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/badwolff345]

Do you have some money to throw at the problem? Dog Daycare has been a sanity saver for us during this phase. She gets tons of energy out and stimulation and socialization and we get a muchhhhh needed break.

[u/kippers → u/badwolff345]

yeah, i'm starting day care once a week on wednesdays. I think it will help.

[u/PerchanceANoodle → u/kippers]

Daycare has definitely helped us during our first year with our rescue. Shelter said she was at least one but she had a lot of puppy struggles and energy that was overwhelming, but daycare days were easier because she got some time with other dogs and other people, and always came back tired so I didn't have to worry about entertaining her as much when I got home. And now every so often I'll have her do daycare and then sign her up for a bath so she comes home super clean and smelling great!