We had a dog for almost 10 years before he died, and dh decided we needed a new dog... to get us active again, fill the hole left by our old dog, to go running with him, etc.... Looking for a puppy sort of gave us as a family something to look forwards to.
roll forwards bringing home this puppy....dh decided he wanted the biggest of the litter, which as it turns out was the one who escaped puppy pen, escaped the puppy room, was the giddiest/most forwards of the litter. He was lovely, a bit needy but we put that down to him just having left his litter mates.
within a few weeks he was nipping me all the time... no-one else just me...i spent weeks in tears hating this puppy cos all he did was draw blood or put holes in my clothes. It took a while of training and we finally got through that stage.
now hes 8 months and is SO needy.... its driving me crazy. I have started work so dh has to watch him during the day (he works nights) and all I get is complained at because he hasnt settled, he's whined all morning so he cant sleep... and when I get home the dog wont settle
the routine is....
dh comes home, feeds dog, takes him for a 5min walk to let him wee/poo. goes to bed.
I get up, get kids ready for school, dog whines all this time (possibly excitement), then dog walks to school with us, then we walk through fields home so he can run around.
just me and him all day...he is calm, sleeps, plays nicely.
dh gets up, goes to pick kids up.
I make tea, do homework... dh goes to work....at this time dog goes crazy barking, whining, bringing toys to dh.
I do baths, dog lays at top of stairs quietly waiting for us. Kids go to bed...dog lays nicely and snoozes/plays.
It seems to me like dh winds him up, gears him up to get giddy....and I get left to pick up the pieces. He doesn't often take him for walks... he has his long walk with me in the morning and a few short walks of 5-10 mins.
At the moment I work 1 morning....so it's only one morning he has to put up with the dog whining....but come sept I will be working everyday so if it doesn't get better dh is going to get no sleep and be super grumpy... I really don't know what to do... I've started "training" the dh and telling him to ignore the whining, stop winding him up, make him sit and be calm before he gets a fuss.... so hopefully it may get better.... but then he has days like today where he's stolen a pear core, thrown shoes around, pounced on the cat.... and I just sit regretting we ever bought him.
sorry for the long post..... just wondering if anyone else has regretted getting a dog? and did it pass? did you do extra training?
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MrsClegane · 21/07/2017 14:19
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