If your dog strongly disliked any member of your family.... ....would you keep the dog??
As many here may remember, we do have a Yorkie now...only for about a week...but it STRONGLY favors Heidi...it won't sit near me, it won't play with me, it acts scared of me, etc. We've tried many things, but the behavior hasn't seemed to change yet. It hasn't been long...that I'll grant you...but it is concerning us to say the least.
I'm of the STRONG opinion we cannot have an animal of any sort that doesn't like one of us...after all, we're a package deal (Heidi and I). Heidi absolutely feels awful about the situation and would really dread having to get rid of the dog....but we both agree it's a last resort.
However, Heidi can understand how badly it sucks when one animal appears to not like you, because she freaked out when a cat of ours didn't seem to like her for a few HOURS. Little did she know, that's just the personality of a cat.
Anyway......if you had a dog that just seemed to dislike your spouse or another person that's very important to you whom you live with....would you still keep the dog?? Imagine in this situation that the other person actually CARES if the dog spends any time with him/her and likes him/her.
(Edit: I'm not saying we're getting rid of the dog here. Like I said, it's a last resort. However, we DID talk about it coming to that in the long run, and I'm wondering how many people would agree.)
Last edited by NODAK; 06-11-2007 at 06:21 AM.
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