Anyone experienced puppy regret?

[OhLawdy]

Pups been jere for nearly 3 weeks and I'm just thinking 'Why the fuck did I do this?'

I've got a trainer coming in once a week and the dog is great with things like sit, stay, games with food etc.

But she just screams when she's in her crate. I do crate value. Lots of treats in there. Feed her in there. But as soon as I shut the door she freaks

I'm getting no sleep

I just feel like I've made a huge mistake. I couldn't take her back. It would kill the kids but I just don't know what to do. I'm crying my eyes out

I had massive regrets for about a week soon after our pup arrived at 8wks. She is now 15 wks and things are miles better. She will go straight in her crate at night, only if it is covered with a blanket, but in the day she goes mad for a few minutes then settles down. We focused on crate training in the day when it didn’t matter if she made a racket. After a while we knew she was ok I there but just oreferred to be out then we did ignore her crying for a bit and she learnt that it didn’t work and now is much better in there. Try a new approach if the current one isn’t working, but chose one and stick with it, good luck!

I did have puppy regret and remember being exhausted. IMO it was worse than a newborn as at least they can't move around the room! Then there's the teenage to get through. It's long behind us now though and they bring so much joy (and laundry). I still have teeth marks on all my furniture including the edge of every pillow case and cushion from those days.

Our gorgeous lab is 12 weeks. He’s destroyed half the house, he playfights with our mad chihuahua even though he’s about eight times her size. He pisses all over the floor when he inevitably loses. He eats EVERYTHING. He’s a sneaky little fucker and if the kids leave a door even slightly ajar he’s through it. He can’t be alone ANYWHERE, especially the garden as he eats the gravel patio.

I love him though and wouldn’t be a without him. He knows sit, stay, come, bed, down etc and is a soppy shite.

He has his second lot of jabs on monday so by next weekend I can at least get him out of the house for a few good runs a day, the fields are literally on our doorstep.

Anyone who doesn’t wonder what the fuck they were thinking in the first six months or so is lying.

My boy had a wheat intolerance unbeknownst to us for almost 2 months which resulted in constant diarrhoea untill the vet finally worked it out. I had serious puppy regret during the first few months especially after I have up on create training thinking it was cruel to him as cried and howled so much (he is an Alaskan malamute) but he then chewed/ dug a hole through my couch one night at about 6 months old! Don't give up on the crate training too soon, I was the exact same felt guilty and gave up with disastrous consequences whilst my best friend persevered with her collie (bought a few months after I got my boy) and she loves her crate. As an adult she id no longer shut in but still takes all treats there to eat, sleeps there etc. Its not cruel if the dog sees it as their den which is handy if you have children as the rule should be. Don't bother the dog if they are in their den, therefore giving the dog a safe, childfree place to go with treats etc x

Sorry typos *gave up on crate training

I had this until maybe 6 months old when he wasn't quite as much of a nightmare.. but still questioned myself several times until he was about 2!

Yep first 6 months. He's 3.5 now. The older he gets the more I love him. He's a show cocker barking idiot dog :-)

I have to read puppy pressure threads to stop myself adding another dog to the troop. I've stopped at 2 JRTs and forcing myself to look away from the rescue sites.

Oh my god my 13 week old German shepherd is a velociraptor today. No matter what I do he just isn't stopping. I've tried toys, distracting him with training, quiet time in his pen/crate, a little walk...nothing. So hard not to lose my patience when he's biting and lunging every 2 seconds 🙈🙈🙈 I think he'll be spending extra time in his pen today. Wondering if he didn't sleep well last night because of the howling wind and he's just over-tired!!

I just wanted to echo it does get better. I had terrible puppy regret. I spent Christmas 2016 in Tears over the puppy... Not much fun for anyone. Even the kids wanted to rehome him. I struggled with his uncontrollable ENERGY and boisterousness . We could not sit down for a moment without him jumping over us.

Now, we all adore our dog. He is amazing. He's company, gets me outside, perfect cuddle partner. It's not fun in the beginning, but try and stick with it. It will get much better.

We have a 6 month old puppy. It’s bloody hard work (cleaning up mess, training, the chewing, nipping, walking all weather, playing, feeding, constant rolling in fox poo...it never stops.). I thought we’d made a dreadful mistake.

But 6 months in we’re in a routine and she knows what’s expected of her. It’s still hard work, but manageable, and I love her to bits.

Yes, me.

I cried a lot when we first got her but she soon turned into an amazing dog who is loved by everyone. She’s now 12, she makes me cry now because she’s aged so much in the last 6 months and I’m dreading the time she’s no longer around.

I found the puppy days harder than the newborn baby stage. I couldn’t go through it with a pup again.

The first week we got our dog I cried and cried. I told no one 🙈 I thought people would be full of 'oh I told you you couldn't cope etc.' My husband seemed to love the dog and was very patient. All the dog seemed to do is destroy things no matter how much distracting we did. I was told not to react when he bit but sometimes it bloody hurt.

Anyway a year later I love him to bits. He is a much calmer happier dog. He was just being a puppy.

I recently mentioned to some guests (who just got a dog) how much I despaired in the first few weeks (months) and one of them said 'thank god that's how I feel!' When they left my husband said he also felt like that but didn't want to say to me as I seemed to love the dog so much (which tbf I did but I also sometimes wished we hadn't got him).

My point is that this won't last. Things get better as they get older :-) I wouldn't be without my little fur ball now and would be devestated if anything happened to him.

We just got another dog two months ago so I may be mad but here we go again!!!

Oooh yes. I lost it completely couldn’t eat, panic attacks, the works.

For crate training I would look up clicker training and crate training. Lego pup was horrific about being left on her own. But we got there (on her terms), now she will stay in her crate over night until she is let out and will spend a couple of hours in it during the day.

I would say she is wonderful but as I type she is trying to flip her water bowl whilst pretending it’s an accident.

Seriously though I now wouldn’t be without her she’s 9 months old.

I got a rescue puppy and then worried for weeks that I had made a huge mistake. She was never crated - rightly or wrongly - I don't belive in it. She was taught not to beg and sits very happily under the table when the kids or anyone else are eating. We did not have any problems house training her and until she was trained she slept in her bed in the kitchen at night. You just have to be firm, kind and consistant and they soon learn. It just takes time and patience. I love her to death now and am very glad that we got her!