I don’t know how people willingly put themselves through this more than once.

More of a vent than anything I guess. I’ve only had my puppy just over a month and he’s 7 months now. I know adolescence is tough, we’ve had good days and bad, but I just can’t understand how people do this over and over again. I’ve always preferred rescuing my pets but the breed I wanted just once is not common enough to be found in any rescue. I wasn’t wanting a puppy but I figured it‘s just once and I don’t have another option. Well, I’m never doing it again after this. It’s a shame because I fell in love with the breed but this is just too much. I’m finding out that dogs aren’t even mostly enjoyable until they’re much older. The bad days with a teenage pup are really bad and I don’t even get a break from him. I keep having to remind myself that adult dogs aren’t like this because it’s making me not even want a dog at all ever again. My senior girl still is and always has been an angel since we adopted her at 6 so the polar opposites is tough too. She lets me brush her teeth, scrape plaque off, clean her ears, examine any part of her, cut/dremel her nails, she’s always been naturally neutral to people/dogs out and about, never pulled on leash, great off-leash, I could call her back mid-chase, never had to worry about how she’d react to children because of how tolerant she is to any kind of touch, she’s so gentle with all animals even my small terrarium critters, she stays close to us in the yard, travelled well, she was a breeze to train (over 50 tricks and some very difficult ones), agility, frisbee, she did it all. Hell, this dog has let me express her anal glands at home! No restraint, no muzzle, no helper, no treats, nothing. Half these things I didn’t even teach her she just was naturally calm and tolerant of them. I’m in tears typing this realizing how blessed I’ve been with her. She didn’t know anything when we adopted her so none of it was previously taught, the people who had her first had her living outside, then she was a stray for over a year before being caught. Anyway, I’m sure she was a menace as a puppy too, but I just can’t even picture my new pup doing any of this at all. I’m afraid every dog I have after her will just be unenjoyable. I don’t expect them to be anywhere near her demeanor, but there are new dog sports I’d like to try and tricks but I just can’t see it happening with another dog, especially this one. I feel like I’m just waiting to get to “the good part” of having a dog, and until then it’s just a daily terror. Like I said, I don’t get how people can deal with that over and over. I see trainers that make it look so easy and try to remind myself I’m watching a 5 minute training video and their pup is probably just as much of a pain outside of that. Since getting my rescue girl, I’ve become very dog savvy, I was always the one to help other people with their dogs and puppies training struggles. But for some reason my own is driving me crazy and I’m the one asking for help. Maybe I’m just weak or not as good with training as I thought, maybe it’s just because I don’t ever get a break from his antics like I did with friends’ dogs. I don’t know, I’m just tired.