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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yikes OP. We have a well behaved, well trained 8mo puppy and it’s still really really hard. If I were you, I would read a few puppy training books and treat this dog like a very young puppy. Leashed to you at all times when out of the crate, in the crate when you’re not directly supervising. Kids stay away from the dog and do not interact with it. Treat pouch on at all times and just continuously treat him for being good. This is a lot to ask of you. [/quote]

I think you are right and this is what I’m realizing I’d have to do.

Honestly I think arguing with my husband about it is just making me more anxious and intimidated because I know I will have to handle it all and I will be the only voice of reason and will spend extra energy trying to argue with my husband about why we can’t just let the dog out of the house off leash and every other little thing.  I’m not looking forward to doing all that again. And then he will blame the dog’s anxiety on mine and it will be a viscous circle.

His parents said he will just go nuts when seeing birds or squirrels or any movement and just take off. My husband said- what do you think is going to happen if we let him off leash? He has to learn eventually.  I said we live on a busy street with lots of birds and squirrels and if he’s off leash he might run into the street and get hit by a car. He says, yes that happens all the time to dogs everywhere, it’s nothing new. I said…Or if we leave him in the house unattended, he might eat something he shouldn’t. He says, yes, that happens too- I’m fact in happened to 2 of our childhood dogs. Nothing new. I said- I don’t want to kill a dog on my watch. He said I need to be less anxious and stop catastrophizing.

In other words, my husband’s flippant attitude is making me more nervous and not looking forward to the whole thing.
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