Puppy anxiety? Me not the dog.

[PeckyOwl]

Has anyone else had this? My dog has been with me 7 months now and I feel like half that time has been delightful but the other half I have been crippled by anxiety about his wellbeing. He's had a couple of nasty episodes of illness, and I just feel so powerless and convinced it will be catastrophic. Did anyone else experience this? Did it get better?

@PeckyOwl Love your name. Puppy arrived today and I have been feeling really sick and I think it is from anxiety and stress. I don't think I do change very well!

@LostArcher nor do I it seems! Hopefully it will wear off....good luck for the first night

I felt like this for about 3 months, I think most things take about 3 months to get used too.

We had all got to know each other and settled in about then and I stopped having the occasional WTF have I done moments and started to enjoy the dog.

Good luck!

That's good to know. Am better today and she's had breakfast, nap, playtime. Sleep was ok (I didn't sleep but did stay in my bed). My son got the camp bed out and stayed downstairs with her until 2.30 ish and she slept without a peep in her crate thingy until husband had to wake her up this morning. Feeling like we are establishing a routine now but still have loads of adrenaline and don't feel like eating much (perhaps I might lose weight!).