[stastony]

So, I am the owner of a pit bull puppy of 6 months of age. I have had him from the time he was 6 weeks old. Since then i have been the one who feeds him, potty trained him, taught him the tricks he knows, play games with him, i spend the most time with him and i take him out for long walks( like 2 1/2 hours) almost every other day if not everyday when i can. My bf has hardly done any of this. My life revolves around giving my dog a good happy life.
But, my dog is so much more lovable with my boyfriend than with me. He will always cuddle and sit with him much more than me and iam the one who cares for him! Its like my dog likes my bf so much more than me. Why?!? I feel kind of hurt about all of this. and i apologize if this is a silly question

[pumpineemob]

I think you just said why, he gives your pup more attention which is what dogs usually want. It's not that he likes him more he just "uses" him to get all the attention. I am sure he likes you as much but has noticed that you arent so easy to trick

[Imiweevierm]

In my experience, pups and kids are a lot alike. Sometimes they want momma and sometimes they are daddy focused. I saw it with both of the pups I raised and my three kids. For a few months they were glued to my legs and then they thought my husband was the sunshine and I was merely the food slave.

[gDGwm8BC]

think of it like a kid. mom says you cant go play, or eat crappy food. dad says do whatever the hell you want. which one do you think theyll run to? same goes for dogs.

[bashansasasasa]

he`s the pack leader and the dominate one.

[ViagraPriceBuying]

It's really funny.We have 4 dogs. 1 gsd,1 gsd x,1 dobe and 1 apbt. The gsd's ADORE me and totally blow off garilynn, the dobe doesn't care as long as she's petted(she'll go to either,but listens better to me and respects me a bit more) and the APBT attamitly prefers Garilynn over me any day of the week.When I am alone with her,she's my best bud.When Garilynn is there,you'd think I had the plague,cooties,and was an axe murder at the same time.
I do not treat my dogs any differant than the other.I love all of them.I still have not figured out how they ''choose'' their people.All I can say is that the dogs do tend to gravitate toward specific temperments of their humans. While I am rather assertive and no nonsense,and am the athority figure who gives ''tough love''( I am affectionate to them on my terms),Garilynn is much less strict,and more sweet (free love) to the dogs.

[majestictwelve]

Lucy and Dumbass are always all over me. They're big cuddlers, and Dumbass is a total momma's boy.

Ethel seems to like both me and Richie rather equally, but comes to us for different things. Richie's more likely to roll around on the floor with her, I'm more likely to brush her or give her food.

[adultcheee]

he`s the pack leader and the dominate one.

i tend to go with this one as i've always assumed that was the deal with my dogs.

i'm god in their eyes. when my brother is home alone with them, they'll listen and cuddle and everything. once i get home from work they're stuck on me. and when he tells them to do something (like move or go to the room or get off the couch) they look at me 1st and wait til i say it before they listen.

[expiclefich]

Sometimes my friends stay for hours or sleep over. Mahoney sleeps cuddled with me but when friends come, she cuddles them. I admit there WAS a tinge of jealousy but I realized as a scared, shy, skittish dog....who hasnt had much human socialization, this is good that she is learning to love people. It has been helping her get over people fear.

Padfoot doesnt care. He is an almost 6 month old little man whore LOL You so much as look at him and he will give you lots of love. Its good your baby is being people social....but if you want him to be devoted to you, you have to invest that extra cuddle time to win him over. At the end of the day, my babies love me more than anyone cuz they are given extra cuddles and hugs and kisses every minute they are in my face.

[replicamuse]

Oh, around my house, the females tend to favor my husband and the males tend to listen to me somewhat better. Both sexes love us equally though I think.

[Ikrleprl]

When friends come over and hang out the dogs naturally gravitate towards them. Sit on the couch, follow them around, mercilessly fawn all over them....to the point it can be embarrassing, as if they are neglected. I don't mind keeps them out from under my feet and they are being social.

[dupratac]

The dogs listen to me better but do tend to overwhelm my husband when he is around. But sometimes I attribute that to the fact that he is never around so they try to get a lot of dad loving

[Elisabetxxx]

It's been my observation that sometimes dogs favor one sex over the other. We use to have a family dog that loved all guys and she was always trying to get their attention but would totally ignore females.

Now my son has a female dog who really likes girls. Guys come over and she totally ignores them but will go straight to the girls to be petted and loved on.

[Vokbeelllicky]

Cassius loves me more almost to the point of possesiveness. If i am sitting on the floor and Shane on the couch, every time Shane stands up Cassius will jump up and sit on my knee, If im on the couch he will lie on me. Shane is the one that feeds him and takes him to the toilet, I only play with him, walk him and spend majority of my time with him. He wont listen to Shane at all, unless its for his dinner. Everytime Shane tells him to do something he looks to me to see if i will re-enforce it. Supposedly they get along like a house on fire when im not home though

[robinthesearchmasterh]

I've always looked at it as, they KNOW they have your love, attention, time... whatever. But for "dad's love", they have to "work" for it.... it's not a given.... they know you are always there for them, but with dad, they have to work to make sure he is there for them too. Much like kids, they usually hurt the ones they love, the most. Not that you can equate dogs to humans, or their emotions, but they know they don't have to work to get your love, it comes freely, unconditionally.... but with dad, we gotta make sure he loves us.

[VZF74G0M]

welcome to the club i have 5 dogs in my home 4 are APBT and 1 is a chihuahua and 4 of them love momma my wife steals all my dogs the only one who stayed true is kilo the dog in my avatar kilo loves her some daddy only one of the five dogs in this home was bought for my wife the rest were mine and they all disowned me so dont feel bad dogs do that your dog still loves you though he just wants some daddy love

[layevymed]

So, I am the owner of a pit bull puppy of 6 months of age. I have had him from the time he was 6 weeks old. Since then i have been the one who feeds him, potty trained him, taught him the tricks he knows, play games with him, i spend the most time with him and i take him out for long walks( like 2 1/2 hours) almost every other day if not everyday when i can. My bf has hardly done any of this. My life revolves around giving my dog a good happy life.
But, my dog is so much more lovable with my boyfriend than with me. He will always cuddle and sit with him much more than me and iam the one who cares for him! Its like my dog likes my bf so much more than me. Why?!? I feel kind of hurt about all of this. and i apologize if this is a silly question

The way it always has been with my dogs that I always got frustrated with is it seemed they liked my husband more than me. I fed them, trained them, played with them. I was out of work so I was with them all the time. They had little to no interest in me. But they loved my husband, who worked all day long. I would get so frustrated and even jealous.
Well the issue was they rarely saw him so they made the most of the time they had with him. And even though the time he spent with them wasn't a lot of time, it was quality time.

I didn't learn this until I went back to work a few weeks ago (we only have Sasha now) and now she is the same with me as she is with him. Except she still minds me better. She tries to get away with all kinds of crap with him.

Sometimes its not the quantity of time you spend with the dog its the quality.


Just a thought that maybe your dog is enjoying being around your boyfriend because he doesn't see him as much.

[appabessy]

Angel does the same thing to me! I've had her since she was a 7 week old pup. She's always been the center of my universe. My bf came along about a year ago and she became a total daddies girl! It broke my heart I tell ya! I alway tell Angel that it's her fault she's no longer an only dog.

[MannyLopez]

Our dogs know DH is the soft touch. He gives them treats, he takes naps with them. But they know I'm the one who feeds them, takes them for walks, for car rides, to the beach, to agility, to work, etc. They listen to me much better than DH.
In the mornings, Nick loves DH more, he wants to stay in bed and nap with DH. While Rosie is begging to come to work with me.
Nick loves whoever is not doing anything. Rosie loves whoever is moving around, in hopes they'll play with her.

[geasurpacerma]

Odie's a mommy's boy has been ever since he was a pup. Takes after his big headed goofy dad. Now Hubby finally wanted his own dog so we got Maxi the blue heeler X and Maxi is a mix of mommy and daddy's boy. Odie will listen better to my husband but more I think out of hubby being the total alpha where mommy is the one who tells daddy stop being a meany. I'm soft hearted, bleeding heart type but with a brain. If that makes sense.