Hello everyone, I wanted to see if someone can give me some insight into what they think is going on with me and my new little guy
My wife and I have had Oscar for about three weeks, he is 10 weeks old and we both decided to get this dog because of a few reasons one big reason is because he is suppose to be a great pack dog and likes to be around us. Here is the situation; when my wife is in the room Oscar ONLY wants to be near her, he cries for her when she is out of the room, if we are on the bed or the couch he wants hardly anything to do with me. I am going to give you some background. I am the one who has to this point “disciplined” him when he bites and is behaving badly, and how I do that is by saying “no” and redirecting him to a toy if he is chewing on something he should not be or if he is biting a shoe or pants lets or bed spreads or boxes or if he is about to “go” in the wrong place I redirect him.
My wife is not disciplining him at all like I am, but he does not bite or nip at me (not as much as her) or pull on my pants he does allof the above to her a lot
If my voice gets deeper and I say “Oscar No” he stops…so I was wondering if this is the reason he is not interested in me if she is around at all. I was just in the kitchen with him, it is gated and she went to the garage and he cried so badly and I was right there!
I feed him in the AM I play with him and I am the one who gives him treats when he goes down the steps or hits his pad with pee or poo.
You can clearly see who this guy is attached to, and I wanted to see if others on this site have had the same experiences and if so is this going to be a permanent thing or might he grow closer to both of us equally. I appreciate anyone who took the time to read this entire novel and is nice enough to respond…have a good one
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My wife and I have had Oscar for about three weeks, he is 10 weeks old and we both decided to get this dog because of a few reasons one big reason is because he is suppose to be a great pack dog and likes to be around us. Here is the situation; when my wife is in the room Oscar ONLY wants to be near her, he cries for her when she is out of the room, if we are on the bed or the couch he wants hardly anything to do with me. I am going to give you some background. I am the one who has to this point “disciplined” him when he bites and is behaving badly, and how I do that is by saying “no” and redirecting him to a toy if he is chewing on something he should not be or if he is biting a shoe or pants lets or bed spreads or boxes or if he is about to “go” in the wrong place I redirect him.
My wife is not disciplining him at all like I am, but he does not bite or nip at me (not as much as her) or pull on my pants he does allof the above to her a lot
If my voice gets deeper and I say “Oscar No” he stops…so I was wondering if this is the reason he is not interested in me if she is around at all. I was just in the kitchen with him, it is gated and she went to the garage and he cried so badly and I was right there!
I feed him in the AM I play with him and I am the one who gives him treats when he goes down the steps or hits his pad with pee or poo.
You can clearly see who this guy is attached to, and I wanted to see if others on this site have had the same experiences and if so is this going to be a permanent thing or might he grow closer to both of us equally. I appreciate anyone who took the time to read this entire novel and is nice enough to respond…have a good one
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