I really have a problem when my husband takes MY doodle out for a walk or anything. I am a nervous wreck the entire time. He doesn't spend any of the training time with him and assumes Amante is goin…

[Rose Ann and Amante]

I really have a problem when my husband takes MY doodle out for a walk or anything. I am a nervous wreck the entire time. He doesn't spend any of the training time with him and assumes Amante is going to listen to him. Is this a control thing, probably! But I still hate it.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

I guess I am spoiled cause DH and I "share" Daisy, she is mine all day and his all evening....weekends are for all 3 of us.

I think you should all 3 go for walks together. It truly is a bonding thing. At first it's tough because training and preferences can be a little touchy, like he thinks one way you think another. I decided to let DH take the reigns and followed his direction. I did not want Daisy to get mixed signals.  She is good for both of us now but the first year was tough sometimes.

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

LOL!  I love how you say he is YOUR doodle!  Sounds like me!  Good advice to go with him when he walks Amante.

[Bonnie and Kona]

My DH has been hopeless with all of our dogs until our "naughty" puppy Owen. When we put him into his first training class, I suggested DH be the handler. He agreed. It changed many of his incredibly bad habits. He still makes no effort to understand dogs though. Owen is systematically pulling out our raspberry bushes. DH said, He needs to stop that! Of course, he won't sit outside to supervise and correct him. Oh well, baby steps with both of them. ;o)

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

I know the feeling.  My DH does the same thing.  Bailey does not mouth me anymore like she did as a young pup.  But she still does with my DH.  He is always asking me "why does she always "bite" me?  And I just very calmly say...Because you let her.  He hasn't even tried to walk her yet.  Hopefully DH will eventually learn that my way is the best way ; )  DH is a slow learner...we have only been married for 28 years and he still hasn't got this concept LOL

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

My husband refuses to be consistent as taught in training. He does things his way so Chloe is a do as I please kind of girl, but I don't let her get away with things when I take her. If she stops and won't walk because she wants to go a different way, I'll pick her up and carry her 28pounds home and that's it. It's so hard to be on the same page even if they are willing.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

ugh, husbands can be so annoying. It's things like this that make me appreciate being single. That being said, my friend used to 'help out' with Sophie a lot and made all the same mistakes. She refused to listen to me and wanted to do things her way and when Sophie didn't listen or understand she would get frustrated. She sort of expected her to understand english fluently. It was so silly. I stopped letting her walk Sophie as it wasn't working out. I would be frustrated if I had to live with someone who wasn't doing things my way, i.e. the right way, LOL!

[Colleen, Jake & Baxter]

As my DD would tell me.....CHILL.....be thankful your husband is willing to walk Amante.  This kind of reminds me of when my children were young and my DH would take care of the kids when I was away......he didn't always do things the way I would with done them and so forth.  I would get so upset....how silly of me back then!  If the kids were supervised, happy and fed what did it matter if their cloths didn't always match and they were a little dirty????  This is coming from someone who wishes she had learned to "CHILL" herself much sooner :o)!!!!

[Carol and Banjo]

@Jane....LOL.....Yup....after nearly 2 years I've resigned myself to the fact that I have my relationship with Banjo and he's tuned in to my ways.....and DH has his relationship with Banjo.....and even though DH does it all wrong (IMO) somehow it seems to work.    There is no such thing as perfection.    I can only lead by example...whether DH chooses to follow is entirely up to him!

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

You should go with your husband when he takes Amante for a walk and demonstrate the commands that you use.  Just remember - husbands are way harder to train than doodles!  Mine does everything the trainer has taught me not to do but the dogs survive if I'm not there - relax.

[Rose Ann and Amante]

@BG Amante definitely listens to me over anyone. I am his constant. The one who is with him. He is my BABY!!!    (and he knows itLOL)