I adopted a 10 week old Golden Retriever just over 72 hours ago. She has not had any accidents, she sleeps through the night, and the only times she barks is when she wants to play or needs to poop and I didn’t notice her initial cues She’s come to work with me twice, and is very happy to either bite me or curl up and sleep under my desk. I verified with my boss prior to adopting, and she was fine with it Ultimately, I hope to train her as a service dog (yes I have a legitimate disability/reason, I have seizures), so long as she doesn’t wash out. Even if she does, at least I’ll have some help at home instead of everywhere
A few problems –
Crate training. We’re working on it, but I live in an apartment and can’t make my neighbors too mad. I’m hoping we can maybe work on it a bit at my parents house a few times this week, but am not sure if the training would actually be as effective outside of our home, if that makes sense?
I CAN’T THINK OF A NAME FOR HER. This doesn’t really fall under the ‘puppy blues’ tag, but I can’t decide on a name for her, and I need help. I’m a bit limited by my seizures. As I’m coming out, I slur my words a lot, so I’m trying to find a name that starts with either a ‘J’ or a ‘Sh’ sound, something that’s already slurred a bit. It’s just not going very well
This is the most food obsessed dog I have ever met. Which is great for training! But she tried to climb me like a jungle gym over a singular cold French fry. I’ve only had two actual meals since getting her. I don’t know how to get her to understand that she doesn’t get any human food. I’m not sure if the breeder/breeders kids gave her human food or not. But she barks and barks if she doesn’t get my food, and again – the living in an apartment issue. I’m assuming this is a ‘patience is key’ situation, but yikes
I am exhausted. This is were the puppy blues tag comes in. It’s been 75 hours and 48 minutes since picking her up, and it’s been non stop ever since. Yes, she sleeps in the car and is completely fine, mostly curls up on the passenger seat for every drive. Yes, she sleeps a ton. Yes, I knew it would be hard. But yikes, I did not expect this level of exhaustion. I don’t know how to manage a baby/puppy along with everything else in my life. She comes to work with me, and I’ve carried her through the store a few times when I realized I needed something else for her – mostly long lasting bones for her and caffeine for me lol
This is basically the same as most other posts on here, but I’m gonna ask anyways. Any advice? (I’d also really really appreciate name suggestions 😅)
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