My brother doesn’t get it.
He accused me of being a lazy dog parent today.
He also thinks I’m being too overprotective and he thinks that I should just let my dog run wild in the house and yard all the time!
I just can’t let my dog have free reign of the house all the time right now.
Shed destroy the house!
Instead I let her out of her pen in small increments at a time.
20 minutes at a time, here and there while I carefully montintor her.
She’s not ready yet to roam free everywhere yet because she’s not housebroken yet!
I fukkking through with my Narcissist brother.
I’m going to totally ignore him and may block him from my phone.
He’s a miserable psychologically damaged human being, I’m so done with him.
He’s toxic and so bad for my mental health.
Wait, what do you mean, free run of the house? I think keeping them closed off from certain rooms is fine, unless you’re crating her all day or keeping closed in a bathroom or something.
Have you thought about hiring a dog trainer, to help give you some advice that will relieve your stress and help improve your puppy’s behavior? It’s not that you are doing something wrong, but someone might give you suggestions that maybe you haven’t thought of before. Just some suggestions. I want to see you in a better spot mentally. Maybe help with your exhaustion.
I keep her in her pen for the most part and occasionally crate.
I will let her out of the pen loose from time to time with supervision.
She’s not ready to have free reign of the house unsupervised yet.
My brother doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
I’ve raised dogs since I was a kid.
I have a very limited understanding of doggies, but I do know that if they don’t get enough time to release their energy in the day, that pent up energy turns into destructive behavior. So the more exercise she gets, the more calm she will become. Puppies have a huuuuge amount of energy they need to expel. So they have to run all day. Otherwise they get too mischievous. You know this. So I really suggest hiring a dog walker to get your puppy to burn off all that energy and be calmer in the house. The idea is to make her exhausted, not you. Lol
Yeah I’m letting her run off her energy in the backyard from time to time.
After she’s spent some time running with a good game of fetch she’s pooped and sleeps in the pen soundly.
Just so you know. Your brother was wrong. He shouldn’t have said that to you. If i had been there, I would have kicked him in the nuts for saying that.
Sounds like your brother has really upset you. I would consider pointing it out that he has hurt your feelings.
If he doesn’t have dogs of his own, then I feel like he isnt in a position to talk anyway. I would disregard his advice if he has no experience. Raising dogs takes a lot of dedication and energy and I don’t think anyone realises it until they do it themselves.
cos that girl is sooooo wild.