He has been getting a lot better with the touching and we have been working on it. He’s come a long way, it’s still just insanely irritating. I do not like have anything (dog, person, whatever) just following me around and being up my butt all day. I’m not sure how to make him less clingy, but yes we have been working on him being okay with touching.

His skin condition is being managed through medication and baths with special a special shampoo blend, but it’s not 100% fixable. It’s due to severe allergies, which have been limited as much as possible.

As far as taking him out, I agree with you. This is my boyfriend’s decision and since I’m the new one here, I don’t really feel comfortable arguing with him about how he raises the dog because I see it as his dog, not mine. The other one we’ve had since he was a puppy, so it’s easier to feel like I have some more say and ownership there. But he does not want the dog going on walks because he doesn’t want to deal with how out of control the dog gets. It’s not completely unjustified due to how insanely he freaks out when he sees someone else, I mean to the point we have to strategically plan when we can take him outside of the house. It took weeks before he could even bring the puppy in the house and he had them separated for a long time before the one dog started to tolerate the pup.

I definitely don’t want people to say he should get rid of it. It would break his heart and as much as I want the dog gone, I don’t want to break my boyfriend’s heart. I just don’t know how to deal with all of this or what some possible solutions are so that we can all live comfortably together. For instance, maybe limiting them to only one floor of the house so I can escape them as needed or something. I wouldn’t want a healthy dog put down and the last thing the world needs is another pit in the wrong hands :/