my new pyr was guarding my chicks and bit my husband...

[sparkles2307]

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I am so sorry! Sounds like the dog was doing his job perfectly! My DH sounds just like your isn the "rotten energy" dept. EXACTLY the same, I am glad its not just me! He even gets the kids worked up because he cant ever use a not harsh or angry sounding tone!

I would say that dog is worth his weight in chick starter (

) if after only 4 days he is doing such a fine job! Poor boy!

 

[Backyard Hencam]

I wouldn't have a dog that bites. However, I wouldn't have a husband that didn't like dogs and wasn't willing to bond with one either.

 

[chickbea]

Does your husband have any redeeming features? It doesn't sound like it from your description! Out with him and start filling your house with critters!

 

[onthespot]

Even a guy with rotten energy can make friends with a dog. I would chop up a hot dog and hand it to hubby and march him out there and have him toss a few slices to to the dog, go back to the house, rinse, lather and repeat. If the dog bites him the next day. Ull-cay the Ogg day.

Edit to add. If you were my neighbor I would take him off your hands.

 

[Bizzybirdy]

Dog sounds as if he was doing a great job. I have known several men that just have NO compassion for animals and animals can sense that.

I raise parrots and you would be surprised how they can tell in a few minutes which potential customers they would want to be owned by and the rest they BITE.

Don't have a dh...showed several who could not be nice to my animals the door.

Much prefer the love of my pets.

 

[LizzyJo]

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No fair. My daughter got a newly hatched Severe Macaw when she was 8. After a few weeks the bird decided he wanted to be my bird. After about 2 years he decided he wanted to be my other daughter's bird. That lasted another couple of years and then he wanted to be my husband's bird.

In each case the first clue the "owner" of the bird had that she was being replaced was a really mean bite, not the warning kind, but the ruffled feathers, crazy eyeball (you parrot owners will know what I mean), drawing blood kind. The bite occured when the next favored person was present, so it was obvious that the bird was picking and choosing. The little @#%& has been my husband's bird for about 20 years now and the bird seems to be a lot happier about it than my husband does.

Anyway, I digress. A mean and impatient man shouldn't be around animals or children or wives. He needs to be sent to time out until he improves, but the dog does need to go before it gets mistreated.

 

[rachiegirl]

That was a warning every day of the week. If he wanted to actually bite, he would and could have. Tell hubby that the dog was doing his job, and he stays. Tell hubby to get over himself, pull his head out of his...and work with him a little. Either that or he simply stays away from your dog and chickens and can sleep in the shed.

I truly believe the majority of dog bites in this country are not true bites at all, but warnings, and we don't take the time to understand that. They cannot tell you with words to stop doing something because it is threatening/annoying/hurting them. Watch how a mother dog corrects her pups.

 

[Danigirl3]

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I agree with that that not everybody is meant to have a dog. I think people can send out vibes that animal can pick up on more readily than humans can. My oldest son is 22 and I have told him a few times that I hope he never gets a pet. We have an older dog (11) that when he is asleep he is asleep. My son found him sleeping on the couch and said his name several times to get up when he didn't get up he went over to him and grabbed his color (I'm sure aggressively) and yelled I said get up. Well he got up, after he bit him. Didn't break the skin and it think it was a warning.

 

[rachiegirl]

Silly boy, has he never heard "let sleeping dogs lie"?

 

[Rolsjo]

I agree that it's probably best that you just don't have a dog. If at some point your dh mellows, then maybe it will work out. But if he is not willing to invest some time for the dog to realize that he is the boss, then it is best the dog goes.

Sad for you, but less sad than raising your kids alone without a daddy!