Am I F(28) being unreasonable for wanting to walk my dog in the evening?

This might be kind of weird, but just wanted to seek advice if I am in the wrong and should compromise.

My (F28) husband (M28) (have been together for 4 years) fights with me over walking our dog when he's gone. He gets upset because I walk our dog in the evenings while it's dark. Our dog is not small whatsoever. He is a big 70lb dog who also happens to be very protective over me. We also live on a military installation and our neighborhood is fairly safe. Our dog needs to be walked because he is very high energy and needs some way to get it out otherwise he is a pain when his energy is all pent up.

I dont walk him at 10pm at night or late at night. I walk him right after getting home from work in the earlyish evening and have no control over the fact that it's dark once I get home. I'm aware of the false sense of security on military bases so try my best to be safe by walking on the main street where there are lights, calling/texting him or my mom before I leave and calling/texting them once I'm home to let them know I'm safe, and carrying pepper spray. There are other dog walkers and people jogging and exercising when I'm out with him so it's not like I'm the only one out. I've tried to compromise by waking up earlier and walking him before work because there's more activity going on in the mornings like PT and more people around, but he still gets upset because it's also dark in the mornings when I wake up for work.

Am I right in feeling he's being unreasonable and controlling or am I the one being unreasonable? I could hire a dog walker, but I really dont want to spend money on something I could do myself. Plus I enjoy the exercise I get from walking/jogging with him and feel like it's a waste of money to pay for someone else to do it every time my husband leaves. I understand he's concerned for my safety and dont want him to worry every time he's gone, esp when he needs to focus on his job, but I feel like as a woman, I understand and am aware more than he could ever be of the dangers that women face in the world. I do what I can to keep myself safe, but I also need to be able to live my life and make my own choices. Idk I am feeling controlled as this isnt the only argument we've had over me doing something alone while he's not here that raised safety concerns for him, just the most recent one, but also dont know if I'm the one being unreasonable and perpetuating a dumb fight and should just compromise in some way where he isnt concerned about my safety when he's gone.

Tl;dr Husband gets upset at me for walking our dog in the evening because of concerns for my safety and me being out while it's dark, but I feel like he is being controlling because I am an adult and capable of assessing situations and making my own decisions. Am I being unreasonable by fighting with him about this?

Submitted June 02, 2019 at 10:00PM by tatitand http://bit.ly/2QEGdGp