understand she's been trained to sleep with you and dog's habits are hard to break. If he's a good "catch," he'd understand and if he doesn't, he just needs to find somebody who doesn't have an extra kind heart and loves her dog. That should be a sure sign as to what kind of person you are, so use it as a sign from God that he will only get worse in other areas. You know dogs also read people and she may be afraid for you is why she keeps jumping back up. Listen to her. Get rid of him.

Answer 7

Hmm... I had to become a dogless sleeper when I got together with my hubby, too. That was the point when I started to crate-train my dogs. I've never regretted it. They love their crates, and ask to go in them during the day for quiet time away from everyone else. And the crates keep them safe when I can't have my eyes trained on them. Now, I crate-train puppies the moment they come into my home.

Oh, *and* we get the whole bed to ourselves! *snicker*

Edit: And we chose to do this together, not because my hubby doesn't like dogs. Quite the contrary. He's just as goofy about them as I am. We just wanted the freedom to do what we wanted, whether it be cuddling or otherwise, without the dogs hindering us or distracting us. I'm not about to give you relationship advice... This is the wrong category for that.

Answer 8

I have the same exact issue. My dog is 70 pounds, but no matter. He was there first, he IS first. Until the day he dies he will be number one over my husband b/c he and I have a lot more history and I can ALWAYS count on him. Things are tense in my house, and sometimes we can all sleep together, but I will not betray my dog b/c it would not be fair. Next dog will be having his own bed, but this guy earned his place, as did yours.
Plus, secretly, I think my dog is better to sleep with- he curls close and watches over me and does not steal covers. :)

Answer 9

Frankly it sounds like he has a pretty questionable attitude. The dog is a small disruption at best, and not for nothing, but she WAS there first! Bottom line though I think you need to lay down the law with either the dog or your boyfriend. But before you throw the dog off keep in mind that his attitude may apply itself to other issues as well. I'd keep my eyes open.

Answer 10

right this is the bigger subject. you're a puppy individual, and he's probably no longer plenty. this would be a large incompatability. think of in terms of your canine as your toddler. might you place your toddler in a crate via fact your boyfriend became into inconvenienced? Odds are you adore your canine and could continuously choose pets. you will choose to have an significant different who feels the comparable way you do, or you will continuously be at odds. The canine became into there first. Everone needs to acclimate, extraordinarily the boyfriend, via fact he's the recent presence in the abode -- and its an adjustment for each individual.

Answer 11

can u girls be fair to her boyfriend also? yes, although the dog was there FIRST, as all of u have emphasized so much, a dog is still a DOG! can a dog do what a human is able to do? eg. provide her with this and that? It isn't fair to the boyfriend when all u girls out there only know how to criticise him for being overly jealous and immature based on just ONE incident! what about his good side??? I think u girls are the one being childish and immature! Do all girls love to do that? I'm very sick and tired of girls who only know who to criticise and blast people just based on a single incident! although of course the boyfriend is also at fault for blaming her instead of the dog but i guess he's just very pissed and irritated with it. It's also about not getting used to having a dog sleeping on the same bed as u. I guess this issue is only for the BOTH OF THEM to iron out; it isn't up to US OUTSIDERS to say so much. I think it's up to the parties involved to settle it themselves, guess she has to weigh which one she values more. If she values her dog a lot, then i guess perhaps her boyfriend has to bear with it if he really loves her. If not then she can consider shutting the dog out of the room by using crates etc as suggested. it all depends on what she thinks. PLS DUN GET INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND THINK U ARE DAMN GREAT!