My boyfriend and I have wildly different tastes in dogs. I like hyper-affectionate velcro dogs. My preference is toward sporting and herding dogs, dogs that want to be constantly with me and work with me and thrive on constant interaction. That type of dog drives Jeromy nuts. He does not care for neediness in a dog; he likes animals a lot in general, but he's very selective about the type he would actually want to live with.
His ideal dog is a Shiba. Lol. I've met a few Shibas that I liked, but they're sooo not the type of dog I'd want to have myself. I think that he'd be a good owner for one, but we're so wildly far apart on what we want in a dog that it makes me laugh.
We agree on a few breeds - GSDs, and his parents had an Aussie he loved so we're on the same page there - but for the most part we're on opposite ends of the spectrum. Every time I bring up spaniels, for example, he teases me about how much I love "floppy moron dogs." Although I obviously don't think they're stupid, I can see why a guy who isn't a big "dog person" and likes primitive breeds would come up with such an assessment.
Does your partner like the same type of dog as you? Do they even really *like* dogs or are they more tolerant of them than anything? Like I said, Jeromy likes dogs but I think it's more other people's dogs than really wanting them himself. He does not own a dog right now and would probably be okay with never having one, if that's what it came too, where I can't even begin to fathom a life without at least one dog. Luckily he is tolerant of my obsession! I am jealous of all you that have a partner who is into dogs too, though!
His ideal dog is a Shiba. Lol. I've met a few Shibas that I liked, but they're sooo not the type of dog I'd want to have myself. I think that he'd be a good owner for one, but we're so wildly far apart on what we want in a dog that it makes me laugh.
We agree on a few breeds - GSDs, and his parents had an Aussie he loved so we're on the same page there - but for the most part we're on opposite ends of the spectrum. Every time I bring up spaniels, for example, he teases me about how much I love "floppy moron dogs." Although I obviously don't think they're stupid, I can see why a guy who isn't a big "dog person" and likes primitive breeds would come up with such an assessment.
Does your partner like the same type of dog as you? Do they even really *like* dogs or are they more tolerant of them than anything? Like I said, Jeromy likes dogs but I think it's more other people's dogs than really wanting them himself. He does not own a dog right now and would probably be okay with never having one, if that's what it came too, where I can't even begin to fathom a life without at least one dog. Luckily he is tolerant of my obsession! I am jealous of all you that have a partner who is into dogs too, though!
