Her Boyfriend’s Dog Has Bitten Her And Her Dog Several Times, So She’s Doubting Their Future Together
For close to a year now, this 28-year-old woman has been dating her 27-year-old boyfriend, and they just moved to a new city for his job.
Their relationship is wonderful, and she feels like she does want to spend her whole life with her boyfriend.
“But there’s one problem,” she explained. “We each have a dog, and the dogs do not get along. He’s had his dog (Mini Aussie) for six years, and the dog has always gone to work with him.”
“My boyfriend works outside, on a golf course, and the dog is used to getting a lot of exercise on a daily basis. I’ve had my dog (Goldendoodle) for 3 1/2 years, and I love him dearly (of course).”
“But to emphasize, my boyfriend has pretty much spent all day every day with his dog since he got him. At my boyfriend’s new job, however, he can’t bring the dog with him. If he did, the dog would have to stay in his office all day, not getting any exercise.”
Three months into her relationship with her boyfriend, they left their dogs in his apartment for half an hour.
When they returned home, she was shocked to find that her boyfriend’s dog had bitten her dog. The bite itself wasn’t major, but she felt awful.
Her boyfriend expressed feeling bad, too, and he apologized to her. Prior to leaving their dogs home, the two had interacted a lot, and she had witnessed her boyfriend’s dog nipping at her dog while playing and running.
Her boyfriend dismissed his dog’s behavior, saying she shouldn’t be worried because that was just how his dog played.
Tanya – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual dog
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Several months after this incident, her boyfriend came to her place to hang out, and she was holding his dog back while her boyfriend said hello to her dog.
Her boyfriend’s dog bit her hand, then bit her dog. Once more, the bites weren’t that severe, but it was a traumatizing experience for her.
“Again, my boyfriend was very apologetic,” she said. “I needed time and space after this happened. My boyfriend said he would start getting a dog trainer and see what we could do.”
“I told him I couldn’t have this happen again, or I couldn’t be in a relationship with him anymore; it was getting too stressful.”
“We started using a muzzle on his dog anytime his dog was home with my dog. Over time, we stopped using the muzzle as often and would just use it when my dog was really excited, like while playing or when my boyfriend was greeting him.”
Her boyfriend moved back in with her, and everything was alright, though she always felt the need to still be concerned about his dog, especially since he never got a trainer as promised.
She couldn’t stop thinking about if her boyfriend’s dog had bitten before, he could do it again, and she wasn’t wrong.
A month ago, she and her boyfriend were at her parent’s home in the kitchen. Suddenly, her boyfriend’s dog went after her dog again, even though there was no food or anything to warrant the dog getting provoked.
After they returned home from their trip to visit her mom and dad, she told her boyfriend he had to do something about his dog, or they could no longer live together.
For the last four weeks, her boyfriend’s dog has been living with his old boss, but that’s not a permanent solution.
Her boyfriend’s dog has become the only source of conflict between them. While her boyfriend can acknowledge that his dog should no longer live with them, he won’t move to rehome his dog.
Oh, and she just learned that her boyfriend’s dog has bitten two dogs aside from her dog. So, she can tell this dog needs to be living alone without any other pets in the home.
“However, my boyfriend is having such a hard time letting his dog go, crying often (completely out of character for him) due to missing his dog and feeling like he let the dog down…which I completely understand,” she added.
“I don’t think I could ever give my dog up so how can I ask him to do this? But at the same time, I don’t see how else we could move forward. He asks me if there’s any way I could feel comfortable having his dog here again, but I feel traumatized by this, and so does my dog, I’m sure.”
“My boyfriend has always been so loving and affectionate toward my dog, but now I feel resentment building toward both of us. He says he loves me and wants to spend his life with me and believes we can get through this, and I really want to, but I don’t know how.”
“I know we both want kids in a few years and I don’t know how we ever could if this continued to be an issue. What should our next step be? I love this man, but I’m worried he will resent me if he has to get rid of his dog.”
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