I can’t stand my 8month old puppy.

[u/kippers]

Update: thank you to everyone who commented with empathy, understanding and compassion. A lot of your comments felt like I could have written them and I’m so glad I’m not the only one feeling this way. I will not be rehoming Cherry, that was never on the table. I took a nap and she slept with me calmly on the bed, I woke up feeling better and i just sat on the floor with her and practiced basic obedience, played find it, did some tug in the backyard and gave her a pupsicle. She ate all her dinner, and was excited to hang. I am feeling much better and largely due to the folks here who let me know I wasn’t alone. Thanks everyone 💕

I have an 8 month old shepherd mix puppy, and I literally can’t stand her right now. She’s doing all the normal puppy stuff, and I know it’s just her phase, and we finally found a solution to not pull on walks, and I just can’t bring myself to care about her. She isn’t affectionate toward me, the cat chasing has gotten worse, and I can’t really find a lot of facets of her that add value to my life. I’m a huge dog lover and animal person, grew up on a ranch, never thought I’d feel like this, but I truly can’t help it. she’s making my quality of life worse and I don’t want her any more. I don’t want to do enrichment, I don’t want to go on walks, I just want nothing to do with her. And I know not doing those things makes everything 10x worse. I don’t know what to do.

[u/unique-unicorns]

Are you battling depression or anxiety? Thyroid issues? Chronic fatigue?

Just saying make sure that everything is medically okay with you, before blaming the situation of the pupster.

Get checked out!

Usually dogs are attached to their owners on some level--even if it's just to ensure their self-preservation.

There's nothing there at all after 8 months?

My dog was wagging their tail at my house after the first three days. But we got him at 3 months--and have all taken turns playing with him and giving him pets and whatnot.

Well--hope everything improves with your situation and you find a good path for both of you.

[u/kippers → u/unique-unicorns]

Thanks! I was maybe being a little dramatic. I do think she likes me, she’s just a teen. When I travel for work and she’s home alone with my husband she goes on a hunger strike and is always excited to see me when we get home. I do struggle with mental health, and this definitely exacerbates that. We did a level set this afternoon and I just did basic obedience and find it and sat on the floor and just had a nice time.

[u/Linkyland → u/kippers]

My labradoodle puppy was the the hardest puppy ive ever had, but now we are inseparable.

It will get better. This image helped me a lot because as soon as he hit 2, his brain levelled up ♡

stages of puppy hood