I never had a pet growing up, my partner always had dogs. At the end of January this year we got ourselves a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy. The initial idea was my partners, it had never entered my mind to get a dog, but admittedly, i was just as excited as he was when we decided to go and see our puppy-to-be. Nearly five months on, she has grown to be a placid, quiet, affectionate dog who is eager to please and I admit, we probably couldn’t have asked for a better dog, although this isn’t to say she has always been like this- she’s a puppy after all. My partner is obsessed with her, the best thing since sliced bread in his eyes, and our two year old loves her (when he’s in the mood for her).
Yet somehow, I just don’t feel the same way about her- I don’t feel like my house is my
home anymore, I find her constant need for attention extremely irritating, I can’t bring myself to talk to her and make a fuss of her like my partner does. He works away at least one night a week, every week, and i dread it when he’s not here. I have been extremely down, many times since we got her, which really is unlike me. My partner says I’m being selfish as I can’t take into consideration how happy she makes him and that I am stopping myself from liking her, he’s made it very clear that she isn’t going anywhere. In fairness, she hasn’t done anything to warrant getting rid of her, I’m aware of the fact. I am clearly just not a dog person.
All I know is I was so much happier before we got her and I can’t wait to be in the situation again, as awful as it sounds.
I don’t know what to do.