So my puppy is a 7mo herding breed. He got bowled over by a blind border collie in a dog park and has been limping for over a month. So now he limps on his front leg.
I would leave him in the back yard alone since 4mo and have someone come by to play with him. But I’ve started a new job that needs me in the office 5 days a week for a while before wfh.
My anxiety is THROUGH THE ROOF. It’s affecting my relationship with all the distress im causing my partner. Before I was anxious about having someone look after him, sure, but now it’s keeping him in a playpen, finding someone to come twice a day to play with him with all these restrictions. And it’s so frustrating bc stuff happens and the person ends up not coming. Before, I was already thinking about him all the time in a “fur momma” kind of way, but now I feel so obsessed about getting back to him and making sure he’s being gentle on his leg or worried if he’s been mentally stimulated enough.
I already did the weeks of strictly crate only, and GABA/traz but he would jump once and reinjure himself all over again.
I don’t know what I’m hoping for out of this post. Advice? Reassurance? Whether or not I (not him) should start going on anti anxiety meds again?
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