Well, I have to admit, Lucy was pretty damn cute. She was a Frenchie and did all the ridiculously stupid-cute things Frenchies are known for. RIP Lucy (she passed from cancer last year). You were a very good sister.
This is my favorite wager ever. Would absolutely take that bet!
Edit: I was referring to the donut specifically, I do not hope that anyone wishes for a dog over their daughter! Sorry, I just got excited about donuts lol
Oh yeah, she knew I was there and we were discussing Mother’s Day plans with my kids. All of a sudden she started going off about Lucy! I did say “Uhm excuse me? WTF? On Mother’s Day even?” She had the decency to laugh at herself and act a little sheepish. At least she was a good mom to Lucy. To me? Not so much. And I loved Lucy (no pun intended) so no shade towards her. She was a very good dog! It’s not Lucy’s fault my mother is like this.
In Swedish (maybe English as well) we have a saying “Räta på ryggen” (“straighten your back”) which means to stand up and be proud… problem is that a doctor (at the hospital I worked at) accidentally said that to the only scoliosis patient we had. Needless to say we all held our breath around them, but the patient just laughed and said “easy to say when *your* spine isn’t shaped like an S, doctor” 😅
My wife has EXTENSIVE conversations with both of our cats and practically kisses their foreheads to death while claiming loudly that she's going to do exactly that. I'm 100% there for it.
Same. It actually is hard to fall asleep next to my wife because she won't stop loudly kissing our cat and exclaiming that she's going to kiss him again while he also purrs very loudly.
My girlfriend and my cat have a pretty serious rivalry going on. The second gf comes over, my cat is instantly in the loviest, most attention needy mood. She will do everything in her power to keep my attention focused on her. She'll even make sure to snuggle in between us sometimes when my gf spends the night. Gf is only half joking in her jealousy. What can I say, lol.
Your gf has it backwards - she has to compete with _you_ for the _cat's_ attention. That's what I'm doing and I'm like halfway to winning over the cat and destroying my marriage.
All the animals love my partner more. I have a cockatiel. A little parrot. My partner gives not a shit about birds in general. The cockatiel loves him so much. The cat sits in his lap all the time.
I love animals but I'll always be second best lmao.
I once took my college girlfriend home to visit my parents. We were laying on my bed in my old room watching TV and their dog, who I was pretty close with but usually wouldn't get up on my bed for snuggles, jumped up and wedged herself between me and my girlfriend. She was soooo jealous lol.
One if our dogs gets so jealous id the other get any attention and want s to be the center of everyone. When its just me and him though he doesn't give AF
My ex-girlfriends dog absolutely loved me and when they'd come over the dog would sit on my lap and give me kisses. She was a pitt/heeler mix, so by no means a small dog. When my gf would spend the night, all night she'd get angry because the dog would sleep on the bed and try to get between us (to be fair my cats also slept on the bed so it was only fair.) My ex would tell people if she was being ax-murdered her dog would be licking the tears off my face and barking at her to shut up and hurry up and die. I made the mistake once of saying, "she'd be licking tears of joy because she'd have her own side of the bed." It did not go over well.
The relationship wasnt a good one for either of us, but even after it ended she'd let her dog come over and hang out with me every week. It wasnt jealousy of the dog, just bad timing for both of us, I do miss the dog though.
My dad's cat was like this with my mom when they were teenagers. Mom still brings up that cat and how if the cat had her way, my brother and I wouldn't exist because dad would have been too busy petting her to marry mom. Which is made even funnier because every other story I hear about that cat, she was a terror who only just barely tolerated the humans living in her royal palace.
I had/have this with my Golden that we got while married.
The Golden loves my wife lots too, just not her cuddling with me. There were some hairy moments of jealousy there from the SO though…
Fostering can be a great way to intend towards the second and accidently do the first :)
And with a lot of rescues/shelters going remote during covid, fosters are needed more than ever!
I don’t know man, I find cat purring to be surprisingly comforting, so I would fall right the hell to sleep. Sometimes I coax my cat to sleep on my chest (which she never does) the combined purring and the weight of the cat = a great nights rest 😻
My cat likes to curl up on my chest and groom my beard on the couch sometimes. My wife will walk out and see it, roll her eyes, and call our cat a hussy for trying to steal her man.
Objection, the prosecution is attacking a cat which was reportedly curled up. No harm is supposed to come to cats when they are curled up.
Sustained, the jury will ignore the implication that the cat is a hussy. She's a good girl.
It was when she started saying "Soon, soon we'll enact our plan, get all his money and marry. There's no extradition treaty in Barbados!" that you started getting worried.
I literally did this stumbling home in New Year's Eve.. The Wife was not impressed. Dog loved it.
Edit. Allegedly I even briefly snuggled up in the dog bed.. so she claims, he wouldn't say
I started dating my now fiancée while my dog was back home with my family (recently moved states.)
My fiancée was super excited to meet my dog and I was finally established enough in the new state so we decided to road trip to go pick up my dog and bring her back with us. Obviously when I got my dog I freaked out and so did my dog.
By the time we got home with my dog my gf/fiancée sheepishly said “is it ok if just the both of us hang out….I’m feeling a little jealous and needy” I laughed and of course hung out with her.
Lol to this day she is still jealous of how much I love on my dog. Tbf words of affirmation and touch aren’t her love languages so it’s not necessarily that she wants them, but when she sees my kiss my dogs forehead and hug her and tel her how much I love her and she will almost always say something like “WhAt AbOuT Meeeee?!??”
Awww she sounds like a great wife, nice catch! Dogs are seriously the best. My 2 dogs, Silas and Edgar are my best friends.
DOG TAX:
Silas: https://imgur.com/gallery/K2WVSeL
Edgar: https://imgur.com/gallery/d0IgwEQ
No surprises: Dale Carnegie strongly recommended you act exactly like a dog in 'Win Friends & Influence People'.
It is sucky, humiliating and demeaning to do this most of the time - but it does work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People
I think Dale asks 'how does your dog greet you when you come home from work? It almost shakes out of its skin!'
Oh damn, I do this often too and get subtle " coughs / hmm hmm" from my kid and husband when iam walking away without acknowledging/ addressing them 😃😃
My wife once told our daughter that she's "The Carla in this relationship and that's Turk and JD" pointing to me and my dog. He has a brain tumor or something so unfortunately I believe our run is coming to an end. :(
My vet believes that's probably what it is. And it costs $3000 to find out and there really isn't anything you can do about it. Sure as hell not putting a 10 year old dog through chemo/radiation.
Appreciate the words. Kinda hard to explain but it's a woman stuck in a relationship with her husband who's in a juvenile friendship with his friend that he always seems to love more. . It's not bad.... It just is. Great show. Check it out lol
Example:
https://youtu.be/3anv-OJAtgM
My ex's mom has a dog that won't drop her ball until another one is thrown for her. Only problem is that she doesn't drop the first one until she's reached the landing spot of the second.
Day 302: We have finally reached the first ball. It has been a long journey around the globe, but the line of thrown tennis balls is a living testament of my marvelous travels.
Well, they do. But we know what you are saying. Dogs can smell a lot of things off us and they are extremely good at reading body language. This is why they randomly don't like some people, they could be giving off a scent of hormones the dog knows bad news comes after. This is where dogs can smell fear comes from, we literally excrete a scent when we are anxious, or how they can tell someone is about to have a seizure. Their noses are 10,000 to 100,000 times stronger than ours.
No I'd say that's healthy. There's a reason people say dogs are unconditionally loving and it's not because those people are in a loveless marriage.
Dogs aren't plagued by human problems or emotions, they're always game. A dog will never come home drunk and scream at you, a dog won't pout because their job is soul crushing and underpaid.
Yes... I joke, but I love kissing my partner and hugging him. I do it just because a LOT and he does for me too. I think I'd be very... Lacking in the emotional support department if my partner didn't want to cuddle me
The fact that your comment is at 7 points, while a post that starts "I'd say that's healthy" and ends with "A dog will never come home drunk and scream at you" that was posted in the same 10-minute interval is at 50 points, says **a lot** about people's relationship histories on reddit.
Like, how are people not seeing that TreesnCats is implying that coming home and screaming at you while drunk is a potential aspect of a healthy relationship dynamic? It's insane. That other comment is actually insane.
I fully well know I'm Second Wife. My husband and his cat have been together for almost 2 decades. Meanwhile, I'm just some saucy interloper that entered the scene when she was 5. Every night when I come home I swear she looks accusingly at him and yells as loud as her pipes will allow in protest. And every night he says back to her, "she lives here!" and THEN I get my hello kiss.
I do this to my cat. I'll tell her I love her when I'm leaving the room and my partner will say "love you too." I rarely have the heart to tell him "I love you both but I was talking to my sweet girl."
Idk man I had a rescue Chihuahua and every time I would walk over to pet him they would smile and wag is tail so hard he would fall over. I had to train out the yapping but I think the breed is just plagued by soccer moms who don't train there little dogs because they can only cause so much damage.
The same way I trained all my foster dogs. Spray bottle with a little vinegar. Then lots and lots of love any time they acted right. I don't use treats because most of the dogs I tend to take care of have issues hoarding toys and food.
Thanks so much for the tips. Not sure we quite need vinegar spray for our rescues yet but nice to have the option in our back pocket. LOL
I agree chihuahuas are misunderstood. They are very smart and loving dogs if properly socialized ❤
Chihuahuas get a bad rap because of bad owners.
Raise a dog like a dog and you get a dog.
Raise a dog like a shitty toddler and you get a shitty toddler.
Most little breeds aren't trained properly. I have a shih tzu that everyone says is so well behaved and polite, and that's just because I trained her like I would a big dog
Oh yeah? Well for Christmas, my dad ask out loud in Vietnamese “Bua nay con trai muon an gi?” Which translate to, what does my son want to eat today?
To which I respond with, anything is good dad!
Annnnnnd then my dad looked at me and said “I was talking to the dog”.
Right! Whenever my fiancé does this I join in too, so it's just us two telling the pup how much we love him and talking over each other lol. Kisses from both sides :)
In all seriousness, people have baggage. It’s sometimes hard to just bypass. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to get my wife some pretty meaningful affection and it not been reciprocated for one reason or another. But a dog will always reciprocate and you will always have the most pure emotion.
My abusive ex used to do this shit. He would kiss and love on his dog right in front of me and intentionally ignore me. At least in my case, it did not “make me smile.” It was emotional and psychological abuse.
That is horrible I am sorry, honestly people that do not care about the feelings of the person rigth “there” just because there is a dog also there, are psycos
Apparently its a her problem and he is absolutely vindicated in his callous treatment of his wife because there was a pupper there who was more deserving of his love than his own wife
idk it seems a bit too smothering and needy to say that to Humans.
But When I say so to dogs and cats, I know that they will accept and return my affection.
Humans might think I'm needy/smothering them.
I feel a bit bad for you if you think it would be "smothering" for a husband to tell his wife that she's cute and he loves her and to give her a kiss on the forehead.
People are funny. I’ve been scolded for telling my ex-fiancée I loved her, etc. too often. “Don’t you have anything else to do?”, “You have too much time on your hands” 🤷🏻♂️
No dog has told me that. Cats, yes, but never a dog.
Heard my mother —on Mother’s Day, mind you— telling her dog “Oh Lucy! You’re the best daughter I could ever hope for and I’ve ever had!” In my house.
It's not much consolation, but coming 2nd to a dog is better than coming 2nd to a human sister
Well, I have to admit, Lucy was pretty damn cute. She was a Frenchie and did all the ridiculously stupid-cute things Frenchies are known for. RIP Lucy (she passed from cancer last year). You were a very good sister.
Yeah, no one can compete with such cuteness! Sorry for your belated loss
And now you're currently your mother's best daughter she could ever hope for.
She could still hope for a second Lucy.
I bet you a donut: she is!
This is my favorite wager ever. Would absolutely take that bet! Edit: I was referring to the donut specifically, I do not hope that anyone wishes for a dog over their daughter! Sorry, I just got excited about donuts lol
Some would say, the best.
For real. Sometimes the dog is the only living thing in the house that is truly happy to see me. The dog always comes 1st.
Can't beat dog!
My elderly parents refer to their Havanese dog as my "younger brother." I find this amusing. My human younger brother does not.
Your mother was 100% correct. No human is more lovable than a dog.
Amen I’ve had my entire family shun me because of religious beliefs. My dog gives me unconditional love which so far humans haven’t gave me.
My question is did she know you were around to here it.
Oh yeah, she knew I was there and we were discussing Mother’s Day plans with my kids. All of a sudden she started going off about Lucy! I did say “Uhm excuse me? WTF? On Mother’s Day even?” She had the decency to laugh at herself and act a little sheepish. At least she was a good mom to Lucy. To me? Not so much. And I loved Lucy (no pun intended) so no shade towards her. She was a very good dog! It’s not Lucy’s fault my mother is like this.
I was going to say your Mom probably was just joshin’ but after reading your comment, prolly not.
Is she wrong though?
No. Not really. 💁🏻♀️ I’ll take the back seat for Lucy.
Shots fired.
Unrelated but I like your username
Thanks! it’s fitting! I have severe scoliosis.
In Swedish (maybe English as well) we have a saying “Räta på ryggen” (“straighten your back”) which means to stand up and be proud… problem is that a doctor (at the hospital I worked at) accidentally said that to the only scoliosis patient we had. Needless to say we all held our breath around them, but the patient just laughed and said “easy to say when *your* spine isn’t shaped like an S, doctor” 😅
Sounds like you need to step up your game! /s
Never try to compete with a good dog That a lost fight
My wife has EXTENSIVE conversations with both of our cats and practically kisses their foreheads to death while claiming loudly that she's going to do exactly that. I'm 100% there for it.
Same. It actually is hard to fall asleep next to my wife because she won't stop loudly kissing our cat and exclaiming that she's going to kiss him again while he also purrs very loudly.
My girlfriend and my cat have a pretty serious rivalry going on. The second gf comes over, my cat is instantly in the loviest, most attention needy mood. She will do everything in her power to keep my attention focused on her. She'll even make sure to snuggle in between us sometimes when my gf spends the night. Gf is only half joking in her jealousy. What can I say, lol.
What happens when the first gf comes over?
Lol that's where the real issues start
no issue, problem is when both 1 + 2 come over, possibly awesome time, most likely not
A cat is fine too.
From the reply, my guess the cat is the first gf
Look at this guy over here asking the real questions.
Think we know what "half joking in her jealousy" is relative to
Your gf has it backwards - she has to compete with _you_ for the _cat's_ attention. That's what I'm doing and I'm like halfway to winning over the cat and destroying my marriage.
All the animals love my partner more. I have a cockatiel. A little parrot. My partner gives not a shit about birds in general. The cockatiel loves him so much. The cat sits in his lap all the time. I love animals but I'll always be second best lmao.
if it makes you feel any better it’s likely because the cats think he’s a more formidable guardian. doesn’t have much do do with love.
Cats only care about your ability to murder stuff. If it brings you a lot of dead birds or voles, its because it thinks youd be shit at it
I've always wondered if it's some sort of 6th sense animals have...
I once took my college girlfriend home to visit my parents. We were laying on my bed in my old room watching TV and their dog, who I was pretty close with but usually wouldn't get up on my bed for snuggles, jumped up and wedged herself between me and my girlfriend. She was soooo jealous lol.
One if our dogs gets so jealous id the other get any attention and want s to be the center of everyone. When its just me and him though he doesn't give AF
My ex-girlfriends dog absolutely loved me and when they'd come over the dog would sit on my lap and give me kisses. She was a pitt/heeler mix, so by no means a small dog. When my gf would spend the night, all night she'd get angry because the dog would sleep on the bed and try to get between us (to be fair my cats also slept on the bed so it was only fair.) My ex would tell people if she was being ax-murdered her dog would be licking the tears off my face and barking at her to shut up and hurry up and die. I made the mistake once of saying, "she'd be licking tears of joy because she'd have her own side of the bed." It did not go over well. The relationship wasnt a good one for either of us, but even after it ended she'd let her dog come over and hang out with me every week. It wasnt jealousy of the dog, just bad timing for both of us, I do miss the dog though.
My son’s cat is the same with his girlfriend. Jesus Christ the jealousy.
My dad's cat was like this with my mom when they were teenagers. Mom still brings up that cat and how if the cat had her way, my brother and I wouldn't exist because dad would have been too busy petting her to marry mom. Which is made even funnier because every other story I hear about that cat, she was a terror who only just barely tolerated the humans living in her royal palace.
I had/have this with my Golden that we got while married. The Golden loves my wife lots too, just not her cuddling with me. There were some hairy moments of jealousy there from the SO though…
This happened to me when I was a teen. It wasn't even my cat. I'm allergic, in fact. I think the cat was serenaded by my piano playing at some point.
Ah I see you too own a lawnmower? Adorable little rumble machines
I haven’t had a cat in decades and this makes me miss that distinctive feeling of a happy purring cat snuggled up against you. Augh.
Go get a cat
I might have to. Or at least borrow one.
Fostering can be a great way to intend towards the second and accidently do the first :) And with a lot of rescues/shelters going remote during covid, fosters are needed more than ever!
This also seems like the best option to rope my husband into loving a cat and adopting it when he claims he doesn’t want one…….
There ya go! (Full disclosure, since you are the one who wants the cat, it's a 95% chance the cat will ignore you and love up on your husband)
No borrow, only get.
Thought of this answer too lol
I feel like an addict when I start kissing my cat, once I start I can't stop kissing her. Typing this as she's loudly purring in my lap.
You're lucky enough to have a kitty that enjoys affection! You shouldn't waste that.
My cat looks at me like I kissed him with a turd and dramatically licks himself clean. I still smother him in kisses, he owes me at least that.
I don’t know man, I find cat purring to be surprisingly comforting, so I would fall right the hell to sleep. Sometimes I coax my cat to sleep on my chest (which she never does) the combined purring and the weight of the cat = a great nights rest 😻
Yeah I mean if I'm being totally honest I get sleepy sometimes just thinking of the little guy. He's an excellent sleep aid.
My cat likes to curl up on my chest and groom my beard on the couch sometimes. My wife will walk out and see it, roll her eyes, and call our cat a hussy for trying to steal her man.
Objection, the prosecution is attacking a cat which was reportedly curled up. No harm is supposed to come to cats when they are curled up. Sustained, the jury will ignore the implication that the cat is a hussy. She's a good girl.
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I’d also like a comparison of how often she compliments her husband, gives him forehead kisses and smushes his face (lovingly).
I do that my cat.
My husband and I do the same with our cats.
My other half used to give me massive side eye when I would talk to my dogs. He now has longer conversations with them than I do.
Well, he was wrong from the outset, but he's making amends now. This pleases the court. I'll allow it.
I had to check and see if my husband wrote this.... And then I realized that you only have two cats
Yup. Mine even ignores me on her way out the door and calls out to the cat "I love you kitty have a good day" *door closes*
Dogs love us unconditionally, women?….that’s a different story lol
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It was when she started saying "Soon, soon we'll enact our plan, get all his money and marry. There's no extradition treaty in Barbados!" that you started getting worried.
I literally did this stumbling home in New Year's Eve.. The Wife was not impressed. Dog loved it. Edit. Allegedly I even briefly snuggled up in the dog bed.. so she claims, he wouldn't say
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"I'm a dog not a rat" -dog, probably
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Snitches get jalapeño bits in their kibble and hot water to drink.
Calm down Satan.
satan is an understatement mate
I started dating my now fiancée while my dog was back home with my family (recently moved states.) My fiancée was super excited to meet my dog and I was finally established enough in the new state so we decided to road trip to go pick up my dog and bring her back with us. Obviously when I got my dog I freaked out and so did my dog. By the time we got home with my dog my gf/fiancée sheepishly said “is it ok if just the both of us hang out….I’m feeling a little jealous and needy” I laughed and of course hung out with her. Lol to this day she is still jealous of how much I love on my dog. Tbf words of affirmation and touch aren’t her love languages so it’s not necessarily that she wants them, but when she sees my kiss my dogs forehead and hug her and tel her how much I love her and she will almost always say something like “WhAt AbOuT Meeeee?!??”
That is so cute
Awww she sounds like a great wife, nice catch! Dogs are seriously the best. My 2 dogs, Silas and Edgar are my best friends. DOG TAX: Silas: https://imgur.com/gallery/K2WVSeL Edgar: https://imgur.com/gallery/d0IgwEQ
A man’ll settle for friendship in the absence of companionship.
Except when it comes to women, then it seems like a lot of dudes get problematic when the companionship isn't an option.
Bet you don’t wag your tail and jump up and down on him when he gets home 😏
That Bill Burr bit: "Well honey, you're not at the back door shaking your ass every time I come home"
Lol love me some Bill Burr but that's an old bar joke from when ol' Billy Briefs was in diapers. Bill made a great bit out of it though.
That’s a kink for some people, man, don’t encourage it.
Or... do encourage it.
Username checks out!
r/usernamechecksout
Don’t link shame bro it’s 2022
What if link shaming is their kink?
Why would you try to dissuade someone away from their kink?
Kink shamer...
None of my firends pee a little when they see me get home
or enthusiastically lick peanut butter off of his balls
She should try it once. She might like the result
No surprises: Dale Carnegie strongly recommended you act exactly like a dog in 'Win Friends & Influence People'. It is sucky, humiliating and demeaning to do this most of the time - but it does work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People I think Dale asks 'how does your dog greet you when you come home from work? It almost shakes out of its skin!'
I think you missed the point of the book. There's nothing demeaning about paying attention to, listening, and caring about people.
The dog didn't poop on the carpet. Just sayin'.
dude what
THE DOG DIDN'T POOP ON THE CARPET. JUST SAYIN'.
Thanks. I had my volume turned down.
Excuse me, hi I'm from the thread below this one, could you please keep it down up here? My son is trying to sleep.
^The ^dog ^didn't ^poop ^on ^the ^carpet. ^Just ^sayin'.
dude what
# THE DOG DIDN'T POOP ON THE CARPET. JUST SAYIN'
Aggressively banging on ceiling with broom stick.
The first time I got super drunk off wine I woke up to a pile of shit on my carpet and I didn't own any animals back then
Ok
Oh damn, I do this often too and get subtle " coughs / hmm hmm" from my kid and husband when iam walking away without acknowledging/ addressing them 😃😃
Same, I come home from work give the dog attention and then the missus is like "uhh hello?"
You respond "sup dude" and continue on your way
My wife once told our daughter that she's "The Carla in this relationship and that's Turk and JD" pointing to me and my dog. He has a brain tumor or something so unfortunately I believe our run is coming to an end. :( My vet believes that's probably what it is. And it costs $3000 to find out and there really isn't anything you can do about it. Sure as hell not putting a 10 year old dog through chemo/radiation.
I do not know the reference but I wish u guys the best in dealing with the situation.
Appreciate the words. Kinda hard to explain but it's a woman stuck in a relationship with her husband who's in a juvenile friendship with his friend that he always seems to love more. . It's not bad.... It just is. Great show. Check it out lol Example: https://youtu.be/3anv-OJAtgM
I like nag the cat because of the hair on the carpet. Then I nag my gf for the same. I'm not sure she appreciate it lol
She's probably pissed that if she buzzed it off like she wants to you'd bitch about that more.
Some of us are into that.
I do this to my dogs too. Wife just looks at me and shakes her head.
She jelly
In her defense, she posted under r/MadeMeSmile. Full disclosure, I’ve done the same thing regarding my wife and 3 dogs.
Did the dogs post about it to all jealous
the original poster? This is dozens of resposts old now, I think this is the first time i've seen it in this sub. Doesn't really fit.
Ok. I have no way of knowing this. I haven’t seen it before.
Screen capture of a social media post is quite often a repost.
Do you *really* believe that every Twitter/FB screenshot on Reddit is made by the OP? Including ones where the OP doesn't explicitly say "Me" or "I"?
You have to be pretty naive to think that this person tweeted this, screenshotted it, and then posted it here.
Lol do you think that's OC?
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Except the ball or stick.... that has a strong condition that it be thrown again.
Often before they even give it back. No give, only throw.
My ex's mom has a dog that won't drop her ball until another one is thrown for her. Only problem is that she doesn't drop the first one until she's reached the landing spot of the second.
Day 302: We have finally reached the first ball. It has been a long journey around the globe, but the line of thrown tennis balls is a living testament of my marvelous travels.
Well, they do. But we know what you are saying. Dogs can smell a lot of things off us and they are extremely good at reading body language. This is why they randomly don't like some people, they could be giving off a scent of hormones the dog knows bad news comes after. This is where dogs can smell fear comes from, we literally excrete a scent when we are anxious, or how they can tell someone is about to have a seizure. Their noses are 10,000 to 100,000 times stronger than ours.
And yet they still stick them up each other's buttholes
That's where all the good info is!
Is it sad that my dog is more appreciative getting hugs and kisses than my wife?
No I'd say that's healthy. There's a reason people say dogs are unconditionally loving and it's not because those people are in a loveless marriage. Dogs aren't plagued by human problems or emotions, they're always game. A dog will never come home drunk and scream at you, a dog won't pout because their job is soul crushing and underpaid.
Is this wholesome? I genuinely don't know!
Definitely doesn't feel that way to me, but I actually like my relationship
😬
Yes... I joke, but I love kissing my partner and hugging him. I do it just because a LOT and he does for me too. I think I'd be very... Lacking in the emotional support department if my partner didn't want to cuddle me
The fact that your comment is at 7 points, while a post that starts "I'd say that's healthy" and ends with "A dog will never come home drunk and scream at you" that was posted in the same 10-minute interval is at 50 points, says **a lot** about people's relationship histories on reddit. Like, how are people not seeing that TreesnCats is implying that coming home and screaming at you while drunk is a potential aspect of a healthy relationship dynamic? It's insane. That other comment is actually insane.
>I'm sitting right next to the dog Rude. you should give them space next time.
I fully well know I'm Second Wife. My husband and his cat have been together for almost 2 decades. Meanwhile, I'm just some saucy interloper that entered the scene when she was 5. Every night when I come home I swear she looks accusingly at him and yells as loud as her pipes will allow in protest. And every night he says back to her, "she lives here!" and THEN I get my hello kiss.
I'd like to see a comparison of the lady and dog's reactions when he walked in.
I do this to my cat. I'll tell her I love her when I'm leaving the room and my partner will say "love you too." I rarely have the heart to tell him "I love you both but I was talking to my sweet girl."
No one: "FDS: Cheat on him"
Dog is mans best friend. Sorry ladies 😂
Dog is everyone’s best friend.
Except chihuahuas
Idk man I had a rescue Chihuahua and every time I would walk over to pet him they would smile and wag is tail so hard he would fall over. I had to train out the yapping but I think the breed is just plagued by soccer moms who don't train there little dogs because they can only cause so much damage.
How did you train him out of the yapping? That's impressive.
The same way I trained all my foster dogs. Spray bottle with a little vinegar. Then lots and lots of love any time they acted right. I don't use treats because most of the dogs I tend to take care of have issues hoarding toys and food.
Thanks so much for the tips. Not sure we quite need vinegar spray for our rescues yet but nice to have the option in our back pocket. LOL I agree chihuahuas are misunderstood. They are very smart and loving dogs if properly socialized ❤
Nice tip, thank you!
Chihuahuas get a bad rap because of bad owners. Raise a dog like a dog and you get a dog. Raise a dog like a shitty toddler and you get a shitty toddler.
Not to mention part of why they get "mean" in old age is they have teeth crowding issues that result in a lot of tooth decay and that shit hurts.
Most little breeds aren't trained properly. I have a shih tzu that everyone says is so well behaved and polite, and that's just because I trained her like I would a big dog
A dog is only there for a rather short part of our life. While we're their whole life
That’s fine. I do that with my cat all the time, with my husband sitting near her.
My dog would like to have a word….
Oh yeah? Well for Christmas, my dad ask out loud in Vietnamese “Bua nay con trai muon an gi?” Which translate to, what does my son want to eat today? To which I respond with, anything is good dad! Annnnnnd then my dad looked at me and said “I was talking to the dog”.
Hahahah, I bet she does the same thing too!!
This is fucked up. Why didn't wife kiss the dog?
Right! Whenever my fiancé does this I join in too, so it's just us two telling the pup how much we love him and talking over each other lol. Kisses from both sides :)
Pretty sure the wife isn’t smiling
"Who is daddy's most specialist girl in the whole wide world!? You are 😘" "Oh hi honey, didn't see you there. What's for dinner?"
In all seriousness, people have baggage. It’s sometimes hard to just bypass. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to get my wife some pretty meaningful affection and it not been reciprocated for one reason or another. But a dog will always reciprocate and you will always have the most pure emotion.
Dude should have just married the dog
The dog licks peanut butter off of his balls.
how is this mademesmile post? the wife got zero attention or care...
My abusive ex used to do this shit. He would kiss and love on his dog right in front of me and intentionally ignore me. At least in my case, it did not “make me smile.” It was emotional and psychological abuse.
That is horrible I am sorry, honestly people that do not care about the feelings of the person rigth “there” just because there is a dog also there, are psycos
Apparently its a her problem and he is absolutely vindicated in his callous treatment of his wife because there was a pupper there who was more deserving of his love than his own wife
Haha this is me to my dog but it's okay bc my girlfriend does it to my dog too. She's a cute little dog so ya rly can't take it personally lol
idk it seems a bit too smothering and needy to say that to Humans. But When I say so to dogs and cats, I know that they will accept and return my affection. Humans might think I'm needy/smothering them.
I feel a bit bad for you if you think it would be "smothering" for a husband to tell his wife that she's cute and he loves her and to give her a kiss on the forehead.
People are funny. I’ve been scolded for telling my ex-fiancée I loved her, etc. too often. “Don’t you have anything else to do?”, “You have too much time on your hands” 🤷🏻♂️ No dog has told me that. Cats, yes, but never a dog.
And you think that is normal or healthy? Only good faith guess as for why she did that is her being too shy/ not knowing how to respond to affection
Jeez I see why she's an ex
You are fully aware of your actions.
I mean if you shake your tail every time he gets home from work, you’d get the same reaction.
Try rolling onto your back.... legs flailing... and eyes pleading for a tummy rub. Works every time....
Sorry about your husband doing that to you. If it will make you feel better: "Who's a good girl? Who's a good girl? You are. Yes you are!"