'It's easier to retrain an old dog than man of any age': Guy keeps leaves dirty socks under the couch, girlfriend trains their dogs to tear them apart

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    Photograph - "It's easier to retrain an old dog than man of any age"
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    Font - I unionized with my (26M) dogs against my boyfriend (30M). I was told to post this here from AITA. Background: My boyfriend (E) and I have been together for four years. Whenever I would come over when we were dating, his apartment was messy but it was blamed on his roommates. I'm very cognizant that I am particular in cleaning, so I thought it just wasn't clean enough to /my standards'/. I moved in with him ~3 years ago and adopted two dogs together.
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    Font - I quickly realized we do not have the same view of what "clean" is. We have communicated about it and he has made a lot of progress. But, he consistently does one thing: stuffs his colored striped socks into the couch. I have told him that I have had to chase the dogs around because they find them in the couch. He thought it was funny.
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    Font - Over the last few weeks, I have bought multiple cloth dog toys resembling his socks and have trained my dogs to play tug of war with them. They will now dive for them whenever he's laying on the couch and places them on the ground to "pick up later." I also do not stop them from playing with the socks anymore.
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    Font - He came home yesterday and found his favorite pair of his socks decimated all over the living room and was furious that I didn't stop them. I told him they were the socks he stuffed in the couch yesterday and he should have put them in the hamper. He stormed off to his office and is not talking to me. AITA?
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    Font - Edit: my dogs do not ingest the socks, they use it as a tug of war object. Using this example, when the pair individually ripped in half, they were no longer interested in it.
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    Font - Excellent_Ad1132 21 hr. ago Until it actually inconveniences +2. him, he will not learn. Good for you on working on training him. 6.2k Reply Share
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    Facial expression - Cherry_Crystals +2. 20 hr. ago Yeah. He expects OP to pick up after him 1.4k Reply Share
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    Rectangle - Slackingatmyjob. 21 hr. ago It's easier to retrain an old dog than man of any age. 4 1.6k Reply Share
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    Product - NPureheart 21 hr. ago Too bad so sad for him. Lol. NTA BTW. 1.0k Reply Share
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    Font - Anony-Depressy OP. 19 hr. ago A commenter in AITA said I should have said "I thought it was funny." Missed opportunity. 755 Reply Share
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    Font - fromhelley 20 hr. ago We have a saying at my house. "The living room is not a hamper". Anything left there has no protection, and will not be laundered. Leave it long enough (1 week), and it will be thrown in the trash (with a 5 minute warning) Rooms need boundaries too! 555 Reply Share
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    Font - curds-and-whey-HEY. 18 hr. ago Stuff your dirty underwear in his pillowcase and if he asks why, say there was no room left in the couch 175 Reply Share
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    Font - Ex-zaviera 20 hr. ago In what world is stuffing old stinky socks into a couch acceptable? Answer: When you live alone. As soon as you live with someone else, those behaviors need to change. 168 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - hugeasterix You are an A+ trainer of the highest excellence 134 ♡ . 20 hr. ago Reply Share
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    Font - OBO Wasteland Mama 19 hr. ago Just remember, OP. Give him a small treat & use a clicker every time he puts them up. After a few weeks, he won't even need a treat anymore & will be happy just hearing the noise! :D (Dude better be solid gold other than this one quirk though, darlin'. You really don't wanna spend the next 50yrs of your life having this same argument in different flavors.) 122 Reply Share

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