She is 5 months. She is beautiful and I love her wee face and eyes. She stinks and is hairy, and needs walked: none of that bothers me. I love walking her and trying to train her and what she brings out in my kids, but I think overall I feel trapped and depressed having a dog and no-one listens because it was obviously our choice, as it is anyone’s. I feel thrown back into toddler parenting: she needs constant supervision and cannot get a thing done in the house. I like being at work more than being at home and it is because I can’t bear being at home, thinking of all the stuff I need to do but can’t cos have to watch the pup. Cooking tea is so hard, she tries to get up onto worktops the whole time. I swear all the time in front of my kids. I just want to be able to lead the life I had before: do yoga at home, play some piano at home, nothing too exotic, just some relaxation stuff not tv. When do they stop needing constantly watched and stop messing around with anything you are trying to get on with, life or housework wise? I am not talking pristine house here. All I want is to be able to clean the bathrooms once a fortnight even!!! How do people do it?I thought a dog would just lie and chill mostly, if the owner walked it and patted it, or was that naive? Even if it does not get easier can someone please post and tell me it does. Or you get used to it or something…