Do you ever get jealous of others in your family with your dog?

Before I answer the question, I just wanted to tell you that we had a Samoyed in to be groomed the other day and i kept calling him Lui even though his name was Cooper -____- he was beautiful though, made me want one.

I have claim on our Australian Shepherd. I do everything for her except pay the food/vet bills. I walk, groom, feed, train, discipline, etc- She sleeps in my room. I am the one who supervises her outside. Everyone knows that she is "my dog", but because I have younger siblings, I am forced to share. i get very jealous when My mom says it's "our dog", because i want to say "UH HELLO, IM THE ONLY ONE WHO TAKES CARE OF HER"- My family mostly pets her, haha. Once in a blue moon they will feed her for me, if I'm out really late or Im sick in bed, etc.

When I move out, I will not be able to take her with me because it would break my younger siblings heart's. my dog is 2 years old and will likely live another 10-12 years, and I doubt i'll ever be able to have her in my own home -_- for that, i get upset to the point of tears, sometimes.

I am worried aboout our new show prospect puppy that we are looking into- Im worried that the family will attatch to her and I won't be able to bring her with me when I move out/move out of state. I have plans to move in with my partner next June, and we have plans in the near future to move out of Alaska- She's very determined to move to Europe, heh. I think that I will end nup buying this puppy all my own (instead of my mother footing the bill) and paying for all vet visits and health tests myself, because it is going to be a show dog and eventually part of my breeding stock, providing that all tests and showing goes well.

It would be selfish of me to take away a pet that the family loves, but i still get very frustrated and upset when I think about leaving her behind. I feel like those ar emy only options- Move out on my own without her, or stay at home as long as possible (and STILL have to move out eventually). I can't stay here until the she dies, hah.

Anyway, im rambling.

I found my dog. If I hadn't gone to the shelter that day to dog-walk, I'd never have brought him home and no one else would have met him.

So to a point, I feel as though he is mine slightly more than anyone elses. Not because I do most of the walking, feeding, etc. Actually my boyfriend walks him more than I do and when he's at my parent's house, my dad tends to do it, although we all pitch in. I feel he's more mine than anyone else's because it's pretty much completely down to me that we have him.

My dog is very much a man's dog. He knows he's right at the bottom of the pack hierarchy and will obey anybody but let's put it this way: whenever we come in the house and he's been alone, he'll come and say hello to everyone first with a lick and a wag and then he'll either sit by himself on the rug playing with his toys or go to my boyfriend for attention (or my dad if he's at my parent's house). He hardly ever comes and sits next to me. I mean, he will if only I'm around or if he just gets fed up of whoever he's with, but more often than not he'll go back to my dad/boyfriend.

If I let myself by too bothered by it, it would hurt. I rescued him. It's down to me that he has something that resembles a home. If he was human I'd be damn annoyed that the majority of his affection was being directed at the males in whatever household he's in rather than the person who enabled him to leave that shelter behind him, but that's the thing - he's not human, he's a dog, and he doesn't understand.

I just comfort myself knowing that I did a good thing.

Don't stress over it. Dogs bond with the whole family, but sometimes more to one person than the others. Try not to be jealous of anyone else spending time with him or it will become uncomfortable. Be happy that you have a great relationship with your dog, but realise that others in the family are important to him as well, what if you go away - isn't it good that you are not the only one he will walk with?

One of our family dogs - a very elderly Corgi will ONLY go for a walk if I take him - if anyone else tries he escapes and runs straight home to me - drives me nuts that someone else can't even take him for a 15 minute walk......

No not really. No do you mean all family or just the family in your household.

In our household its just my husband and I (and soon our daughter will be here) and our two dogs. We each have our own dog but during the day they hang out with me and follow me everywhere. During the evenings they hang out with my husband which makes sense I mean their Daddy was gone all day at work, ofcourse they missed him and would want to hang out with him.

It doesn't bother me at all. And I just hope they take to our daughter as well.

As far as extended family, not at all. Infact as far as my one dog goes not many in the family deserve to know her. They don't like her due to her size (she isn't a big dog only 19lbs but coming from people who have never had a dog over 8lbs, any way its rediculous). They also say because she is a dog dog (and not a prissy purse dog) they are afraid she will bite them.

This is the most gentle loving dog in the world and I have relatives that don't even want to get to know her, so I feel they don't deserve to know her.

But you know I feel my dogs should have a relationship with the entire household.

Well in my family, if it weren't for me, we wouldn't own a dog. (Having said that, when my dad moved out he did get a dog, now he has two) but in general, my mum, brother and sister aren't fussed on them.

Herbie was purchased as a family dog, but I did/do all the training, I walk him, groom him, when he's ill I'll medicate him, I go with my mum to the vet, I groom him, and I handle him in the dog handler shows and citizen awards, I don't feed him though because my mum feeds them before I've got out of bed! But yes, he has become my dog, he sleeps on my bed and I'm the only one he has full control over him.

With Fern, she was my 15th birthday present, on the terms that I was the one responsible for everything. So once again, I was the one that every Tuesday, headed down by myself to training classes, and now 14 months down the line, I go alone to training classes every Sunday.

Both dogs are mine, I'm the one who walks them, trains them, works them, competes withe them, grooms them, controls them etc.

If someone was to take over this roll, then yes I would become jealous, obviously! Which is another reason I'm worried about uni !

My mum walks them for me every other saturday as I am in work 9-5, so don't get the chance, apart from that, they don't ever get walked by my family. I wouldn't trust my brother and sister. So I'm not too worried about my family members taking on my roll, they really aren't bothered about my dogs.

canines can get jealous certainly. My canines are jealous of my cats as a results of fact my family members pay the utmost interest to them. i'm unsure approximately undesirable outcomes, however the subject is my canines get offended at practically everybody interior the living house after being handed over of interest for an prolonged time. It bit me and something of my siblings...

When I started college I was forced to move back in with my father due to financial reasons.

My father, a 300lb biker who previously HATED dogs, now loves his "grandson". Unfortunatly, I go to school full time and work full time. My dad does everything for my dog. My dad is home most of the time. My dad walks him. My dad feeds him. My dad takes the dog with him EVERYWHERE: the pet store, home depot, even the local biker bar.

For all intensive purposes, I have lost a dog and my father has gained one, and it SUCKS. I love my dog dearly, but now I am faced with a hard decision. When I move out, should I really take Zeke with me? My dad became really depressed and lonely when I last moved out, even though he will never admit it. It doesn't help that he's always battled clinical depression. I think to once again be alone again, especially now that he's use to having the dog with him constantly when he is off work, will be extremely upsetting to him. But losing Zeke would be extremely upsetting to me. Zeke is my first dog, and I love him like a child (even though I know the two can never compare, blah blah blah....)

It's a no win situation, lol.

So yes, I get extremely jealous that every afternoon I am home, my dog opts to be outside with my father instead of inside with me. But Zeke almost seems to understand that, because morning times are for US. He sleeps in my room on his dog bed, but every morning jumps up in bed with me and refuses to leave my side. My dad stands in the doorway of my room every morning trying to lure him out with a milk bone, but Zeke won't budge from my side. So that makes me feel a little better ;)

Not al all, my husband and I both loved our dogs together, of course Demon always with him, on his heels in the house, yard, truck, they were like shadow riders, always together...

All our dogs loved both of us, now it's me and I am the only family member in the house, so needless to say at bedtime, mom gets all the boys crowding to get close at night...it is funny to watch....who can beat the other for the first petting to go to sleep.

I understand how you feel, I do the same but I shouldn't. When my dog is laying by me, my dad will call her and she will run over to their bed. It kida bothes me because I am the one who CARES for my pets. I bathe, walk, take to vet, clean their area....etc you name it, and I eve buy their food, it comes out of my allowance because my parents don't want to pay, because they think $50 dollars is too much for you to pay, for a food.

YesI would have to say I would get jealous. I take complete care of my dogs and they are mine. Though I would never have to worry about someone else in my family take a huge interest in them since everyone else doesn't really even like dogs.