My instinct is to blame the guy too but if a dog snapped at me and pissed itself regularly I would probably try to sequester it in the bathroom too.

As a lifelong dog owner, I can tell you that my dogs have had 100% accurate asshole radar over the years. If my dogs don't like you, I don't like you, or at least hold you in a suspect state.

If a person mistreats a helpless animal, they will mistreat you.

WhippingBoy: Dogs love me, which is strange, because I'm a total asshole.

They are just sniffing you.

To quote some movie "If you want a friend get yourself a dog."

He yells at her constantly. He bans her from chairs, couches and rooms. Sometimes I come home early, and he has locked her in the bathroom.

He's not smart enough to make friends with the dog? Get rid of him: just don't send him to the pound.

Dog... or be treated how he treats the dog.

TsarTom: Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Or tied to the rear bumper.

I had a dog that loved almost everyone with the exception of my cousins husband. He seemed like a nice guy to everyone and it was so puzzling how the dog acted like she hated him? Several years later we all found out that the guy was a total arsehole, smooth talkin, cheating, lying con man. We all laughed that the dog had him figured out the first time she met him! Always trust the dogs instinct! Dump the loser asap!

Sounds like the dude needs a beating.

Keep the dog.

dude's abusing your dog, toots. dump him and find a guy that's worth a shiat.

The dog.

Dump the boyfriend and buy a jar of peanut butter.

The dog's reaction to the man seems to indicate he has mistreated her, particularly if she doesn't have a history of this behavior. Locking the dog in the bathroom is probably only the tip of the iceberg, who knows what else he's done to that poor thing.

I'd keep the dog.

WhippingBoy: Dogs love me, which is strange, because I'm a total asshole.

This. I can't stand dogs. I just don't like them and I have trouble understanding why people want smelly, yappy, expensive, time-consuming animals in their homes.

And yes, I am an asshole.

And yet, whenever I go to "dog people's" homes, their dumb mutts nuzzle my hands and try to get me to play with them, which I refuse to do.

I consider myself a catch. If you saw my checking account balance and the inside of my boxer-briefs, I think you'd agree. That being said, I don't put up with much when it comes to relationships. I started dating this woman I met at speed dating a few months ago. We went out a few times, always meeting in public before going back to my place, so I didn't know much about her home life. After my experience, I can add one more question to my screening e-mail: Do you have any pets?

This lady had a 180 pound Rottweiler. Mind you, she was 100 pounds, well maybe not that fat but definitely small. The first time I walked into her apartment, the dog comes tearing at me, snarling, slobbering, teeth snapping. I kicked it in the face which bought me enough time to get back out the door. I didn't want to go back in, but the woman demanded that I apologized to the dog whom she said I startled. I went in and the big Goliath was sitting there growling at me. I don't take shiat from dogs so I kicked it in the face again, knocking it unconscious. The woman lost her shiat and started bawling so I screamed at her to shut up and raised my open hand, which seemed to calm her down.

Then the dog came to and was instantly in attack mode. It lunged at my throat and latched onto my chin. I started uppercutting it as hard as I could in the gut. That wasn't working, so I reached down, grabbed its balls, and squeezed them as hard as I could. The dog let go of my face just long enough for me to spin kick it out the sliding glass door. It tumbled over the balcony, fell into the parking lot where it was crushed by an arriving garbage truck.

I told the woman, who was bawling about the dog and didn't seem to care that my head was nearly torn off, that I didn't want to see her anymore. Suddenly I was this big monster. Well, life's too short for bull crap, so I bid her good day.

TsarTom:


Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Could be worse, he could eat the dog.

spentmiles: boring.

How droll.

Ditch the asshole, get another dog for your dog so you can dog while you dog.

TsarTom: Dog

This.

Look closely at what your marriage would look like:

When he comes around, she pees on herself. She snaps at him if he tries to sit on the couch by me. He yells at her constantly. He bans her from chairs, couches and rooms. Sometimes I come home early, and he has locked her in the bathroom. When I open the door, she's in the corner just shivering.

Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Nahh..this guy is the controlling nanny sort. Constantly over regulating the dog and blaming the dog for things that were clearly not the dog's fault. Little wonder the dog is constantly nervous. Truth be told, the guy isn't what he claims to be at all. She should dump him.

Dog.

Brought a date to my house years ago... right in that 4th or 5th date stage between "dating" and "girlfriend". Got into bed... my lab jumped up and curled up on the foot of the bed.

"I'm not sleeping with your dog. That's f-ing gross."

Took her about 20 minutes to finally realize I wasn't kidding when I told her she could either leave or go sleep on the couch.

The dog was here first... deal with it or GTFO

/CSB?
//Not really.

The dog needs to dump the chick for not kicking the b/f to the curb.