puppy blues

My dog is absolutely attached to me. At my feet constantly and if I put him in a room alone he will go ballistic and scratch at the door and bark until I return. He can’t be left at home alone, he will bark the entire time. Is 8 months too late to train this out of him? Any tips? It’s keeping me...

Hey, I'm planning on getting a g-shep (male - full black) been prepping for over a year now. But hearing these stories about puppy blues and depression and tears, it's making me feel I can't do this. For context this isn't my first experience with puppies, Growing up we had various litters to...

CW: behavioral euthanasia, aggression Hi there, I brought home a 12 week old American Eskimo puppy, Lily, on May 1. I'm really struggling with puppy blues compounded from past trauma from my last dog. We adopted a 3 year old mixed breed of unknown background from a shelter in June 2020 and I...

I wanted to share this with all of you who have puppy blues out there. Even the most well behaved and highly trained and skilled working dogs out there can have bad days. Case in point... our local PD's drug detection dog is currently on the lose and evading attempts to retrieve him by...

When I was deciding whether to adopt a puppy or not, everyone told me I was overreacting and should definitely get him. But now I’m not so sure and am worried I made a mistake. I’m a nurse, I work 12 hours shifts. Between my husband and I’s schedule there are 6 days out of the month where he...

This is equal parts question and vent. I’m a single puppy mom and work full time. I get home at 5pm and take my puppy out. I exercise him, give him mental stimulation and play with him. At 7pm he gets crazy and bites. I thought he was overtired but my mom says he is couped up from being in his...

Update, Jan 23: After I made this post, I spoke with the breeder and told her I was struggling and asked her for advice. She was amazing, giving me advice about some of the issues we’ve been having, but also said that she wants us to be happy, and that she would be there if we decided that now...

We welcomed a beautiful 8 week old Bernese Mountain Dog into our lives a week on Sunday and it’s been tough, as expected. I took the week off and have been doing my best with toilet training and when I watch her like a hawk, we do well. When I don’t… not so well. She goes to the toilet between...

My parents got me a Pom puppy for my birthday to help with my autism. I don’t like being looked at and I like being left alone but I’m alone usually all the time. They didn’t know he’s 13% American Eskimo and 11% chihuahua they just pictured a purse pet ever since he’s been here at 3 months...

I’ve seen a few of these posts trying to gain some kind of advice from them but I feel like the circumstances of my situation is slightly different ? So we live in a semi detached house for reference so yano neighbours on the other side of the wall, and It’s 9:30 at night. My boyfriend has...

Hi, I’m really looking for educated advice, I have a Fell Terrier puppy of 12 weeks tomorrow 18th Feb he had his 2nd Jabs on the 13th, vet is saying I need to wait 2 weeks! Personally I feel in 2 weeks time all socialisation is totally out the window and I have a hard work dog for life, maybe...

My boyfriend got us an 8 wk old Samoyed puppy for Christmas this year. I’d never had a dog before, and of course I super excited and thought it was exactly what I wanted. The next month was awful. Absolutely awful. I got so frustrated with house training and puppy antics in general that I...

Hey everyone, Got me a psychotic 9 week old golden male. On day 3 of owning him. Also got a 4 year old Bichon that isn’t too happy. I have 3 kids, a wife, 4 cats, 3 live outside, and now 2 dogs. I feel like I’m doing everything right and I know it will get better. But damn, it’s hard. Just...

After several years of thought and consideration, my family (DH and 2 girls 19 & 7) and I made the decision to adopt a puppy. This December we adopted a 12wo female micro-goldendoodle. I did a lot of research about dog training and even though I shared and consistently modeled the education...

After agonising over this for the past week I’ve made the decision to rehome my puppy. I have been through a lot of pain in my life and this is close to the top of the list, I never in my life thought I’d rehome a pet who I love but I’m in this situation and don’t know how to deal with the...

I’m on day 8 of owning a puppy. He’s a 9 week old Boston terrier and I love him to death. As I say that, it’s 8am and there is poop on my bed, and he just went poo on my hardwood floor right next to it, even though we JUST came back inside from potty-ing (the reason I haven’t been able to...

Just thought I’d share it does get easier! My pup is 10 months old and though there are still some challenges I feel like we are getting into a good flo w again. Our pup was waking up at 5 am, playfully nipping my kids all the time, chewing up any thing he could find and had endless energy at...

Time really does fly by. My little former landshark/pee machine/reactive/restless pup is half a year old. I can already see signs of adolescence popping up so I know we’re not completely in the clear but man is it 100x easier than when he was 8 weeks old! Here are some of the main things I wish...

I brought home my 9 week old baby Chihuahua yesterday night. Her and I are already pretty bonded, as I spent a good amount of time w her since she was born. I was fully prepared to “crate” (crate in a puppy pen w a potty pad) train her, but I was not expecting her to be just so snuggly and sweet...

I type this, sitting on the floor of my bathroom while she is taking a forced nap. I need to know your story from the puppy blues to the happy life with your dog. If you have the puppy blues right now I want you to share your story aswell… so we can be together in this. This is mine : almost...