It's possible this owner just sucks, but also the puppy blues are a real thing.
Now, I'm obsessed with my dog and he's basically my best friend and we go on so many adventures together. But, about 2 weeks after my wife and I adopted him, for about a month, I really went through these feelings. He was already a year old when we got him, and big, and destructive. I would get so sad (not mad, just sad) when I came home and he had tore a hole in the couch. I remember that I had my alarm set a half hour earlier than normal to take him on a walk and thinking "this isn't bad now, but I have to keep my alarm set early for at least 10 more years. What have I done?" I knew other dog owners I reached out to who talked to me about this, and it helped a lot.
If you go over to /r/dogs you'll see questions like this all the time. Perhaps they're worded a little better, but essentially lots of people, especially when it's their first pet, go through these feelings. And "murdering" them about it doesn't help. Telling them it's normal, and giving them advice on how to get through it helps.
LeoMarius on January 16th, 2021 at 14:02 UTC »
"I bought some tape and it's sticky. What do I do?"
FabulousTrade on January 16th, 2021 at 14:04 UTC »
Someone's always getting word-murdered on Quora. It's just too easy since some of the questions are trollish.
Weed_O_Whirler on January 16th, 2021 at 15:01 UTC »
It's possible this owner just sucks, but also the puppy blues are a real thing.
Now, I'm obsessed with my dog and he's basically my best friend and we go on so many adventures together. But, about 2 weeks after my wife and I adopted him, for about a month, I really went through these feelings. He was already a year old when we got him, and big, and destructive. I would get so sad (not mad, just sad) when I came home and he had tore a hole in the couch. I remember that I had my alarm set a half hour earlier than normal to take him on a walk and thinking "this isn't bad now, but I have to keep my alarm set early for at least 10 more years. What have I done?" I knew other dog owners I reached out to who talked to me about this, and it helped a lot.
If you go over to /r/dogs you'll see questions like this all the time. Perhaps they're worded a little better, but essentially lots of people, especially when it's their first pet, go through these feelings. And "murdering" them about it doesn't help. Telling them it's normal, and giving them advice on how to get through it helps.