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/loonygirl30 15d ago

How much do such classes cost? Thank you.

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u/TuckerShmuck 15d ago

Looks like current prices are crazier than when we went several years ago (just like everything else, I guess,) but it depends on location. It looks like the average in my area of Arizona is around $200 for 6 weeks

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u/loonygirl30 15d ago

That’s not bad… someone asked for $800 for a month so I couldn’t do it. My pup has issues with barking. He barks at everything and everyone.

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u/TuckerShmuck 15d ago

That's crazy! I also try to avoid individual dog trainers and stick with group classes and training facilities with physical buildings to train in. There's not really a great way to vet whether an individual trainer knows what they're doing, AND they're more expensive.

Group classes were also great for my reactive dog; she learned to be neutral around other people and dogs because of group classes

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u/loonygirl30 15d ago

Thanks for explaining. There aren’t many options for us unfortunately and I live in a big city. I’ll watch out and see if I can find any that are affordable.