puppy blues

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...

First thing first I wanna thank this subreddit don’t know what I would’ve done seein people struggle w the same stuff u struggle with doesn’t make u feel like a failure I guess 🤣 anyway I just got a puppy almost two months ago for my mom after my uncle passed never owned a puppy or even like...

I, for one, will never be getting a young puppy again. My puppy is generally good. He crates well, sleeps great, only has around 1 accident a day and it’s just a little pee. He bites of course, but he’s smart and responds to “No!” And “Quit.” for a lot of things. So all in all, he’s not a...

This is not a new story. I’m sure it’s common to this group. I don’t know why I’m posting it. Probably just an mental health exercise to have it all in one place. Perhaps in the future when I have doubts or second thoughts, i can return here and re-read the mental space I was in. I don’t need...

So I’m just feeling defeated. Partner and I got two puppies (chihuahua, shitzu, dachshund, Australian Shepard mix) from my friends mom. We didn’t do our research and now I’m regretting the decision. We started crate training as soon as possible, separate crates. They were pretty good last...

UPDATE 9 months later: ? We got a Schnauzer puppy a month ago, thinking we were in a great position to have a dog (I had many dogs in my family growing up, we both work from home, recently moved to a house with a garden). She doesn’t want to sleep, she cries in her pen (with an array of toys)...

Getting to my wits end with 7-month hound mix. We are a young family (two children 9, 6) and no amount of strategies have been able to curb his want to chew on us. I’ll be clear that it isn’t biting that breaks skin, but it IS NOT gentle. He mouths hard enough to cause the kids to yelp (he’s...

Night one with a 4-month old, untrained rescue pup. It’s 1.30am and we’ve had to clean the crate out because she pooped and managed to cover herself and her bedding. I can’t leave her side else she starts howling. Did I mention I have three kids? Youngest is 8 weeks. I’m just praying he...

I’m too scared to post this on r/dogs but I have a 7 month old french bulldog that’s full of energy and light. while it shouldn’t be a problem, my living circumstances changed: I was originally supposed to move into a 1x1 with hard wood floors, didn’t happen, building got sold and rent went up...

I’m a new puppy owner. My boyfriend and I literally adopted her yesterday (2/13/24) and I feel like we’ve made a huge mistake. We’ve been talking and thinking about a puppy for a long time and I finally found the perfect puppy for us. I’m definitely a cat person, and he’s a dog person. I didn’t...

what the hell do y’all do when your dog refuses to go outside when it’s raining? i’m really irritated because yesterday it was raining and not a single ounce of piss or poop was made outside. he did it all in the house. of course it’s raining again today and tomorrow and it’s going to drive me...

I love my good boy, don’t get me wrong. We have a very good schedule figured out & he’s really well exercised and trained. But today, man. He is 1 year and 1 month old and he pushes me sometimes. We crate during the day but leave him out at night. I woke up this morning to coffee filters...