My partner and I got a 12 week old puppy last week. He's a lovely, intelligent dog, really good, just a normal puppy in lots of behavioural ways. I work full time, my partner works from home so the burden of dog care falls on him through the week.
I've had a dog in the past, this is his first. The trouble is my partner is massively having cold feet, thinking we made a huge mistake and he doesn't want the dog around. He admits the puppy is a great dog, he just doesn't want a dog! Taking the dog back to where we got him isn't an option.
Has anyone experienced this kind of reaction? I feel we made a commitment to the puppy and feel awful about the prospect of rehoming him, especially as we have children who'd be effected if he went. On the other hand I don't want my partner to be miserable and stressed. I don't want the puppy to be with someone who hates having him around all day.
What do we do? We have imposed new house rules - no pup on the furniture or upstairs and have discussed giving it 6 weeks to see how things go, but would it be better to act sooner before children get very attached to him and he to us? I know that given how my partner is feeling now we shouldn't have got him, but didn't foresee this at the time. So in the full knowledge that we have made a mistake what do we do for the best?
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My partner is having cold feet. What to do!?
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Maggie2828 · 13/03/2017 14:19
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