Last week I posted on here that I was struggling to emotionally connect with my pup. He was super well behaved, I’d done a bunch of training, but I still personally felt a bit indifferent to him.
Some people basically called me a monster, and others were super supportive.
Well! He’s an update!
He’s just hit 16 weeks and my gosh I’m starting to see glimpses of the dog hiding behind the puppy. And he’s so so sweet and wicked intelligent.
I think last week he was just beginning to teeth, and because his mouth was hurting him (all his front teeth fell out!) he was under the weather. But now he’s feeling much much better and is a joy to be around.
It also helped that I took him to his first gundog training session with a private trainer. And he picked it up so incredibly quickly it was phenomenal watching him work. He absolutely loved it and I felt so proud of him!
So if you’re struggling to emotionally connect with your pup… give it time. They’re only puppies for a little while, and soon enough you’ll have a loyal and caring dog.
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