Hi, we have had our 12 week old puppy for 2 weeks & I am crumbling ... it's just me and my 11 year old dd. She has been mithering for years for a puppy but I always said not till she was old enough to take on some of the responsibility.... I did tons of research ( or so I thought) but nothing could have prepared me for how difficult it would be or how I would feel. I am utterly miserable, my dd is hardly bothering with him at all, I have to pester her to take pup in garden, to feed him even to play with him. He is doing a little better at night so at least I'm getting approx 5 hrs sleep now, but he cries, barks & howls if we put him in crate during the day. I've followed all advice make it a safe place, put him in for 30 secs then 1 minute etc etc. I just feel so trapped we've been stuck in apart from a few visits to parents. Even sitting with dd at bedtime while she reads we have background noise of pup crying cos we're out of sight. I have to go back to work in a few days... I'm dreading it and just feel so lost.