Yesterday we took young puppy out for a walk (there's a back story here involving me not being in agreement with getting a dog but he insisted so she is 'his' dog).. She's not trained yet but is accustomed to walking on the lead. We were on a popular path then went through a field and he decided to let her off the lead for a bit, fine as we were the only ones around. Then, a jogger ran through, she's never seen a jogger before, and to my horror she started to run after him jumping up (and it looked like she was biting at him) i was running and shouting and got her back, shouting apologies but the man was quite rightly yelling she should be on the lead, of course she was back on by this point.
Anyway, H was angry--at the jogger. I don't know how it came up but i suggested if we saw him again we apologise again as he wouldn't have seen she is a puppy (no excuse but at least it explains the situation) and that led H into a long rant about how the man should have stopped running when he went past us, he was the sort of person who'd knock down old ladies because he was in a hurry, basically saying the man was in the wrong. I suggested looking at a dog training scenario in puppy class where we get people to run by and get her to behave correctly, just as a suggestion, and he went into a total rant about how it was all the joggers fault.
I disagree, the jogger had as much right to use the path as we did. I felt really uncomfortable, like H was deranged. Totally refused to have any remorse.
I can guarantee if it had been the other way around and someone's puppy had nipped at him he'd be judging the owners. I just don't know what to do-- seriously concerned about his state of mind. We're living semi apart at the moment, lots of other problems with the relationship but I'm just not sure what I should do re: his state of mind! Report him? Strongly suggest he gets counseling, pronto?
Or perhaps I'm wrong and i should have agreed with him...Or at least not said anything as it's 'his' dog!