Ok I am prolly gonna get boo'ed off the forum for this... but no matter HOW nice and sweet you are I have no idea how your wife or any other chi person could marry you, lmao.
Ok ok ok, that horrible part of me aside; if I had no choice but to coexist with a *shudders at the thought* non-dog-person.... I would probably feel better if I (that being your wife, if you make your feelings clear to her) set up an area myself for my dogs... somewhere in my room that I knew you couldn't be around him. I know this sounds seriously horrible; but if you truly don't want the dog around you and to be left alone I would feel horrible leaving my dog to deal with that. Chi's have no way of grasping that people want to be entirely "left alone." So I'd avoid the situation entirely and set up an area with a pee pad and toys and chewies so that while I was gone the dog had a safe place to be. Not that being around you is "unsafe" don't get me wrong. I just wouldn't want to put my dog through being stressed/confused trying to follow someone around and getting shut down constantly... sure they can learn to cope with it but that doesn't mean they'll be happy. I guess that makes me a horrible person but so be it. I choose not to surround myself with people who aren't dog people.... call me the crazy dog lady but my dogs happiness is a priority. I can't imagine my OH being any different than scooping up our dogs for kisses, "tucking" them into blankets at night, and loving the attention when we're cuddled under blankets with little warm doggies piled on top. I don't understand how you non-dog people work, LOL.
Ok ok ok, that horrible part of me aside; if I had no choice but to coexist with a *shudders at the thought* non-dog-person.... I would probably feel better if I (that being your wife, if you make your feelings clear to her) set up an area myself for my dogs... somewhere in my room that I knew you couldn't be around him. I know this sounds seriously horrible; but if you truly don't want the dog around you and to be left alone I would feel horrible leaving my dog to deal with that. Chi's have no way of grasping that people want to be entirely "left alone." So I'd avoid the situation entirely and set up an area with a pee pad and toys and chewies so that while I was gone the dog had a safe place to be. Not that being around you is "unsafe" don't get me wrong. I just wouldn't want to put my dog through being stressed/confused trying to follow someone around and getting shut down constantly... sure they can learn to cope with it but that doesn't mean they'll be happy. I guess that makes me a horrible person but so be it. I choose not to surround myself with people who aren't dog people.... call me the crazy dog lady but my dogs happiness is a priority. I can't imagine my OH being any different than scooping up our dogs for kisses, "tucking" them into blankets at night, and loving the attention when we're cuddled under blankets with little warm doggies piled on top. I don't understand how you non-dog people work, LOL.
