
Hey all,Recently I got a puppy. She's a husky mix and basically the sweetest dog I could have imagined. Extremely friendly to people and other dogs, no real behavioral issues (shares toys, not protective of food, extremely well socialized) and I really like her a lot.But I'm having issues and I need advice:She's full of energy, and I don't have a yard (I will beginning next month when I move) so I've been putting her in doggy daycare. The problem: They promised me she would come home and crash, but yesterday was the first day of that and it didn't happen. Instead, she was still active/needing to be entertained for 3-4 more hours.Unfortunately, I'm just not in a position right now where I can play with her a lot on weekdays, I have a lot of work I have to do when I get home from work. Ideally she would come home and just chew on her bone and I walk her once before we bed down for the night.I promised myself I would never be one of those dog owners that is just a dick and leaves their dog alone all the time. I really want to involve her in stuff, but I just can't completely reorient my life to her and that's what it is feeling like is happening.Did I just make a complete mistake getting a puppy when I should be opting for an adult/older dog who can handle lounging around the house during the day and 1-2 walks and dog park on the weekend?My ideal weeknight is I come home (she's either been in day care or had some good yard time during the day), walk her for 20 min and then have her cuddle up with me on the couch while I work/chill.Weekends are a different story, but if I can't do this then I'm going to start encountering some serious issues in my personal life.But the thought of abandoning her and her maybe ending up in a household that's worse/doesn't take as good care of her would make me feel terrible.I'm just feeling really fucking stressed out and like I'm just throwing money at this problem. I'm setting up her crate tonight and going to start crate training her. I feel so guilty though. Like I'm the bad guy and the girls at the daycare are the ones she actually likes :SI think being able to leave her in the crate for a few hours will help a lot. I also have her signed up for training at Petco. Thanks y'all. Even just typing this out has calmed me down, I feel better about it. via /r/dogs http://ift.tt/2sDMohl
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