Does your SO let you bring home dogs?

[sassafras]

I don't believe in grown adults "letting" each other do things.

Having said that, I would not bring home a new pet without discussing it first unless it was an emergency (like, this dog is going to imminently die if I don't bring it home). Which has happened once so far (not with one of our current dogs, though). I don't think he would ever shoot me down if it was something I really, really wanted but I wouldn't test/push him on it, either.

 

[ruffiangirl]

I have brought home dogs, I know my limits, and I know his preferences, but I do all the dog work, training, feeding, grooming, he pets that's it, so he gets little input because ultimately they are MY dogs.

 

[CaliTerp07]

No way would I bring home a critter of any shape/size unless Zach was 100% on board. He is absolutely responsible for half of Lucy's care, and would end up doing half of newcritter's care too. (I do the classes/training/trialing, but he ends up doing a lot of the middle-of-winter walks, doggy vomit clean up, etc!)

If it was really really really important to me, I know that he would support my wishes and go along with it, but I also know that I wouldn't ask for it unless it was really really really important.

I think we are going to always be a 1-dog household. It's too expensive to train/trial more than one dog, harder to find someone to watch 2 pups compared to 1, and I couldn't figure out how to walk 1 dog nicely on a leash...so what are the odds that I can nicely walk two at once?

Plus...we just got an ugly bald puppy The boat has been rocked plenty recently. If Logan shows an interest in training dogs one day, we'll look at getting another one then. By that point my baby Lucy will be an old lady

 

[Elrohwen]

He would be very unhappy if I just brought home a dog and expected to keep it (I'm sure he wouldn't say no to helping out a stray or something). We only get a new animal after a lot of discussion since we're both planners by nature. I'm probably more likely to want more pets and he's more averse to change which balances me out. He adores the animals we have, but it takes a while to talk him into a new one.

 

[Skits]

Both my dogs are basically my dogs, but I'm starting to consider them his dogs a bit as well. We both live with my dad atm, but when we move out, will be taking both dogs and they'll be ours.

We've already been talking about our third dog and I'm letting him choose the breed he wants (most likely an airedale terrier) because I have my two, and he had a fox terrier in the past who passed away two years ago. I definitely wouldn't bring another dog into the home just like that without agreeing that we both like the dog and are ready for another. We did almost foster a dog once and we both went down to meet him and bring Buddy to meet him and see how they'd get along, but then both my boys started fighting and we definitely didn't want a third dog in the mix and won't for awhile.

 

[AllisonPitbullLvr]

Permanent additions are met with discussion, though have always followed our plan. Fosters, I ask but just for courtesy, because normally they are already set up. Lol.

This. And the reason we have a foster currently is because all the discussing about a new pup was going nowhere. lol

 

[Sekah]

Lawl. He'd probably divorce me if I did.

A few years back before we lived together, his mom pulled this stunt where she came home from a vacation with a new dog and it almost pulled his family apart and seriously compromised his relationship with his mother.

He's not a fan of dogs and all the responsibilities that go with them to start. Sure, the dogs are my responsibility but he still has to live with them and I have to divide my time between him and them.

I'm hoping to have the "next dog" conversation with him in, oh, 3+ years. I do not anticipate it being an easy one.

 

[Laurelin]

I have always asked and had a discussion with whoever I was livivng with at the time- be it family or room mates. I feel like it's everyone's decision to an extent so everyone needs to be ok with it. Even if the dog is 100% my decision.

Since I live alone now once I'm free of the landlord, I'm getting whatever the heck I want though.

I think I will always have 2-3 dogs at a time. Preferably 2 but right now I feel like I really do need a third dog to compete with since Mia can't and Summer is 10.

 

[Taqroy]

How is your SO with getting another dog (or animal)? Do you have to ask permission, is it a long discussion and mutual agreement, or do you just bring it home and that's that? How was it for your current dogs, and how do they feel about dogs in the future?

I had Murphy when we got together, we agreed on Mu, and I talked him into Tipper.

We have to discuss everything beforehand. I think he would feel like it was a breach of trust if I just showed up with a dog that I intended to keepand had obviously planned out and went behind his back to get. And now that I've thought that out it would be a breach of trust (for us) if I did that.

If I showed up with a dog I found and had no intention of keeping? He wouldn't care and odds are 50/50 that he'd fall in love with it and try to keep it. Lol. We always take those dogs to the humane society though so probably not going to happen.

I think our current situation would prevent me from bringing home a random dog with no discussion. No matter how you slice it Matt has to do *some* work in a crate/rotate household and I can't add to that without asking him. Mostly because I appreciate that he's not really a dog person but has never, not ONCE, been a jerk about the girls fighting and how much work it's been.

 

[Babyblue5290]

If I randomly brought home a dog, he would have no objections as he knows I don't do things on impulse ever, especially big things like that. In fact, before we got Talon there was an adoption event at my dog. I found a dog that I just fell in love with, the dog was young and unruly manners wise, but I loved it! I was going to adopt it, but wanted to call david first. Only took two minutes to say "hey, I want this dog" but by then someone else was filling out paperwork But david was all for it because he knew I wanted the dog and I don't usually fall head over heels for any dog like that.

But, we always have long discussions about our next dogs before it happens. We talked for a long time about Talon, and about nextdog. He has vastly different preferences than me though, so we alternate about who get's final decision.

 

[LostAndConfused]

It depends. Getting our first dog (Hudson), I talked about & talked about & talked about, but for a few years, we just weren't in a good place to add a dog. Namely, we lived in apartments that didn't allow dogs. Once we bought our house, I planned it, and talked about it, and looked at litters, until finally he said, "Just get a dog already and stop talking about it!" So I did.

Our next planned dog will also be talked about & discussed, but that won't be for another few years.

The situation is entirely different if I find a stray that needs a place to crash until we can find it's owners, or find a new home. Those, it has been decided, can be brought home for a little while