I have 4 dogs and husband hates them all

[Ndhu]

So, I'm a dog trainer and a mum.

I have 4 dogs.... before my husband married me he knew I was in love with animals.
6 years down the line and he hates everything about animals.

He hates the fact I have my dogs even though I walk them. Feed them. Keep them out of his way...
Pick the poo up...
Clean the house....
And deal with my children.

I adopted our 4th dog a while ago as she was feral and I put a lot of hard work into her...

I've offered him to get rid of our other dog who is 6 months old and isn't adjusting well to the house but he wants this one dog gone....

I'm torn, I really am as this dog means the world to me.....

Am I being unfair?

I agree.

So you currently have an 8-month-old puppy and a 6-month-old puppy, as well as two older dogs? And you’re fine with getting rid of the younger puppy because he isn’t adjusting well to your household, whereas the older one seems fine?

There is so much wrong with this situation, starting with the attitude that it would be somehow acceptable to treat one pup as disposable. And then there’s the inadvisability of having two young puppies at the same time. You also haven’t even reached adolescence for either pup yet, so there may well be hard work ahead.

Are you trained and certified as a behaviourist?

Why does your husband want to get rid of this dog?

When did you get the dog that's 6 months old? and why does he want the latest one gone instead of that one if that one isn't fitting in?

Did you speak to your husband at all before bringing so many animals home? Did he get any say in it? You speak about bringing home a dog four months ago, so while you’re married to and living with your husband?

You can’t just bring home animals without discussing it with the other person. YABU to a massive degree doing that.

Why did you bother posting this thread, OP? You clearly only want to listen to people who agree with you.

Your poor children having to share their mother with such time and attention demanding creatures.
Not to be able to play in the garden, roll on a lawn because of traces of excrement even if you do pick up the lumps.
You said many times that you work as an animal trainer, but why do you bring them home? leave them at work. Mechanics don't bring part of a gearbox home to work on every night. Go home to a normal family life. DH might not prefer to spend so much time on gaming if you paid more attention to the humans.
DH is obviously in love with you, or he would have found the exit by now. Demonstrate that it is mutual. Join in with the children as they grow up.
Above all don't make your love for the family conditional on you choosing to have pets.

@DoIhavegreeneyes
I know lots of people who have dogs and they don't stop their kids from playing in the garden.

She brings them home because those kind of dogs thrive in a home environment and that's often the best place to do the work that they need.

This.

Looking at how you’re responding in this thread, I can imagine your husband finds it pretty hard to communicate with you about the dogs. Everybody on the thread is struggling with the same thing.

It is simply impossible to figure out from your responses what exactly has happened. Does he hate dogs? If so, why would he agree to you taking on yet another one to train? Just saying that you work with rescues and train dogs repeatedly clarifies nothing for anyone.

Similarly, why do you speak about your (shared children) in a way that makes it sound like he’s not their father? If he’s their father, why are you saying things like ‘and deal with my children’?

Nothing on this thread makes any sense.

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Totally over her head, bless her.

She's mentioned it 15 times.

She's also mentioned that her husband "knew" 9 times.

Still not getting the difference between "fostering" and "adopting".

What with?