Partner and my dog

[Craftydafty1]

My dog is big and liles to jump up when excited. My partber brought a parcel that had been delivered to the house.

My dog grabbed her toy and jumped at him and hit him right in his "privates" he let out a "ouch" then hit my dog with parcel.

He said it was an instant reaction to being hurt. I said it was an accident.

The parcel has a light rubber tube in it so was v.light.

He said aibu as it was a reaction and she needs trained and he doesnt appreciate being hurt. He then patted her and said sorry.

Aibu or is he?

Is this animal abuse?

Ta x

Do your dog a favour and train it.

A person got hurt by your untrained animal, reacted by touching it with a light object, and then patting it and apologising to it. It’s just shit dog ownership. Did you apologise to your partner? Are you correcting your dogs behaviour?

He’s an arse for not learning how to control his reactions. Would he have reacted the same if it had been a toddler?

You’re an arse for not training your dog properly. If you can’t be bothered to train it, you aren’t up to the responsibility of having a dog.

The only one not an arse is the dog!

You need to train your dog. It’s not acceptable for it to be jumping up people .

Train your dog. I don’t think tapping an animal with a light parcel constitutes animal abuse, not training a dog however…

Train your dog fgs

What is it recently with all the my/my partner's dog is big/bouncy/sits on my head posts?

God I feel so sorry for dogs - they are forced to live with humans who train them to behave counter to their instincts. It is arrogance of a high order.

They are bred for humans, trained by humans, dominated by humans ......

Our relationship with dogs is seriously weird.

No dogs here nor ever will be.

Well it was not great of him, but its hardly animal abuse. You need to train your dog. He needs to be clear he does not get to him it.

I love dogs, have a huge one and a tiny (4kilo) one. I worked very hard to make sure the large one in particular doesn’t jump up and she absolutely never would. She could really harm an elderly person or child or even just someone caught off balance.
train your dog !

train your dog, they should not jump up!

Another vote for ‘train your dog’!

Animal abuse? Be reasonable.

Train your dog before it knocks someone over.

'He said it was an instant reaction to being hurt.'

Do not have children with this man, he is unable / unwilling to cotrol his reactions / behaviour.

Do not ever leave your dog home alone with him.

Did you have your dog before you met your partner

does he live with you / do you live with him.

It does not matter if you do is big or minute. He/should be taught good manners and not be a pain. Would I be right in the king that he heads off on his walk pulling you along because he has no idea of how to,walk safely by your side?

Animal abuse? What’s the matter with you?

What is your point exactly? Because it's not very clear if I'm honest.

Your dog shouldn’t jump up - you’re in the wrong and your partner has every right to defend himself. Sounds like a true knee jerk reaction. Train your dog and be a good pet owner. Dogs shouldn’t jump up and not be protective of their toys/food etc. You’re creating a large monster if you don’t get hold of this situation.

It's 'animal abuse" to keep a dog you are not already training. It's dangerous to have a dog you can't control already. Do everyone a favour and rehome it, or put it down. Can you meet It's needs every day while also working? Because that's the test for having a dog unless you don't need to work.

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Maybe you should train your dog not to jump at people?

From personal experience, I concur with the following "AI Overview" :
Yes, lashing out as a reaction to being hit in the testicles is a normal and involuntary response to severe, acute pain. The intensity of the pain, coupled with the body's "fight-or-flight" response, can cause a person to react physically and emotionally.

Dogs exist now because humans breed them. We breed them to satisfy our needs and not to allow them a natural life. We train them to be what we want them to be, rather than what nature dictates.
OP's dog is simply behaving like a dog. It is doing what it is born to do. It is humans that dictate how we want them to behave.
The whole concept of adapting another species to satisfy our whims is questionable.

I should add that before he met me he was scared of dogs. He doesnt trust othet dogs but trusts my dog as he trusts me. He said he alsp reacted the way he did as he was frightened having a big dog (albeit knowing it for years) charge at him.

Ah rubbish ! he is making excuses now for his bad behaviour !

so

what happens if you have a son with him, and son comes running to meet him and in his excitement runs directly into him and by accident head butts him in his balls, is he going to punch the child in his face
as he cannot regulate his emotions control his anger

what happens if he is feeding a daughter in her highchair and she is happily kicking her legs, she drops her spoon he goes to pick it up and he gets kicked in the face, will he slap her legs because he got hurt and likes to use violence when hurt.