You should put a vest on your dog that has really long fringes on it so that the dog becomes aware when your husband is near because as he steps on the fringes it tugs on the vest and the dog can scurry away. Also, your dog would look far out.
You could make him a magnetic collar, and have your hubby wear opposing magnets in his shoes. Eh?
Wait. I’m having trouble wording this in a way that makes it functional…
OMG. How awful to admit your question made me LOL. Obviously the dog is not too bright if he has not figured out to move clear of your husband as he approaches. I guess if your husband trips and breaks his leg on the dog, God forbid, he will start looking where he is going. Maybe put a bell on one or both of them.
I’ve seriously thought of dyeing the dog a florescent colour and attaching a sensor to him that would emit an annoying sound as soon as hubby got close.
But seriously, how does your husband walk without watching where he is going? He must never have lived in a big walking city. My mom was constantly telling me to watch where I was going when I was a kid.
I honestly don’t know how he manages it. The dog is rarely really underfoot. He’s a really well trained dog so he sticks by us as much as possible. I just gently push him away if I do an abrupt about turn.
My hubby has visual spatial problems (I’ve been accidentally whacked a bunch of times).
@JLeslie That may be the problem in the living room as the carpet is beige and the dog is white. But we have a horrid goldish pattern linoleum in the kitchen and that’s where he often nails.
My little dog gets that deer in the headlights look when big feet approach. She seems to get too frightened to move, although at any other time she thinks she is a pit bull, so stays right in the danger zone looking dumb. I have almost taken a flyer trying to avoid her on many occasions. I don’t know what to suggest???
We have a similar problem around my house. One of our dogs is almost the exact same shade as our flooring and has an annoying tendency to make herself comfortable right in the middle of high traffic areas. The net result is I have tripped over her on more than one occasion.
However, smart critter that she is, I now hear her scrambling to get out of the way whenever she hears me coming down the hall in the dark.
That dog needs to appear on “Toddlers with Tiaras” and earn his keep.
Milo here; My trick is to sneak up behind Gail without making any noise (remember Sandburg’s writing about the fog creeping in on little cat’s feet..well, he got the idea from watching me).
She takes a small step backwards and…surprise…
Maybe the dog wouldn’t object to glasses as long as they had Dame Edna frames. Here
Maybe your husband can wear pillowy slippers when he’s in the house, so that when your pooch gets stepped on, he’ll get cushioned instead of crushed. Get your husband a pair of those plush animal slippers. They got to be really plush and pillowy, even on the soles. For added protection, attach a bear bell to each slipper.
@JLeslie My take is that he’s shoe-less, so wearing really plush slippers is better than bare feet for the dog’s sake. And a bell attached would even be better. For the husband that is!! Lol.
I’m figuring at this point that the best case scenario going forward is to teach the dog to run into him in an effort to truly trip him. Then perhaps he’ll learn to watch out for him.
I’m around this dog all day long and I rarely trip over him. The only time I have done so is when I’m in a hurry. I’ll gently give the dog a shove and tell him to move along.
One of our dogs is the same color as the carpet and in low light I will step on him and he will have this violated look on his face so I have to make up with him even though he was parked right where we have to walk. We just try to be extra careful to not do that. It’s really on us to avoid.
@tranquilsea: I have been brooding about this question (I nominated it for Q of the Day) and I realized that we have dealt with visuals, audios but not smells.
How about dousing him in an essential oil each morning…eau de skunk or, if not available, licorice, patchouli, or ambergris?