I don't like my puppy

[Cait73]

And I hate myself - she's taken over my life I know puppies do (okay I forgot it's been 12 years) and she's a dear little thing but the biting, chewing, training, eating schedule and endless trips to the garden just to come in and find a poo on the rug

I'm exhausted all the time - I don't feel like I love her is this normal? I'm really hoping someone will tell me it's too soon I've only had her 5 weeks and the love will grow?

All I remember is I loved my last dog from the second he arrived and I didn't even care how much work he was, I loved every inch of him every second of the day

Why don't I feel like that??

I hate puppies, I just endure them till they turn into dogs, lol.

I’d have skipped that stage entirely this time if I’d had the option, but I’d spent 2 years trying and failing to get an adult rescue that could live with a cat, so I adopted a puppy instead and I’m just waiting for him to stop being a git. (And training him obviously)

This thread has been so reassuring

@Cait73 I have always had a lot to do with animals and a lot of my friends are vets or work in that industry I took my puppy out for a walk with my friend and she has a rescue the same age, I asked her if I was strange as I didn't have the intense love I feel for my older dog she said no, it's a falling in love process. Watching him grow, learn from my old boy and try to do things to please me, and then last night he learned to throw his teddy up in the air and catch it and he did it hundreds of times just melted my heart I hate the puppy stage really but there's lots of lovely times also.

I truly fell in love without our boy when he fractured his leg in a freak accident aged only 10 weeks He had to have surgery and honestly it was the same as taking your newborn baby yo the hospital to have surgery I was absolutely distraught. Thankfully he made a full recovery, but I honestly love him like he's another baby of mine

This thread made me laugh.
I’ve always had rescue adult dogs but my current two were puppies. The shih tzu was a proper arsehole. Yapping, biting me, upsetting my older rescue dog. I seriously considered taking her back to breeder. I really thought a puppy would be easy compared to rehabilitating my previous rescue dogs. Especially given the fact I researched and found the best breeder I could and waited well over a year for her.
She’s a dream now. The sweetest girl ever.

On the other hand my rescue pup that is now 11 months was love at first sight and has been a easy puppy and I’m so happy the rescue matched us with him but at first I had huge doubts about a young pup because of how bad the shih tzu was.
He’s still hard work and such a clown but he had me wrapped round his little paws since day one

You’ll get though it and it will be worth it
Also awesome name and beautiful little pup

@BiteyShark I said exactly this about my dear boy, he's "my dog" my one and only and I'll never do it again, and yet here we are

@XelaM yes my (first) dog nearly died when he was a baby (another dog tried to eat him) we totally bonded then

Hoping we don't have to have a near death experience to get on with this little monster

I think it's very normal. I said to my DJ that having my puppy was much more hard work than having my children when they were little. There were times when I thought 'that's it he'll have to go, my sanity is going to snap'. However the training just clicked in! Sort of 😂. He's a Border Collie and they are supposed to be bright. I think I've got a faulty one. I absolutely adore him now, he's definitely a mummy's boy. As you can see from the pic, he's spoilt rotten

@DuchessAnnogovia puppies are harder because we don't instantly love them like we do our own babies

I remember the first 6 weeks with DDog. I was reading and checking his contract almost daily to see how we could return him to the breeder. I knew it was going to be like having a newborn but it had been 12 years since having a newborn...
By 5 months it was all so much easier. He's now 2.5yrs and we can't imagine life without him. He still has his moments of being hard of hearing but he's just fab!

Puppies are really really hard work. The pure joy of standing outside at 2am waiting for her to wee on the lawn in the freezing cold and then giving in and coming back inside just in time for her to wee on the kitchen floor.

It does get better and then that tiny little fluffball becomes a much loved member of the family.

@Sheldock I can't return Peggy but good to know I'm not the only one looking for a get out clause!!

Who does like their puppy?

The reason they are cute is to convince us to hang on to them until they grow up into decent dogs. Puppies are arseholes with whom you don't yet have any real relationship.

The point of them is to put in the months hard work bringing them up so that you can be friends in the future.

Plenty of gin and cake to get you through until then

@FuckingFabulous

I hope people are right when they say dogs calm down and become more likeable after three years and I do hope disliking pups/young dogs is normal, because our dog is approaching three years old and I am looking forward to actually liking her instead of wishing we had never even considered bringing a dog into our home.

Me too @FuckingFabulous but mine is only 12 months!! 2 years to go…

My dislike for my puppy was so bad that I would find myself day dreaming about him finding a bar of chocolate I would never ever have done anything to hurt him but I did often envisage the various ways that I could get my lovely, calm, clean life back! Thank god they're not puppies for long!

I think when you have had an older dog which you have loved dearly it makes it harder when you get a new pup. Apart from you forgetting how much hard work they are compared to an old dog it makes it harder to bond with them and takes time to feel the love. It took me several months to start properly loving mine despite him looking cute. I am sure he was harder work than our first. He wouldn't stop biting us and this went on for about two years. Now several years later he is so loving and such a character that he makes everyone stop to give him a fuss. Having young children obviously makes it harder but I am sure you will get there.

@AnnieMay55 you worded that exactly

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The love will definitely grow.

Normal. I sat on the kitchen floor and cried once when the dog picked its water bowl up and emptied it on the floor for the third time that morning. Then screamed at her to get out when she came to comfort me looking all concerned which made me cry more at my own inability to handle the situation.

She was a very naughty boisterous 11 month old Rottweiler. She's gone now and I miss her so badly I'd do anything for one more cuddle with her.

@MissVanji I had a St Bernard and she was a fantastic dog, once she had grown up. Keep up with the training, be firm but fair, and you will have a loving, loyal dog that you adore & will never forget. Mine broke my heart when we lost her unexpectedly at the age of 8.

I think my heart just broke looking at that gorgeous photo!

But - puppies are hard work. Better you than me though I'm sure she'll grow up to be your best bud. Hang in there.

@BlackSwan this ones just for you

Where's the pic?! I need something to coo over!

@BlackSwan I can see it