"I'm looking for more than 'dog training'. I can train my dog, through rewards & criticisms, to exhibit the behaviour of staying in my yard. He doesn't have to understand the 'why' of the behaviour to exhibit it."
I disagree. Even a dog needs to know why even if that "why" is that they get positive reinforcement if they do what your will asks them to do.
I don't think you want a dog though. I think you want a partner. Partners have figured out how to accept, embrace, and flourish in each other's differences and still remain partners. You can interchange partner and friend and spouse for that sentence.
It seems to me that you and H are trying to figure out how to get along. You are both trying to figure out how to be a person. How to interact and respect each other together or separate.
Am I oversimplifying?
AJ
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
