Not sure what to tag this. I have a 9 month old GSD/Husky/Mountain Cur. She's beautiful and sweet and smart, and is in the middle of training with me but is doing well. I've had her about a month and a half. I have wanted a dog for a long time, and my partner and I talked about it on and off periodically with no real seriousness, and than suddenly over the course of December, we went from talking to owning. There is no issue with the pup, the issue is me and trying to balance my life. My partner and I are both nurodivergents and get easily over stimulated, and as you can imagine, a 50% husky pup can easily set that off. I walk, play, train, and do brain games between 1.5 to 2 hours a day with her, plus cuddles and weekly exposures/outings. She also goes to doggy daycare a few days a week. I love taking care of her, I love training her, I love snuggling with her. The problem is this: I don't know how to work, manage my household, have a social life, and raise a good dog all at the same time. Im not trying to be dramatic, but I literally collapsed on my kitchen floor two weeks ago from being so tired. Like out of nowhere knees buckled and it took me 5 min to be able to stand again. Puppy has been dealing with Giardia, and while meds have helped, it's still rare for me to get a full good 8 hours. My job is remote, but very mentally demanding, and I also do the cooking, grocery and other shopping, and most of the day to day cleaning. My husband jumps in when he can, but he just came back from a pretty traumatic event a few months ago and I'm hesitant to lean on him. I have a lot of friends that are very pro dogs, that all talked about how they would help, but now that I've had her they all sort of disappeared. I don't blame them, they've all had very legitimate reasons for not being able to hang out/help with pup, but I'm dying. Also, she's been very expensive between daycare and various vet things do to her being sick. Im confident this will reduce in the next few months, but for now I feel stretched in every direction. I will not give up pup, I love her and I'm excited to meet the dog she will grow to be, but I don't know how to balance the day to day and my mental health. I just feel I have no time and when I do, I just want to sleep. :/ help!
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