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colournanny Mon 28-Dec-20 20:47:38

Hi everyone, my hubby has wanted a dog for about 20 plus years. I’ve always said no because having young children hubby working away from home a lot & I had a part time job. Last year he was talking about a dog again & saying how much he really wants one now he’s nearly retiring .I felt that I should agree now. He’s been such a good husband & dad & looked after our family so well. I said ok but he must do all the research etc as to which dog would suit our family.
He started by choosing a large , high shedding dog, & I did say that perhaps that may be too much for us as we r getting older., Anyway he decided on a cockerpoo which seemed ideal. Now I ended up contacting breeders & then COVID appeared & prices soared unrealistically . In about maytime I was emailed from a breeder saying she hoped to have pups end of November. We chatted & met up wen we could & her lovely dog had 5 adorable pups. We bought our little guy home with us.at beginning of dec. Now he is a beautiful little pup. But I hate to say this but I wish we didn’t have him ??? He howls when we go to bed, quite good at using puppy pads but I now feel we can’t do what we want when we want .
I feel so bad about these negative feelings & I don’t want the pup to sense this. My hubby is so happy with him
Please does anyone have any advice on how I can relax & enjoy this dear little pup?

colournanny Tue 29-Dec-20 22:25:30

Thankyou all for your positive advice. He is such a gorgeous pup & I do feel guilty with perhaps viewing him as hard work but as you say this time will pass I want him to be a happy well behaved dog.
My hubby is more laidback about training & I’m telling him we need to put in the work now to achieve a happy dog

sodapop Wed 30-Dec-20 09:49:24

It will happen colournanny I'm sure. I agree about the training etc but do take time just to enjoy your puppy and his funny antics. Good luck.