Me and my partner picked up an 8 week old Staffordshire bull terrier on Saturday and since we have been an anxious crippling mess. We done so much research beforehand and have been preparing for weeks but somehow the reality is… it’s an insane amount of pressure and responsibility that we are questioning whether it’s all too much for us and have had thought of returning him. We know it gets better but unfortunately we don’t know if our mental health will let us get to that point. I havnt eaten since we got him and have thrown up at night due to the anxiety.
Does anyone have any advice? Anyone returned a puppy or kept one despise severe puppy blues? I just look at his little face and feel this immense amount of guilt like we’ve failed him.
He is honestly such a good boy which is why it breaks my heart even more. We have tried putting him in his pen to have some time alone but that knot in my stomach from my anxiety just never leaves.
Please can someone give an opinion from an outside point of view?
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