Is a puppy harder to raise than a newborn?

[KeepCalmLadybird]

I had ds around 8 months ago. At the same time my friend got a new puppy. We were texting one day to see how the other one was getting on. She made a comment along the lines of 'a puppy is harder work than a newborn' mainly because of their energy, toilet training etc. I didn't make any comment on it at the time but have thought about it a few times since. I was so tired at the time, emotional and recovering from a traumatic birth and was a bit taken aback.

AIBU to think a newborn is harder than a puppy? I am happy to be told IABU as I've never had a puppy before so don't know what it entails really! I just can't imagine having that newborn fog, all emotions and no sleep with a puppy. Although I guess some babies are easier than others, same with puppies probably.

The reason I have been thinking about it today is because she is due her first baby soon and I just wonder if her mind might change.

I found our puppy harder than my two newborns. But we had the puppy first so there was the new loss of freedom to deal with.

Newborns bite less but you cant pop them in a cage while you go out for a few hours

I have a very easy baby & my dog is a right pain in the arse so I'd be tempted to agree with her.
The only aspect of the dog that's easier is that I can leave the dog alone in the house. It's frowned upon when you do that to babies!

Actually tbf I can see her point, we currently have 4 dogs 2 of whom we've had since pups and have previously had many others and have 2 dds, dd1 was a preemie and although a good sleeper was a terrible eater and a little delayed in some milestones and is currently awaiting testing for SEN, dd2 co sleeps although I use the sleeps part lightly but somehow I find that I found them easier to cope with than puppies.

Widdlin - shit & piss everywhere for 7 months??? I've house trained a number of puppies & all have had it cracked by 5 months, most by 4.

Hmmm different things to compare but I thought my puppy was harder. I may have had an easy baby and a difficult puppy though!

I'm glad it's not just me who finds puppies hard! I've just been out for a couple of hours with the kids and pup in the pouring rain. The kids would have been fine staying in but I couldn't stand the thought of an evening in with the dog if he hadn't had a walk!

With my babies, i worried, I cared, I researched, I feared the worst, i hoped, I dreamt, I felt guilt- and of course that tremendous petrifying love. I want to be the best I can for them.

With the puppy? Nah, just need to make sure he's walked. It's so piss easy compared to the mind-fuck of child rearing, I find even the comparison perculiar.

histinyhands if you did zero research and didn't care about getting a puppy, you really aren't cut out to own a dog.

Ooooh.

I think having a puppy is probably MORE like having a newborn than some other baby animals. But - I don't have DC - I'm not sure I think one is really much like the other at all.

We had dc1, 8 months later got a puppy, 8 months after that had dc2.
Barely remember the puppy being any bother at all tbh. A couple of weeks sleeping downstairs with it and waking to let it out at night and that was it really.
If only babies were that east.

Our little Boo nearly broke our relationship. When we got Sam he was even worse (was ignored because it was his dog) They are now 4 and 2. They were definitely harder than kids.
It's no defence, we are way softer with the dogs than children so totally our fault.
I also don't agree with what hist said but we're all different and that's just my feeling.