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Oh my...your story sounds familiar! My husband used to be very much like yours. We have the hunting dogs, dead ducks in the freezer, and even had a pigeon coop at one time. I truly believe that it becomes an addiction with them and they cant stop buying more hunting stuff, more training stuff etc. Mine, thankfully, was/is never abusive to our dogs and that is a line he will never cross. That said though..if he could figure out a way to dress me in cammo 24/7 he would actually think he had died and gone to heaven! The only advice I could give would be to sit him down let your voice be heard. I would not expect him to completely give it up though as it will never happen. Does he just train the dogs or hunting or does he participate in Hunt Tests/Field Trials? You might suggest he get into that and join the local dog club-it might teach him the correct way of training the dogs w/o the violence. Make a deal with him to get involved with that with him if he tones down the hunting lodge look around the house. I used to go and watch all the dogs run and actually enjoyed it. |
No...not shallow, just overwhelmed...sm - duckhunter's wife
