I just don't know if I can do it anymore. I feel like the worst owner ever, as you could say I am giving him up for my fiance, but...it isn't that Adam doesn't like him or want him...it is that Oakley is just a different dog when he is around. Same crap as always - 90% of the time, he is great. But the 10% is bad & just driving me crazy. It is just something every day. Whether it is just incessant whining/barking when we are trying to have a conversation/watching TV/im trying to work; or his just bad attitude when he feels like being a jerk, it is just getting to be too much.
It is so hard, cause right now Adam & I aren't living together, so even though he isn't perfect when it is just him & I, he is way better, and it just makes me reconsider every time. The funny thing is...Oakley is also much better when it is just him & Adam - which made Adam reconsider when they had a bonding experience the other week, haha.
But that won't be how it is once we move in together. I just think the busy roads are just too much for him with the constant buses going by, etc.
If Adam's parent's take us up on it, he might be moving to Kentucky...he would have to be an outdoor dog though (with garage shelter & a heated bed when it is cold), but he would have the freedom to run around, chase deer/animals/play & play & play...cause they have like 100acres of land for him to have free range of. But they're worried about taking him now that he has bitten someone (oh yeah, did I mention he sent someone to the ER biting their calf? Happened with my dog walker while i was away for thanksgiving...)
I don't know what to do if they don't agree to this though. Thoughts? Other options I haven't considered? Training tools?
It is so hard, cause right now Adam & I aren't living together, so even though he isn't perfect when it is just him & I, he is way better, and it just makes me reconsider every time. The funny thing is...Oakley is also much better when it is just him & Adam - which made Adam reconsider when they had a bonding experience the other week, haha.
But that won't be how it is once we move in together. I just think the busy roads are just too much for him with the constant buses going by, etc.
If Adam's parent's take us up on it, he might be moving to Kentucky...he would have to be an outdoor dog though (with garage shelter & a heated bed when it is cold), but he would have the freedom to run around, chase deer/animals/play & play & play...cause they have like 100acres of land for him to have free range of. But they're worried about taking him now that he has bitten someone (oh yeah, did I mention he sent someone to the ER biting their calf? Happened with my dog walker while i was away for thanksgiving...)
I don't know what to do if they don't agree to this though. Thoughts? Other options I haven't considered? Training tools?