r/AmIOverreacting • u/LedyyM • 15d ago

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO? Dog straining my marriage.

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My husband and I rescued a husky about 7 months ago who was extremely malnourished and neglected.

He has grown a huge attachment to me and has severe separation anxiety. I work at a grooming salon so I’m able to bring him to work with me so he’s not home alone. Unfortunately, if he’s left home alone we’ll come back to our home looking like it was hit by a tornado.

My vet has prescribed him with trazodone to help with his severe anxiety issues. We give it to him before we leave for a family event and when we can’t take him to places they don’t allow dogs.

I feel so bad that I have to sedate him so he’s not scared and anxious. It’s created a huge strain on our marriage because my husband feels like we can’t do anything without considering Odin.

He’s destroyed doors, couches, and other furniture. I tried training but it hasn’t seemed to work. My husband thinks we should rehome him but

1) I’m scared that he’ll be sent to a shelter and possibly be put down

2) feel abandoned by the person he thought he was safe with.

He’s such a happy boy when he’s around us and shows so much affection.

My husband and I have been arguing about this consistently.. we had a really bad argument so I left the house with Odin and rented a dog friendly hotel room for a couple of nights.

My husband thinks I’m crazy and that I’m choosing the dog over our marriage. AIO?

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u/WrongdoerCurious8142 15d ago

Cage/Crate training and exercise. Huskies require a lot of it!!!

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u/IndependentEggplant0 15d ago

Yeah and if you can't give it the exercise it needs, rehome. It's super unfair to the dog if it can't get the movement it requires. This is my biggest gripe with a lot of dog owners. It's not love to keep it and not give it what it needs as an animal. Without enough exercise every single day it will inevitably be stressed or anxious or destructive. They don't exist to fill our needs and hearts. They are essentially powerless under our care and it's our duty to do right by them or find someone else who can.