We brought our 8 week cockapoo home last Friday and I had all the gear, all the articles and plans, but I still didn't anticipate the emotional and physical toll it would all be. I go between moments of calm, to complete regret and fear, anxiety is higher than it's been in a long time, and I keep just thinking every mistake, every accident he has, every time he doesn't finish his food, or he cries in his crate, that I'm messing up this poor pup. The sleep deprivation hits hard in the evenings, and I've cried to my wife most evenings at least once fearing I'm not cut out for it. Had a couple accidents in the house today while it was just me wfh, and felt immediate guilt that I didn't catch the signs. I'm hopeful that it'll get easier, and each night a get a little more sleep than the last, but it's overwhelming, and the amount of information online covering every do and don't, and other info saying the opposite, it feels like I'm drowning and unsure of the right things to do
Sorry, it's been a hard few days, and just needed to get some of it out
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