I don't know what to do, y'all. We rescued a puppy last week, an absolutely precious little 9 week old pup that we named Scully, but I'm at my wits end and it's only been seven days. A puppy seemed to make the most sense because we have two cats and we were having trouble finding a rescue dog that was good with cats. Raise a puppy with cats, and it'll be fine with cats. We knew it was going to be hard, but like...fuck me this is so exhausting and I have no idea if we're doing anything right and I feel like I haven't had a real moment to myself since we brought her home. Even something simple like giving her water to drink is fucking stressful because I have no idea how long to wait to take her out, sometimes she gives me signs that she has to go, sometimes she doesn't, and is any of the housebreaking shit we're trying actually working? I don't know and I feel like garbage because of how pissed I'm getting at this two month old puppy.
I guess I just needed to vent. We have her signed up for some puppy socialization courses, so hopefully that will help. Does anyone here have any experience housebreaking and training puppies? Any resources or advice you could share would be a godsend right now.
I guess I just needed to vent. We have her signed up for some puppy socialization courses, so hopefully that will help. Does anyone here have any experience housebreaking and training puppies? Any resources or advice you could share would be a godsend right now.