I take her for walks, I feed her, I always buy her toys and bring them home to her and watch her get all excited, I bathe her, If she gets sick I take care of her and baby her until she's well, I do everything for her. All he does is come home from work and play with her for a few minutes and she's crazy about him. When I come home, she barely acknowledges me. When we settle in for the evening, she prefers sitting on his lap. I don't get it. He barely does anything for her.
2007-01-15 06:00:20 · 22 answers · asked by SmartyPants 5 in Pets ➔ Dogs
girl im the same lol!!!! i guess its because the girl dogs love the men please make me the best answer because i never got best answer before it always be someone else getting it lol
2007-01-15 06:06:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The dog probably sees you as the mom. Puppies don't think mom's are fun. they do love them, but they don't play with them like they do the other littermates. If you want this behaviour to stop, start getting your husband to do some of the "mothering" as well. Have him feed her dinner when he gets home, take turns giving baths and playing with her at night. the other reason may be that you are smothering the dog with too much attention and she escapes this by sticking to your hubby's side when he gets home. If this is the case, try ignoring the dog a little more. Only give affection when she seeks it from you. I know this is hard, they are too cute and you just want to be with her all the time, but dogs in the wild aren't affectionate creatures. So by being over affectionate, you may be sending the opposite signal to your dog.
2007-01-15 06:31:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The best way to answer this is like this. You provide her with all her basic care. You love her and comfort her when she's sick. She loves you, don't doubt that. But it's kind of a like a kid that wants to go to grandmas house. That doesn't mean they don't love their parents, but grandma lets them get away with more, probably breaks the rules and just generally spoils them. If you are around her more, chances are, you probably don't just sit around and pet her and love on her the whole time. Whereas your husband, since he's not around her as often, probably spends most of the time around her just fawning over her and she really enjoys the attention.
It might be the same if you have kids. They spend all day with you and you feel unappreciated, and as soon as dad gets home, they are all over him and wanting to spend time with him and play. That's just how it is sometimes. You get the hard part and the men get all the fun. Just a thought! Good luck
2007-01-15 06:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with "W" - "LOL-you're the pack leader.He's a sibling in your pups eyes."
Your husband comes home and plays with her and gets her excited. Excitement is not a sign of happiness even though people have associated this by humanizing dogs.
The leader of a pack is never jumped on-that shows a lack of respect; pack leaders are given space as a sign of respect.
Sitting on your husband's lap is the same principle; no one in the pack would ever sit on the pack leader-they give him/her their space.
It is good that your dog is calm (submissive) to you when you arrive home-you are doing a good job.
2007-01-15 06:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by pensk8r 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dogs have personalities just like humans for example you may like your next door neighbor but not the person who lives across the street
dogs are just lie this also many dogs go to the person they get least attention from because they know that they can get more from you if your holding back.spend a little less time with your dog and it will come to you for attention instead of you persisting and failing because the dog gets bored with you always being around it
2007-01-15 06:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you have the correction part and he does not. and when you were training her or teaching her some thing you was still the one who did most of the correction. and your husband did all the baby stuff and petting the good stuff. so it is only natural for this to happen. she still love you but you are the boss and he is a play thing. don't feel disappointed just start giving her more loves and petting and ease up on the correction for a while. you will see she still love you.
2007-01-15 06:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by Star-Dust 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are all wrong. the dog will listen to and respect the pack leader , who ever that maybe, wife or husband. i recently retired and the dog listens to me way much more than to my wife. this was true with all the dogs that we have had over our life time. if you let your dog walk all over you then you are going to be an unhappy dog owner.
2016-08-21 16:50:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jim 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have the same issue and its really making me angry!! I have had to do the biggest part of the discipline and when I punish her she knows she s in trouble...when he punishes her he baby talks her and barely swats her butt. so now she looks at me as the "mean" one and he s the "good" one. she only wants anything to do with me when he is not around. if he is around she is up his butt allll the time. it really makes me sick he cant even go to the bathroom and she has to be setting outside the door whining the whole time he s in there. she is on top of him no matter where he sets and if he gets up to go thru the house she is hot on his heals. she acts like he is the only one in the house besides her. I do everything for her but she don t want nothing to do with me unless he is not around. I work longer hours than he does so he his with her far more than I am. im kinda sorry I even agreed to get her in the first place now. not at all what I expected having a pet would be like. I feel left out.
2015-04-20 03:17:36 · answer #8 · answered by Tina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get the same reaction from my kids. You're dog takes you for granted. (I know this sounds crazy.) You are the one that is ALWAYS around. Your dog knows you're always around and that whatever he/she needs, you'll provide it for her. It's not that your dog doesn't love you as much, but with your husband, he is probably seen as the dog's playmate, where as you're "mom". And we all know that even though we all love our moms dearly, it's the dad that is most fun.
2007-01-15 06:11:17 · answer #9 · answered by mistresscris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol!!!!! sorry but that is just so familier. My jack russell loves my mum despite her being the one who screams at him the everytime he jumps on the couch, or if someone feeds him at the table, or if he does anything wrong lol, my dad adores the dog more than most his kids lol (joking for those who can't take one). Sorry hun, but dogs have personalities just like you or I, and there's not much you can do about it.
2007-01-15 06:07:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dogs think that thick voices are maternal voices and their fear them.Your husband obviously has a thicker voice so he considers him somebody to look up to.
2007-01-15 06:12:18 · answer #11 · answered by andrei_d123 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋