Hi everyone, I’m honestly having a really rough day and could use some reassurance or perspective.
We have a 12 week old shepherd mix puppy and up until recently things felt like they were starting to improve. We had a bit of a routine going, fewer biting episodes, better naps, etc.
But today feels like everything has fallen apart.
He peed on his bed and also had an accident on the floor
He’s been biting constantly (and “no” doesn’t seem to do anything)
He refuses the crate and even tries to jump out of the pen
He won’t settle for naps and wakes up every ~30 minutes
He follows us everywhere and starts whining if we even leave the room for a minute
We do try to make sure he gets exercise—today we even took him for a 20 minute walk—but it almost seems like that didn’t help and maybe even made things worse?
My husband and I both work from home, so we’ve been able to keep an eye on him, but it’s getting overwhelming because he can’t seem to tolerate being alone at all right now.
I feel like we’ve gone backwards overnight and I’m honestly sitting here in tears wondering if we’re doing something wrong or if this is normal at this age.
Has anyone gone through something like this around 12 weeks? Is this just a phase or does it mean we’ve messed something up?
Would really appreciate any advice or even just hearing that this gets better.
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