Do you like Dogs was probably one of the first questions I asked him.

It all turned out we had a dog each - both called Molly.

If Mark didn't get along with my children - it wouldn't have worked. Same with the Dogs

Saves you wasting your time though doesn't it? From my totally biased opinion point people who don't like dogs aren't normal! Hahaha!

My ex was a huge animal lover, it was something we had in common which was wonderful. My current OH sort of tolerates Cain for my benefit. He's not an "animal lover" and given the choice he wouldn't bother having pets. That said, he's been fanastic with Cain and has learned to deal with the fluff, mud and flob without complaining. He bought a car so we could take Cain to training classes and had driven me and Cain to socialisation class every fortnight for the last year. He'll drive us to the coast for walks. He never complains when I need to walk or train Cain and often comes with me. Cain adores him. So I appreciate the effort he puts in given that he's not naturally a "doggy" person.

I wouldn't need my partner to be dog mad, although as dogs are a big part of my life, it would be nice. I would need someone willing to work to build a relationship with Cain (given his issues) and respect that Cain is time consuming. Providing they are nice to Cain and are happy for me to spend my time training/walking/agility etc then they don't have to be too heavily involved.

If they didn't like Cain at all or worse were in anyway cruel to animals then they can hit the road. I'd let Cain chase them away

its a major thing for me, i couldnt have someone that didnt like dogs, not when i like them so much. everything i do revolves around the dogs so they have to be at least interested in them.

luckily my new fella is as mad about dogs as i am, if not more he has 7

Not surprisingly really , it seems most of our OH's are interested in dogs or, at least, happy to be around them

One of the main reasons I am goin out with my current OH, is because Zara loved him from day one. At that time Zara wasn't a huge fan of men, so it was a huge surprise to me how much kisses etc... she was giving him.
Their was someone interested before my current OH, he told me he hated dogs... thats as far as it went. lol


My OH loves buying and cooking Zara food, and of course going on various different walks. He is even happy to look after her for a few days. I am very strict with regards to when Zara gets her food, I always wait a few hours before and after a walk to give her food and he always asks me when is the best time to feed her.

I have never known Zara to love anybody else as much as my OH, she goes crazy when he comes over.

I bring Zara and my cat over to his house at the weekend and he is fine about it. Even though the cat can be very vocal at night time...

Overall, I wouldn't go out with anybody that didn't like dogs, he isn't as "doggy" as me. But he will sometimes drive me to certain doggy events.
He once drove me to Fife so I couldn't do a photo shoot and waited in the car (mostly) for several hours, so I could do it.

Still trying to talk him into getting the next dog though...

They would need to be at least kind with animals, even if they weren't as into pets as me. They would also need to like cats aswell as dogs, that has to be a given really.

Another plus would be if they actually liked going on longer walks etc, otherwise I'd maybe never see them

Yes. However I don'y require them to be as crazy and into them as I am, they just have to put up with it Like my OH does, although sometimes he puts his foot down and says I'm not to buy this or that and he can't drive me there.. I think it's fair, most of the time.

Flip it around though, with him already having Benjie, he had to have a GF who in the very least liked dogs, when I first walked through his door, I was greeted by a dog who was growling, lunging and barking at me.. 3 years on and a lot of hard work on my part, he greets everyone as old friends or as soon to be friends with a slight wariness about him.

He's not like me though, he'd rather have a dog that was naturally well behaved (if there is such a thing) and if there wasn't he'd live with it, he and his family tend to put up with habits instead of breaking them - Benjie is a fine example. He'd also like one that would be happy with 3 walks a day and just does nothing (I think a greyhound would suit him perfectly). He got a shock to the system when we got Louie; training classes, certain words, certain foods - but then I am very particular about things Although OH paid for Louie - he is very much my dog.

But overall yes if I have any future OH's (hopefully Not) they would have to realise the dog comes first, as they would if i had a child, the child would come first. For me anyway

ive never had a dog untill phoebe and ive been with my hubby the whole time ive had her. But he didnt want her he made that clear, but she soon won him around and know he loves her to bits and he even jumped infront of a bus for her the other week (long and stupid story where phoebe was nearly hit by a bus)