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Doodledog Mon 28-Dec-20 21:11:18

He's still a baby. He will learn to sleep at night, and will soon become house trained.

We are without a dog for the fist time since we got married, and I miss having one around, but they are tying, and they do make work.

They are pack animals, and usually pick one person as leader of the pack - often the man of the house, as they respond to deep voices. Remember this, and remember that it is important that whilst loving him and making him part of the family is great, he needs to know that he is 'the dog', and that he is not your equal. That's not unkind - it is natural for dogs to have a place in the pecking order, and it gives them security.

Can you find places to go where you can take him with you? It's so difficult in lockdown, as nothing is as it was, but things will change, and if you have plans for places to go with him it will be easier when we come out the other side.

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?