Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend's)?

My boyfriend pesters my dogs and it results in either my dog growling or biting him. He gets made and suggests that this is bad behavior on my dog's part but I view it as my dog telling him he needs to back off...which just leads him to criticize me. Any suggestions?Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Tell your boyfriend to stop when he is harassing your dog. If you think they are getting along fine, but as soon as you sense your dog's mood changing, tell your boyfriend it's not ok. I had to do the same, my bf was convinced that he knew how to better raise MY puppy, it took some consistency on my part to get the BF to get that I was raising my dog the way i felt was best. To me my dog is my friend, to him a dog was a pet. Big difference. But he finally accepted that my dog IS my family, and he accepted Zoe (my dog) as part of the family rather than an animal.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Dump him.

He could be handsome, rich, nice, whatever, but the dog was there first and you need to plan your life around him a bit.

Dump him.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Find a new boyfriend if reasoning with him doesn't work.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
How exactly does your boyfriend pester your dog?

Sorry, don't mean to sound rude, but it'd be easier to answer if you say. [:Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Get rid of the boyfriend. If he's treating your DOG mean, just think what he could do to you or any children you might have. Trust your dog.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
well obviously hes not a dog person if he cant sense what the dog is trying to convey. Also if it happens frequently and your boyfriend still hasnt learned to leave the dog alone, i must ask why you are with someone so incapable of learning.



I honestly have no advice because he sounds like a lost cause. I am sorry.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
get rid of his dumb ***.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Teasing your dogs? Unacceptable. Dump the nimwit.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Get ur boyfriend to treat ur dog as a human. If he won't, just don't bring him over to ur house anymore. If he insists despite ur dog, dump him, saying ur dog is more important because he is technically part of ur family, and ur boyfriend isn't.



Since I answered ur question, could u answer mine? Its also in the dogs section.



http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Break up with him. If he can't maturely handle being around a dog, how the **** is he supposed to handle being around children?Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
i had a similar issue before, my %26quot;boyfriend%26quot; was trying to train my chihuahua with a freak'n choke chain! and was very rough, not abusive but rough with training. but also pestered my little pup a lot and would then wonder why my doggie did not trust him, peed on his stuff and ran from him. about 3 months later my %26quot;boyfriend%26quot; hit me and treated me as if he was trying to train me.. what a bully. thankfully i told him to go F himself and life is much happier and my chihuahua is happy.

remember dogs are primal and instinctive. your dog is telling you that he doesnt trust this guy and doesnt like him. listen to your pup.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
A bully is a bully. I doubt this is the only issue the two of you have.



I know in your mind this issue is specific to the dog, but you aren't looking at it closely enough. The bottom line here is that you told him it upsets you and he DOES IT ANYWAY. He's a bully,



That's not an issue that I would want in my life, regardless of whether I owned a dog. ;)Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
`its a ``love me love my dog'' problem. you should tell your bf to stay off your dog. who is the first offender? if the choice is between your bf %26amp; your dog pick up the dog as he will be more trustworthy than your bf .Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Sign of things to come. Dump himAny suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Roll up a newspaper, and every time you see him pestering the dog, smack him on the nose.:o)



Seriously - tell him to knock it off.



If he insists on bullying your dog, then find another boyfriend - this is only the tip of the iceberg of problems you will have with him.Any suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
Let him get bit and bit hard then maybe he will learn somethingAny suggestions on how to change this behavior? (I mean my boyfriend%26039;s)?
You can't change a person's behavior.

There are lots of nice guys out there going lonely and women are always attracted to jerks like this. Everybody could tell you to dump the jerk but you won't. Instead you will stick with him and complain to your women friends who are also attracted to jerks about how terrible all men are.

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