Reminds me when my sister said there's a lot going for being a single parent! She and her husband have four kids. Always mayhem. But when her husband is away, all peaceful, kids in bed at right time, etc. Husband comes back and mayhem again!
Pleased you have reached a compromise Jen. I am finding this thread interesting as we are in the early stages of training Red (16 weeks). So far, I have done all the training work, following Pippa's Puppy handbook and now on the beginnings of Total Recall. DH who has always had dogs and spent the greater part of time with our older Lab when she was a puppy, is very laid back. Too laid back I feel. I have recently realised we are 'poles apart' with regards to training. We have just started taking Red out for short walks/runs on and off lead in the countryside. I think we will have to learn to compromise as we both want a well behaved happy dog. Goodness, life is never simple is it?
I just saw this thread and it sounds so familiar! I think the dog is the biggest source of marital disharmony in our house. My OH hasn't read any of our training books or any online training lessons, but then complains that I ignore his advice (which is generally techniques he has 'invented' or seen someone in the park doing). I caught him once using Indie's special recall (the one I have been building up in value for months) to get her to come to him so he could grab her to put her harness on (which she hates), because he was late for work. Another classic is asking her for a hand-touch to move her somewhere then moving his hand at the last moment so she can't touch it "because he doesn't want to get his hands dirty" And finally, due to me complaining that he wasn't engaged with her training, he now comes to watch our training sessions in the kitchen whilst eating biscuits and dropping crumbs on the floor. When indie ignores me and rushes to hoover up crumbs he says 'see she just wants to be with her daddy' To be fair to him, he has got a lot better, partly due to going to training classes together - he took pride in the fact that Indie was top of the class and now his competitive spirit makes him want to 'do it properly'...but definitely dog training and partner training go hand in hand!
All these posts makes me giggle since I can relate (I was wondering if we were the only ones having these problems ) my husband is banned to do any sort of training with Millie unless I'm close by due to that he do completely opposite of what I instructed him to do with her. Even my 3 year old daughter train Millie better then him lol, the best was when I heard from the outside; no daddy you do wrong! (They we're outside doing obidience and a bit agility on the backyard) I'm still struggling a bit when Millie sees a squirrel or other dogs, she's a bit over 1 year old now but at least I got her to learn to stay on our yard and not run off. Still practicing loose lead (works as long as there's no other animals crossing our path).
