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You’ve likely experienced your dog whining if you’re a dog owner or have had one in the past. Dogs use whining as a form of communication, although their primary means of expression are through energy and body language. When a dog whines, it often signifies heightened excitement or a pressing need. Whining can indicate various emotional, psychological, or physical states in dogs, and each whine may convey a different message.
In a recent Reddit post, user u/Dangerous-Revenue130 shared their experience with their dog, which was different from their expectations. Despite growing up with dogs and selecting a breed they were familiar with, their dog turned out to be excessively energetic, highly anxious, and prone to nonstop whining. Additionally, the dog constantly sought attention and refused to leave anyone alone.
While the OP quickly formed an attachment to the dog, their wife struggled to connect due to numerous incidents where the dog caused her to trip. Understandably, the wife suggested rehoming the dog, but the OP disagreed with this proposition.
Read the story below to find out what happened next.
Source: Reddit
1. OP asks his mentally and physically exhausted wife to walk their anxious dog too.
2. OP has a dog who was supposed to be a fairly low-energy breed but turned out to be super energetic and anxious.
3. The OP’s dog whines nonstop and follows you around everywhere, due to which OP’s wife doesn’t like it much.
4. Even with the help of vet and behaviour specialists, nothing much changed with the dog and it is still a ball of chaotic energy.
5. At this point, even OP is fed up and just hopes that the dog gets calm as she ages.
6. Even after several requests from his wife to rehome the dog, OP has declined it because he loves the dog.
7. Recently OP has not been feeling well and felt tired the entire time so one day he asked his exhausted wife to walk the dog when she was picking the kids up from the school bus.
8. The OP’s wife straight away refused and thought OP was an AH for putting the responsibility of even the dog on her.
9. Help from the vet and behavioural specialists has been taken but nothing seems to work.
Now that you have read the story, it’s time for you to see what Redditors had to say about this. Read till the end to see what are other people’s opinions on this.
10. Address your exhaustion and handle your own responsibilities.
11. The dog isn’t a good fit for the family.
12. The OP gets tired a lot.
13. The wife handled everything on her own for the past three weeks.
14. “I am amazed she hasn’t rehomed OP.”
15. Just don’t stick with one strategy!
16. The dog is getting rewarded for her bad behaviour.
17. Some dogs are just more energetic than others.
18. OP wants everyone else to have responsibility instead of him.
19. OP has African Sleeping Sickness!
20. I completely understand the wife’s frustration.
Based on the information provided, it seems that the OP received a verdict of being the “AH” in this scenario. He needs to sort out his priorities that is the dog more important than his family. Along with that, he may also need to seek medical assistance to diagnose what is wrong with him. Feel free to share your verdict in the comments section below.
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