Okay so before anyone thinks otherwise, I LOVE that our now 1,5 year old puppy and my boyfriend has a good bond and I am not looking to take this away!
But I have been and am still the primary care taker, and for most of the time I also believe I have been the favorite human. But for the past few months or so, I am suddenly no longer existing to our pup. And I am not being dramatic, he could literally not care less about me.
Being the primary care taker, I have definitely also been more strict – and I am in general more strict than my boyfriend who let’s our puppy do basically anything (almost – which is also an ongoing discussion always), and they play rough which he LOVES. But I would also say that I have done trick training and a bit of nosework related stuff with him, long walks, play and fetch in between always making sure he has all his needs covered.
I have been struggling in general to bond with him, which I think is mostly caused by us being in an extremely stressful period of our life when getting him (could have planned better), and I struggled to accept in the beginning that he was noooooot into cuddling, petting or anything nice lol. But I feel like we got to a really good place where I accepted him and he actually also warmed up to it, and now BOOOOM he could not care less.
It’s really getting to me because I feel like I have put in SO much work and emotion into this (almost) dog, and it’s so demotivating ….
Has anyone experienced this? Is it just a phase? Or do I have to accept I am now REALLY number 2? 😂🥲
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