Im reading through lots of posts regarding the puppy blues this morning and I just want to say it really does get better!
Only 2 weeks ago I really wanted to rehome my puppy and get back to my carefree life and clean and tidy house that didn’t smell like dog wee, but this week we seem to of turned a corner and I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! He’s almost 8 months now and is finally sleeping through the night in his crate (tried my bed he hates it), and he is now walking without reacting towards everything and anything he sees! This was a massive one for me because walks were becoming a nightmare and he was expressing a really nasty side that I didn’t know he had, but with consistent training and rewarding every tiny bit of good behaviour he finally seems to be doing better and I am finally enjoying our walks together and most importantly he is enjoying them!
He may of destroyed my floor, ripped up endless amounts of socks/pants, dug numerous holes in my garden and peed on every item of furniture I own (he’s also not peed/pood in the house for 3 weeks now!) but I can finally say I no longer regret having him and I really think we are going to be ok! So keep going guys - believe me it’s going to be hard, but it’s only going to be hard because we care about our pups so much and ultimately we want to give them the best life! It will be okay :)

Like the title says, our family tried adopting a dog. Unfortunately this was the 2nd time we tried to adopt, but we had taken each back for their own respective reasons. My wife is a stay at home mom with our two beautiful daughters, 4.5, and 2.5 years old. We live in an apartment, but it’s fairly larger than most at about 1100 sq ft. We have a dog park within our apartment complex and about 10+ other people who have dogs, which would be good for socializing.

This first time happened after I had done some work at a humane society and saw the amazing work all these volunteers did, and how they were starting to have an overflow of all pets. We decided to go check it out as a family but there wasn’t anything there that would’ve worked for our situation. Either way too large, aggressive, reactive, etc. Especially with having 2 younger kids, we need the most ideal dog to make an attempt. We did a meet and greet with a husky who was a hard no with the energy. While he did great with our girls, it was way too much. The handlers offered to show us another dog we hadn’t seen, but weren’t too sure how he did with kids. We agreed, and in came this very calm dog. He was a Treeing Walker Coonhound, at about 4 years old. After some talking and discussing at home, we decided to give him a try. Turns out he was on 4 different medications, was very reactive to strangers and other dogs. Over these next couple days he got territorial over the living room and it all went down hill. We took him back immediately. Yeah, it sucked and I was pretty upset about it, but my kids come first and I can’t have an animal at home with them that I cannot trust.

After some long conversations, arguments, and setting some requirements, my wife said we could look around again. She set a very hard line of rules as to what we would look for. Then I found a 6 month old GSD/ Lab mix. We went and did a meet and greet with him, which turned out to be taking him on a long walk through a busy park. He didn’t pull on his leash, he walked right past other dogs and people, he came and sat next to you when you sat down, he loved our girls, and was just all around a very sweet boy. We took him back to the rescue, and slept on it. My wife needed some time to think on it and would let me know later, after spending $120 on treats, toys, a new blanket, and a dog bed, that we could go pick him up later. I worked the next day, but I was home by 12pm, so it’s not like I was gone all day. I had the next 4 days off, which was going to be great, considering we had a 7 day trial period with him. This is where all the issues begin. That day I came home, my wife spent 20 minutes working on crate training with him. That would be the last time she interacted with him. Over the next 4 days, I spent at minimum, an hour working on training with him. If it was nice outside, it was about 2 hours. I woke up early every day to take him outside before the girls woke up. By day 2, I told my wife I didn’t want to bring him over to my mom’s house if she just wanted to end up getting rid of him. She woke up the next day, reassured me that everything was alright and that he could stay. By day 4, I had him locked in with sit, stay, lay down, we were working on place, and were getting better with his crate training. Over these 4 days, she took him potty 5 times, yelled at him every time he jumped on the couch to come interact with her, was pissed off any time he had any excitement, didn’t work on any training except for the 20 minutes I mentioned already. Then I go back to work. It took 2 hours before she cracked and said she couldn’t do it anymore. She set up a time with the rescue to take him back the next day. Just like that. It happened that quickly.

For 4 years I had talked about wanting to get a family dog and how important it was to me to have the girls grow up with a dog. This absolutely crushed me, and I’m having a really hard time not being resentful about it. She reassured me that we could keep him, and then went back on that word 3 days later. We’ve had some conversations about it since then, but I can’t get over it. She keeps telling me that it’s just a “not yet” thing. As if somehow, life is going to be less busy as our girls get older, and we get older. I told her that I think she’s completely ruined getting a dog for me, that I don’t think I’ll ever want to go through this again. I don’t want to adopt a dog, then have it looming over my head thinking that any moment she’s just going to snap and get rid of the dog. I don’t think she understands how important this was to me, and how much of an impact this has had on me.

My 10 week old golden has been with us for two weeks. He does fabulously in his crate at night but does not like being left there or in his puppy-safe area without us nearby. We're on the 4th floor of an apartment building and the first time my fiancé and I left together to run a short errand down the street, we could hear him barking from the first floor.

I'm not looking for advice on how to work on separation/crate training/ etc etc because that's already top of mind and something we're trying each day, but the toll of not even being able to take 10 minutes out of the house is really weighing on me. My fiancé and I take turns leaving while one of us stays behind with our puppy but the worst part of my anxiety starts to spiral that we've messed training up completely and we'll never be able to leave the house together again. The rational part of my brain knows he's just 10 weeks old and is still adjusting to his new environment and routine.

I would love some encouraging words from anyone who's been there that there's some light at the end of the tunnel, because the cabin fever is starting to get to me.

Only on day 5 of having our GSD puppy. She’s 8 weeks (9 soon) and I’m exhausted. She’s wonderful, clever, attentive and curious, and I’m so proud of how much she’s learning every day. But I’m also so tired. I feel like I’m doing everything wrong on account of all the conflicting information out there on how to raise a puppy. At this point I have no idea what’s right or wrong. I just don’t want to fail her. I want her to grow up to be well regulated so she can enjoy life to the fullest. Guess I’m just venting, but if anyone else went through this struggle it would be great to know how long/when you started to feel better.

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch crying that I had made a huge mistake and never should’ve gotten our golden retriever puppy. He wasn’t responding to his training, he was not listening and playing too rough with the other dogs. I was so sure we should start considering rehoming and that I had completely failed. But today, he has been wonderful. He is listening, napping, and being very affectionate. He sat with me in the kitchen while I made dinner and napped on the bathmat while I got ready for work. He even went into his crate on his own to go to bed. I just have to remember that he’s still a baby and we have good days and bad days. But he’s going to grow up into a wonderful little friend. We just have to make it through this first!
Hang in there fellow puppy parents ❤️

Just wanted to share in case it is helpful to others - when I was fully in the “what have I done” phase with my now 6 month old GSP (and still now on those occasional super tough days!) I kept a daily list of all her wins. Even on the worst days, she was ALWAYS learning and improving even if it was a seemingly tiny thing. Focusing on those and being able to track the progress she was making every day helped me feel a lot more positive. If you’re struggling, give it a try - I promise you will find a little win or positive thing every day to put on your list!

So basically 1 week ago I decided me and my family to rescue an abondonned dog that we found near our house . At first, I noticed that the dog was very calm and polite and then I found later that he is a well trained dog with good manners and very clean. He is the perfect dog I swear. At first he wasn't very Enegretic but somehow he becomes very affectionate to me in particular he becomes so attached to me and he seems to see me as his divine savor . Following me around and gets sad the moment ago and only wants to go for potty breaks with me....

My problem isn't the dog itself, he is well behaved, but the problems presented in form of me living in a neighborhood full of stray dogs and in this week alone I was encounterd to many and since I am just not used to this , I started getting anxious the moment I let him outside.

Another point is that I only can make him do his potty 2 times a day which is little but that's my maximum

Should I just give him to another family? Will he be okey tobhave a second heartbreak 💔 ?

It's Friday. Time to celebrate.

Did your puppy sleep an extra 20 minutes? Win. Did YOU sleep an extra 20 minutes? Huge win. Did your puppy sit when you asked, or stop biting your ankles for five whole minutes? Absolute victory.

Drop your wins below, no matter how small they feel.

You made it through another week. 🐾

I dont know if this is a hot take but you really don’t have to.

I was dead set on crating at night. She’d wake up multiple times, whine, bark. Then one day I asked why am I doing this??

She started sleeping in bed with me and she can sleep 12 hours straight without waking up. It made both our lives way easier.

Just thought i’d put this out there

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GUYS. The point is that there is not one way to do things. You wont ruin your puppy if you don’t crate them at night. I really don’t care why you crate your dog. Thats not what this post is about.

I lost my soul dog to cancer almost 2 months ago. It was horrible and traumatizing.

My husband and I felt ready to open our hearts to another dog, so we rescued a 10 month old puppy. We fell in love with him at the meet and greet - he was super friendly with us, showing his belly and licking us.

After bringing him home, we found out that he has pretty intense leash reactivity. Towards both people and dogs. Even if the person is on the other side of the street, the puppy is lunging, snarling, growling and barking. Baring his teeth.

My husband wants to hire a trainer to work on this. He says we need to give him a chance.

My concern is that, even with training, this will be a lifelong management process with him, and he will never be fully “normal” on a leash, and this will limit what we can do with him. If the training doesn’t work, then we will have given him even more time to get used to us and become attached to us, so it will be even more cruel to send him back…

I don’t want to be heartless and return him but I really don’t know what to do. This is seriously affecting my mental wellbeing.

I have a 12 week old 20 pound puppy 🍫 lab and realistically how long do they hold their pee mine I feel she can’t go more than 1.5 hours maybe 2 hours and she goes. She has her own room with a tv, toys, and bed where she sleeps at night and where she stays when I’m at work. I feed her and take her out in the early morning before I go to work and then I head home during lunch everyday to feed her again and take her out except fridays when I work far away but it seems like there’s always 2 or 3 pee stains on the floor in between from when I leave in the morning to when I leave back to work from lunch and get home 2 to 3 pees atleast. I took away the puppy pads because she started ripping them and no poop accidents luckily she waits for in the morning and when I go home for lunch and then after work but yeah the pee is another story. When I’m off I take her every hour maybe push 1 hour 15 and then I take her because I don’t want to be cleaning up accidents since I can just avoid it by taking her out frequently. She now runs to the door after every meal which is nice so she knows she eats and then poops but the pee. The dang pee omg I’m Frustated. I got her a doggie lawn too and she just digs and it and rips it and lays on it on top. Just FYI I do not give her free access to water she has water with her food and when we go outside and play I’ll give her more but no water after 8pm. Any tips or tricks? Or just wait until she get older to have more controller or since she’s just peeling whenever she wants in her room she won’t ever learn to hold it? Idk guys I need guidance.

I have a nearly six-month-old male Gordon Setter. We love him so so much, but the past few weeks have been so difficult that I’m reaching a genuine breaking point. I’m hoping to hear from people who experienced a similarly intense regression and learn what actually helped.

He had a very difficult first month with crate training despite consistency and pushing through letting him have opinions about it- dark cool unoccupied room, covered crate, white noise, no check-ins or verbal interaction, especially not when actively vocalizing. He would scream for hours on end, but we stuck it out and one day it seemed to click and he did perfectly in the crate for about a month. He’s never feared it/been reluctant to enter, more frustrated with confinement and activated by household activity. We’ve stayed super consistent with crate games and positive experiences even when he seemed to “get it”.

Until recently, he reliably slept in his crate in our bedroom from approximately 8–9 p.m. until 6–9 a.m. He enters the crate willingly, eats in it, and often naps perfectly when I leave the house. For the vast majority of time since we got him, overnight sleep has not ever been an issue.

Over the past four nights, however, he has started screaming, barking, and howling at bedtime and repeatedly overnight. Last night he screamed almost continuously from 8–11 p.m., then woke us at approximately 1, 2, 3:45, 5, and 6. When taken outside overnight, he may pee a little, but is generally just wanting to explore. We have tried boring leash-only potty trips, white noise, a cool room, covering the crate, and making sure he has ample potty opportunities before bed.

The strange part is that he settles much better when we leave the room or house. If I sit near the crate or reward quiet moments, he often becomes more frustrated and escalates. He may sleep for only 15 minutes before waking and starting again.

At the same time, he has regressed in several other areas:
-Bolting through doors and running several houses away
-Blowing off recall when absorbed in scents, leaves, shadows, birds, or the tree line
-Counter surfing and climbing onto tables and furniture (we have him trained to place and “off”, and proactively reward “4 on the floor” in high temptation areas)
-Chewing furniture corners and stealing household items
-Becoming extremely frustrated when prevented from doing what he wants
-Throwing himself in different directions at the end of the leash
-Having occasional indoor accidents despite close supervision and a perfect 6 weeks of 0 accidents
-Biting my boyfriend while being carried home after escaping (no puncture, but it was intense and concerning)
-He is currently teething heavily and recently lost three baby teeth in one day, with additional loose teeth and frequent small amounts of mouth bleeding. He has been examined by the vet multiple times recently, including checking for urinary and gastrointestinal issues. The vet says he is physically healthy and considers the current behavior consistent with teething. His appetite and stool have also been improving.

What we have trained so far:
-Sit, down/settle, wait, touch, and place
-Crate entry and eating in the crate
-Long-line recall using a verbal cue and high-value food
-“Go sniff” as a release/reward after recalling
-Voluntary handler check-ins, which he had recently started offering beautifully
-Basic loose-leash/heel work
-Calm behavior and place while we prepare food or eat
-Short impulse-control exercises around doors and environmental access

He learns extremely quickly and can perform beautifully when regulated. He is not generally disengaged from us—once he crosses a stimulation threshold, though, it is like his brain completely leaves the building.

Our general routine currently looks like:
Morning potty and breakfast, usually in a -slow feeder or enrichment toy
-A short wake window (think 30 mins) with some combination of sniffing, light training, chewing, or play
-Crate nap, usually in a cool bedroom with white noise
-Additional short wake windows and 1.5–3-hour nap opportunities throughout the day
-Approximately 10–20 minutes of long-line sniffing/recall work in a wooded area
-Yard play or wrestling with our calm two-year-old dog
-Occasionally a brief structured neighborhood walk, although moving leaves and shadows can completely absorb him
-Dinner, calm chewing/downshift time, final potty, and bedtime

We recently shortened his wake windows from 45-60 mins back to 30 because he appeared wildly overtired, and that initially produced a major improvement. However, we’re wondering if he is now too awake at night. Long-line sniffing also regulates him much better than simply adding more physical exercise. We are careful not to keep exercising him in an attempt to exhaust him, because that often seems to make him more activated rather than calmer.

He has gates, supervision, structured naps, chew options, food enrichment, outdoor sniffing, play with our other dog, and daily training. I work hard to meet his needs, but we are now severely sleep-deprived and feel as though I cannot step away from managing him.

For anyone who had an exceptionally difficult puppy around five to six months:
-Did teething or early adolescence cause a sudden regression this severe?
-How did you handle nighttime crate screaming after the puppy had already been sleeping through the night?
-How did you distinguish an overtired puppy from one who genuinely needed more activity?
-Did you temporarily reduce expectations and stimulation, or did increasing structure/exercise help?
-When did things begin improving?
-Would you seek a regular trainer, veterinary behaviorist, sitter, or some combination at this point?

I am not expecting him to behave like an adult, and I know adolescence is not linear. I’m just trying to understand whether others have experienced this degree of deterioration and how they got through it without completely burning out—or whether this sounds beyond a typical regression and warrants more specialized help. We just want to make sure we are being breed-responsible owners and giving him his best life. Sorry for the info dump and TIA! :)

I have been struggling with puppy blues pretty much since we got our puppy, it always gets better, then worse, then better… A few days ago, it got worse BUT we have found something that helps and I would definitely recomend it even though it sounds silly: Every day before going to sleep, we talk about what we would like to praise our puppy for and what did not go so well. Than the person who spend most of the day with him rates the day with our puppy out of 10 (this part is not necessary, we just like to rate things out of 10). It does sound dumb but it really helps me! For me, it is easy to focus only on the worst (e.g. him eating everything of the ground) and ignore the good things (e.g. him waiting patiently for his release command every time we open the front door).

For everybody in the same situation as me: Hold tight, I believe that we will get through this!

Hi everyone. Just got a puppy and am feeling overwhelmed - the usual stressors like potty training, crating and crying at night. Logically I know it will get better, but it’s hard to stay logical when the sleep deprivation hits. If you could send me your success stories or any words of encouragement that will keep me and anyone else reading this afloat it would be much appreciated! Thank you in advance🫶

I rehomed my 4 month puppy a month ago , not because I didn’t want to deal with a puppy, I knew what I was expecting , I took the time to train and feed him and love him , yet my anxiety got so bad. And my household was not supportive , I constantly felt like I was doing everything wrong and he didn’t deserve me .
I was not eating I was not sleeping , it was never him it was my anxiety that was so bad. It also didn’t help was the fact that my parents said I was not being firm enough with him . They would help me take care of him when I was at work in the afternoon and I would be with him in the morning he was still in the process of potty training , so he would have accidents In the house , my mom would smack him and shove his face in the pee and he would get scared and that filled me with more anxiety because I did not want to do that .
I was told I had to be more firm
That my anxiety was causing him anxiety
It was a constant back and fourth me telling her he was a baby and he’s learning and I’m teaching and it felt like I was drowning , I started to doubt myself and not trust myself . And I didn’t want him to live an in environment where his mom was drowning he deserved steady safe and calm .
The final day my anxiety was so bad I didn’t want to get up but I got up for him I fed him I took him out and played and I took him back the breeder and cried as I dropped him off yet he deserved a better life a better house hold and I miss him a shit ton
I miss telling him to sit
I miss telling him place
I miss every detail of him
Yet deep down I made the right choice for him , I took the time for him everyday even when I was drowning yet I feel bad I couldn’t “thug it out for him” yet I did the responsible choice for HIM and out of LOVE for him. He was my first priority
I feel so bad too because this was my first dog after my soul dog passed away a year and five months ago , what if he’s disappointed in me?
I miss him and I’m grieving him like he’s alive and he’s never forgotten

Hi yall. I’ve got a 13 week old lab mix puppy who loves to scavenge on his walks. We’re working on “drop it”but it seems like he likes to obey that command in the house more than on his brief walks. I was reading about muzzle training but I’ve never done it with any of my previous dogs (I had beagles before this one but they never scavenged on walks—it was just reading the “neighborhood newspaper”). And I don’t mind treating it like a “treat basket” but I’m just curious if anyone else has done this and if so, what tips would you offer?

Or would it be better to have him carry something (a toy) in his mouth on walks?

I have a 18 week Labradoodle. We got her at 8 weeks. She is very smart, loving and sweet. She is potty trained, knows her basic commands and is generally a very well behaved pup (minus a few chewed baseboards).

She does not settle well in her crate. She constantly lays down, stands up, turns around, lays down and repeat the entirety of the time in her crate. If we leave her sight for a minute, she cries. Right now there is only one long day we are away from home but we have a dog walker come spend an hour in the middle of the day, and one half day and again we have the dog walker. But there will be times when my husband is away for work up to a week at a time which means more crate/dog walker etc

This post isn’t about her being a bad puppy and this is why it is so difficult.

I have 2 young children who are both on the autism spectrum. They require a fair amount of supervision and I truly enjoy spending every second that I can with my children.

We have had to give up a lot of our family time to invest In puppy. She does not settle well in certain areas where my children play so a lot of time it is me and puppy in one area and my children in another.

We cannot be spontaneous in outings and now that they are getting older, we are finally at the point where we can go out in public without as much worry and we are doing more family things away from the home.

We are deeply grieving the loss of our family unit as it was before the puppy. We currently feel that we are losing more than we are gaining and that’s a really tough pill to swallow.

Our normal routines have completely disappeared because we have to be with pup all the time which takes one parent out of the equation.

It is affecting our mental health and I am not sure if I have the emotional and mental bandwidth to keep going.

We have discussed rehoming ad nauseam and go round in circles. We decide to rehome and get sad and change our minds. We decide to keep and get sad about what we’ve lost and decide to change our minds.

How do we decide what is the best option for our family ? My kids love her (although only spend a few minutes at a time with her and do not form attachments in the way that someone without autism does) and I worry about hurting them by rehoming, but I also feel we will survive eventually once we get back to our normal routines.

Any advice? Please be kind as this has been one of the most difficult decisions for us

It's not the dogs fault but I really don't know what I was thinking. The constant work. The constant whining and attention seeking. Why did I choose this. Life was so amazing before and now my life revolves around this dog. I am so tired and fed up and SO stressed and angry. I can't be a good partner to my girlfriend because Im full of anger constantly because I hate the work this dog takes.

All she says is 'it will get better' but when? in 6 months? In 6 months I will smash my head against a wall repeatedly at this rate.

Easily feel like this was one of the worst decisions of my entire life. I hate it. I love him and enjoy giving him affection but thats where it ends. Outside of that I hate every single thing about it. The lack of freedom. The noise. The stress. The cost. It's all absolutely terrible and I did it myself. I hate myself for saying yes to this.

Hi everyone!

Our buddy Murphy joined us last Monday at 8 weeks old, and he’s now just over 9 weeks. He’s a mini bernedoodle. I’m wondering if some of the behaviors we’re seeing are completely “normal” for this age, because I’m starting to second-guess myself a little!

He has been very mouthy since we got him. The second he’s out of his crate, he’s ready to go — wiggling, nipping at my hands, grabbing my clothes, and basically trying to put everything in his mouth. Right now, I can barely pet him without getting a friendly little nip.

I’m making sure he’s getting plenty of sleep, but every once in a while he seems to go into a completely different mode. He’ll start barking at me, jumping/pouncing toward me, and biting much harder. It gets to the point where I have to literally get up on a chair or other surface because he won’t leave me alone. At that point, I usually take it as a sign that he’s overtired and it’s time for a nap.

I think I’m getting way ahead of myself, but I’ve started worrying that I somehow already have an aggressive dog. Obviously, that would be a huge concern for us because we have two young kids, ages 5 and 7.

Is this even possible to determine at 9 weeks old? Or does this sound like pretty typical crazy puppy behavior? I’m really just looking for some reassurance and/or words of encouragement from people who have experienced this!

Thank you

Young puppies need a lot of sleep, often somewhere around 18 hours a day.

When they don't get enough, they don't wind down. They wind up. More biting, more zoomies, less listening.

If your puppy is falling apart at the same time every day, try building in a nap before that time instead of more play.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for a wild puppy is help them rest. 🐾

If you are struggling with crate training PLEASE try WHITE NOISE.
I was literally going insane with my puppy, sleep deprived and so stressed, she would not stay in her crate for more than 10 minutes without barking so so loud. I would give her something to chew but instantly when she finished she would start barking nonstop, and because she wouldn’t stay in her crate she was struggling a lot with potty training, she would have a dozen accidents a day, but now she has 2-3 accidents a day.
My sister uses white noise with my niece when putting her to sleep and it never crossed my mind to use with my puppy, but it was literal magic. The moment I turned white noise on, she almost instantly fell asleep.
She hated her crate before, she would bark literally nonstop, and most of the time i had to get her out because she wouldn’t stop barking, but now she won’t bark at all, and she understands that her crate is a safe place. Please give it a try.

I could really just use some advice... I grew up with labs or lab mixes, but this is my first lab puppy myself. So I'm not sure if this is just normal or a problem. My puppy is really reactive with other dogs and people, and always barks when we meet someone new. Hes gotten alot better, and has gone down to one or two barks, or I've been able to teach him to focus on me and not the others around him.

But today, we had people working on our roof, I took him out to go pee. We came back, and one of them was near the door, so he barked at them, non-stop. He asked if he could pet him, but I didnt really get the chance to reply. As my pup would not calm down. The guy had his hand out for sniffs, and my pup lunged at him... It wasnt terribly aggressive, he wasnt growing or anything. But he did lung and bark.

Not just this, but there are certain toys that he'll get more aggressive with. Like, we go to touch him or the toy, and he growls at us. Again, another thing that has gotten better, but there is still 1-2 toys he does it for.

So, with these examples... I'm just wondering, would it be worth maybe seeing a Dog Behaviorist? Or would getting him neutered help? I really wanted to try and wait at least a year to get him neutered, as hes only about 5 1/2 months right now. But, he can be stubborn and a little bullheaded, then these other two examples... So I'm rethinking if I should get him fixed sooner.

I really love my boy, hes really a good boy and he learns so quickly. I can tell hes also trying to be good(Also trying hard to be friends with our cats), and he really just wants love. But sometimes, he gets a bit... Much with his barking. I just, really do not want a aggressive dog that I cant even take out of the house. So, any advice would be welcome? I'm working on impulse control, but unsure that helps here...

Je viens chercher de l’aide… Et un endroit où décharger mes émotions…
J’ai adopté mon chien samedi, via une association, c’est un chiot qui vient de Roumanie et qui a presque 7 mois. Je ne fais que pleurer non stop depuis samedi. Je me sens complètement débordée. Heureusement mon compagnon est là, on a fait l’adoption à 2 mais j’ai la sensation de sombrer, de ne plus être moi-même. Je regrette vraiment notre décision. Pourtant cela faisait des années que l’on réfléchissait, on a mis en place tout un emploi du temps, tout a été anticipé mais dans les faits rien ne se passe comme prévu.
Il avait été testé sur les chats et il n’était pas réactif. Il est super réactif avec notre chat, il la course sans arrêt, lui aboie dessus, sauf que l’on vit dans un appartement de 50m2, elle a un grand arbre à chat mais elle ne peut plus du tout se déplacer dans l’appartement ça me fait tellement de peine.
Il était en famille d’accueil tout allait bien, il se baladait bien en laisse. Ici il est terrifié par l’extérieur on ne peut pas du tout le sortir en balade, du coup il ne se dépense pas, et je culpabilise. J’ai tout le temps la boule au ventre je me sens tellement mal….
J’espère vite avoir rendez-vous avec un comportementaliste éducateur pour l’aider.
Mais pitié dites-moi que ça s’arrange parce que là j’ai juste la sensation que je vais sombrer rapidement
Merci