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Dr. Laura.com. Allison, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for having me.

You're very welcome. How can I help today?

I am just looking for your advice on whether I should address my husband's behavior or if I should just let it roll off my back.

So I'll give you a little background. We've been married about a year and a half and we have a seven-month-old baby. So it's a big lifestyle change.

And I had a conversation with him about three weeks back on how I needed more help around the house

and just that I wanted to spend more time on him and if he could just, you know, I didn't think he was doing it on purpose,

but if he could just, you know, I didn't think he was doing it on purpose, but if he could

better prioritize his time. And he took that, but it's definitely helping more. So he's doing everything

that I asked, but his mood is just not very friendly, doesn't really want to engage.

It just seems like... I have two dogs. One is well trained.

The other I'm working on because he's going to be a big, very high-energy dog.

And there are two sets of ways I have him do things.

Sit down, stand, twirl, twirl, and so forth.

Sometimes just I do it all of a sudden, and I give him when he finishes,

I'm hugging him and kissing him and rubbing him and going,

oh, you're such a good boy to do that, you're such a good boy.

And that is one enthusiastic freaking dog.

Other times I just give him this little treat and I go,

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