Unfortunately this can happen more often than not, I can give mine direct instructions but unless regularly reminded those instructions will be completely ignored. Things as simple as a six item shopping list will have him sent back to the shops for the things he didn’t get. It’s more common than you’d ever believe

There is ignorance (lack of knowledge), stupidity (inability to learn), and intentional or learned helplessness (intentionally failing at a task you don’t want to do). Which is it? And do you want to have to be the “Mommy” always telling boyfriend exactly what and how to do? One time a group of my work colleagues (all professional and intelligent men) and I were having lunch and somehow the talk came around to doing chores at home. One man said that his wife used to ask him to help out with the laundry. He said that he washed her favorite sweater in hot water and dried it on hot in the dryer - It shrunk to child sized. He then said that his wife no longer asked him to help with the laundry. This guy knew exactly what he was doing. When I was a boy sometimes if asked to do something I didn’t want to do I would pretend I didn’t know how and ask them to “show me” thinking that they would just do it instead… That didn’t work on my parents or grandparents - They didn’t buy it and then simply supervised me as I did the thing I didn’t want to do. I liked that even less so I learned not to use that excuse…

Would you have actually not let the dog back inside though?