Considering rehoming a husband.

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  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    I reinforce good behavior with treats. And by treats I mean delicious food and slutty behaviour.

    Would you consider also having a wife??

    Only if she responds to slutty behavior more favorably than my husband does.
  • gr8pillock
    gr8pillock Posts: 374 Member
    I'm madly in love with a man with all the same behaviors... they're part of the reason I love him. :)
  • vkruithof
    vkruithof Posts: 227 Member
    No suggestions here, but I'd like to know what you come up with, as I have a boyfriend with similar items that I find distasteful, while still being an endearing person overall. Good luck to you!
  • ZeroWoIf
    ZeroWoIf Posts: 588 Member
    I have had this man for about 5 years total, although I only formally adopted him a year ago. Unfortunately, he is displaying a number of undesirable behaviors and I am considering rehoming him. I am trying to deal with the following behavioral problems:
    1) He never puts his things away, instead he leaves them all over the place, usually on the floor.
    2) He is very lax in doing his chores, for example, he will leave the dishes in the sink for days, even though we have agreed that when I cook, he will do the dishes.
    3) He talks while I am trying to work at home--mind you, he isn't talking *to* me, he is just commenting out loud about whatever he is reading in a book or reading/doing online.
    4) He constantly forgets to close doors, so our cats go places they aren't supposed to (e.g. the closet, or letting the unfriendly adult cat into the room with the kittens).
    5) He yells at the screen while playing video games, but he swears he finds video games enjoyable/relaxing.

    I really do care about him, I mean, he is like family, but I just don't know what to do about all of these problem behaviors.

    You have a few choices to make. The first one is castrating him while he is sleeping. The 2nd one is castrating him while he is sleeping. The third one is…. castrating him…. while… he.. is…. ugh… ran out of choices.
  • julie781
    julie781 Posts: 221 Member
    Are you dating MY boyfriend?:mad:
  • prettydragonfly
    prettydragonfly Posts: 26
    cool he sounds like my cuppa tea haha send him here I will train him for you then send him back . . deal?
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    I had one like that and sent him back to the breeder, who blamed me for his behaviour! I took them to court and in the end I was able to get out of the original contract and got a Canadian one instead, the breeder of this one likes me better and we get on well because she lives a LONG way away, and he arrived well house trained, and is very well behaved almost all the time, I do have to discipline him sometimes but he usually begs.
  • mmychal
    mmychal Posts: 69
    eBay ... just make sure the buyer agrees to your shipping costs ...
  • mdcjmom
    mdcjmom Posts: 597 Member
    If you leave a nice, warm glass of anti-freeze on the table next to his favorite recliner, along with some really dry, crumbly chips, that will take care of the problem nicely. Just be prepared for a few hours of thrashing around and vomiting blood.....

    LL, that one is for you....

    O I love this lol
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    Is this about a husband or an animal? Is this even real? I'm beyond confused and just wasted a good ten minutes of my life I will never get back.

    If you are on these forums, I seriously doubt that you would have spent it in any more productive ways anyway.
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    Is this about a husband or an animal? Is this even real? I'm beyond confused and just wasted a good ten minutes of my life I will never get back.

    It took you ten minutes to read this???
  • obeseto13point1
    obeseto13point1 Posts: 144 Member
    Shake a can of coins at him?
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    The solution is so simple, my best friend and I came up with it a few years ago. Communal living, a house for the men, a house for the ladies . . . now we just need to make that happen.

    however, if you do decide to rehome him, first try to give him back to the last owner to give it a go at fixing him. Generally the original owner is the one that made him this way in the first place, and the only one who can really put up with the behaviorial issues long term.
  • JRIV60
    JRIV60 Posts: 732 Member
    2 words - Chastity Belt.
  • light_shimmer
    light_shimmer Posts: 118 Member
    Sounds like normal "puppy" behaviors after formal adoption procedures. A very thorough walk through of his incorrect behaviors followed by a loud "NO!" may work. Withholding of treats for bad behavior may work, but don't forget to reward him greatly for the small things he remembers to do.

    The video games would just annoy me, as my old puppy was an avid gamer ( think world of warcraft nerd ). That particular behavior I would choose to remove from the house altogether, but to each her own.
  • _ylime_
    _ylime_ Posts: 661 Member
    Positive reinforcement of good behavior works well for me. :wink:
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    I reinforce good behavior with treats. And by treats I mean delicious food and slutty behaviour.

    Would you consider also having a wife??


    I would not only consider it, but I would be honoured.

    I'm really good with dispensing treats as well as accepting them.
  • GenesisandEden
    GenesisandEden Posts: 338 Member
    hilarious!
  • debussyschild
    debussyschild Posts: 804 Member
    Sounds like a perfectly normal, well-adjusted and socialized man to me!!!!!!

    There are times when my husbands habits or bouts of laziness get to me, but then I remember how much we have in common when it comes to those things:

    1. We BOTH will leave clean laundry unfolded on one side of the room... for weeks. And it will annoy the piss out of BOTH of us until we finally break down and fold the laundry.
    2. We BOTH abhor doing the dishes, but we'll do them. Usually whoever ends up doing them either a) cooked all the food or b) used all of the dishes that are currently dirty.
    3. We BOTH forget to take out the trash and recycling on Sunday night so that we don't have to do it on Monday morning.
    4. We BOTH leave our crap laying around everywhere, but we can't stand an actually dirty house. Disorganized, yes. Filthy, no.

    The JOYS of marriage!!!!!!
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    I have had this man for about 5 years total, although I only formally adopted him a year ago. Unfortunately, he is displaying a number of undesirable behaviors and I am considering rehoming him. I am trying to deal with the following behavioral problems:
    1) He never puts his things away, instead he leaves them all over the place, usually on the floor.
    2) He is very lax in doing his chores, for example, he will leave the dishes in the sink for days, even though we have agreed that when I cook, he will do the dishes.
    3) He talks while I am trying to work at home--mind you, he isn't talking *to* me, he is just commenting out loud about whatever he is reading in a book or reading/doing online.
    4) He constantly forgets to close doors, so our cats go places they aren't supposed to (e.g. the closet, or letting the unfriendly adult cat into the room with the kittens).
    5) He yells at the screen while playing video games, but he swears he finds video games enjoyable/relaxing.

    I really do care about him, I mean, he is like family, but I just don't know what to do about all of these problem behaviors.

    I'm confused, this sounds like standard behaviour for the males of the breed :laugh:
  • Halleeon
    Halleeon Posts: 309 Member
    Sounds too well behaved to have been a rescue.... did you contact the breeder? I dare ya....

    Yes! Nice one.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Swat him with a newspaper...
  • grapeeyes1
    grapeeyes1 Posts: 229 Member
    My sister told me today that her husband was home for 6 hours yesterday while she took the kids to therapy and looked after my parents. She got home and he *****ed about not being able to get anything done because he was stuck in the house. She asked him if he did the dishes. He said "No, you didn't tell me to." I told her not to make dinner tonight and when he asks why she didn't make dinner she needed to say "No, you didn't tell me to."

    No one tells us to cook or clean, we do it because it needs to get done. My husband never seems to take the initiative in that. He will do whatever I ask him, but I have to ask him.
  • mtaylor33557
    mtaylor33557 Posts: 542 Member
    Sounds too well behaved to have been a rescue.... did you contact the breeder? I dare ya....

    I've found that the breeder ususally encouraged and rewarded these behaviors. Generally the breeder will just argue that these are just the quirks of the breed and some of the joys of having them in your home.
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    LOL i love the title to this topic
  • PantalaNagaPampa
    PantalaNagaPampa Posts: 1,031 Member
    I have found taking away treats seems to work! Or making him work a little harder for them!
    You and my wife must have read the same trainig manaul.
  • hoskibn
    hoskibn Posts: 86
    shock collar.

    Kinky
  • jenbroussard71
    jenbroussard71 Posts: 282 Member
    Sounds too well behaved to have been a rescue.... did you contact the breeder? I dare ya....

    ^^ This...lol
  • ZeroWoIf
    ZeroWoIf Posts: 588 Member
    I tend to shy away from extreme methods to control a relationship. To prevent things you don't want to be repeated you can simply go to sleep early at 9 am. Set your phone to vibrate so it can wake you up at 4 am. At that time he would most likely have gone to bed 2 hours before from playing video games all night. Break his hands with a bat during his sleep and his elbows. He won't be able to play video games for a while and not make messes. I do warn you that this may result in other consequences. If you don't have money for a nurse then more likely you will have to resort to helping him wipe his butt when he goes to the restroom. I would advice you to save some money if yo want to avoid that.
  • misskatibear
    misskatibear Posts: 158 Member
    I find that small rewards work best. Rewarding good behavior as opposed to punishing the bad is the best way to go.

    So beyond true! :)

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