Terrible trip to the park today. High winds & leaves blowing everywhere, which distracted the pup quite a bit. He was barking at other people/dogs more than usual, I couldn’t get his attention, pulling on the leash, etc. We should have left as soon as I noticed this but I’m clearly dumb. I ended up getting above threshold myself and very very angry, which only made things worse. Had my fiancé carry him out while I walked ahead because I was just so over it and needed to separate myself.
He’s 6 months now, and I think he may be hitting adolescence. The hard thing right now is that I can’t tell if this is temporary. I feel like he’s going to be this way forever. It feels like we aren’t making any progress at all.
Side note, he has started hunger strikes, which is adding to my stress.
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