We must love our pets, take care of them and pamper them, yes. However, we sometimes humanize our pets so much that the situation can end in an emotional dependence on them. Want to know if you have a toxic relationship with your dog? Read!
What does it mean to have a toxic relationship with your dog?
When we talk about toxic relationship we are referring to that emotional dependence on our pets that prevents us from doing our day to day normally.
We're going to be more specific. As we said at the beginning, some acts of humanization towards our pets such as putting them handsome or walking them in a cart are not bad as long as you do not lose sight that you are not a human.
For example, dogs should be educated from a young age to stay home alone without a problem, while we wouldn't think of leaving a baby alone at home and leaving us there. You have to know how to differentiate this kind of thing.
The signs that will tell you that you have a toxic relationship with your dog
Now we're going to ask you certain circumstances that might indicate that there's a toxic relationship between you and your dog. And we repeat: toxic relationship as emotional dependence, not as a feeling between the two.
1. Your dog is better cared for than you
By this we don't mean that your dog should be poorly cared for. We mean that if your dog has more wardrobe background than you, goes to the hairdresser, massages and goes to luxury hotels while you stay at home... look, there's a problem!
Our pets must be wished the best and must be loved, but never more than ourselves.
2. You're anxious to leave him alone at home
This is a very clear sign that you have a toxic relationship with your dog.
As we said before, pets have to be brought up to leave them at home when we go to work or have a drink. They're not a baby that you have to constantly monitor, and if you think about it like that, you have a problem.
In addition, today there are many methods to know that your pet is well alone at home and even interact with it, such as the Turbo camera for dogs.
You can't leave your friends out for staying at home with your furry. What you hear, we all want to do it one day," but let your colleagues not know anything about you for 6 months because of this...
Don't be upset if you have to go out for a while, it'll be fine!
3. You're not going on vacation so you don't leave it to others
Okay, this case isn't like the last one, and it's true that you're going to be out longer. Your pet will miss you, but if he stays in the hands of trust, he's going to be fine.
If you stop making your life to always stay with your hairy, you have a toxic relationship with your dog.
4. When the vet sees you, the hairs are on edge
And no, it's not because I'm afraid of you. It's because you're probably there for the umpteenth time this week to ask if your dog will survive this piece of bread that fell to your ground and ate because of your carelessness.
Of course we must always take care of his health! But living constantly worried and calling the vet every day is not healthy.
5. You cover your dog in all its "evils"
He pees every day on the couch. He eats your slippers. It bites everything in its path. But no, for you, it's just that he's got a bad day.
Dear friend, dear friend, your dog has a behavioral problem and you need to be trained as a dog that is. Don't become that parent who seeks excuses to protect her little boy and cover his rudeness.
You have to be very careful, because the damage you do to yourself and you do it to your pet. Your dog will end up suffering from hyperapego and separation anxiety and it may cost him more than you to overcome the problem.
After reading this, do you think you have a toxic relationship with your dog?