I married my husband and moved into his house back in August. His dogs, a 45lb bird dog and a 7lb Russell/weiner mix protested greatly. They peed and tore up my stuff, would rebel as soon as my husband left the room. It was terrible. It was like moving in with 2 little terrorists.

I convinced my husband to stop them from being in our bed at night, to start sleeping in XL kennels (1 for each) at night instead since they'd ALWAYS make a mess and tear stuff up at night. He's lived with them tearing stuff up at night for 2 years!what the hell?

So anyway, a couple months ago I convinced him to stop letting the dogs on the couch! Especially when we're eating! I was getting bigger with pregnancy and them jumping on the couches hyper and jumping on me hurt me too much and I worried about how our baby would handle it! He agreed. We got new furniture after that and they've stayed on the floor and in their own beds since.

I can't convince him to train them though! He let's them pull me on the leash which Is now pulling me off my feet now that I'm 8 months pregnant and jump! He thinks it's cruel for a dog not to be allowed to jump on people!

I grew up with TRAINED farm dogs. Inside/outside, dogs that ate only at their bowls in the mud room(even if they were table scraps after dinner), slept in the mud room at night, not allowed on the furniture,not allowed to jump and when told to stop barking THEY OBEYED, and they knew how not to yank while on a leash. They knew basic commands like sit and stay.

Dogs are dogs and are meant for hunting, fishing, security, farming or just pets.theyre not children. They're not humans.

My cat is the same way, she's not on the furniture while we're eating, she's not allowed to be on the counter or table ever, she eats in her spot and she's sprayed with a water bottle when she claws her nails on our furniture.

I'm going mad. He's said I'm cruel to them because of wanting to train them and now my pregnancy mind Is thinking I'll be a terrible mother or he and I will have problems raising our children.

Tell me I'm not going crazy? 😢