Life with a new puppy can be a bit of a shock! Here are some tips for when new puppy 'parenting' is getting you down
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues Brilliant! Hope I remember this article in about 8 weeks time. It's really great to know it's ok, you'll get through it. Thanks
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues This article rang so many bells with me! When I got Molly it was over 15 years since I'd last had a puppy and I found it incredibly demanding. But of course it passes.
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues Great article. The nighttime part is what I am most nervous about. I imagine I will have pup sleep in a laundry basket beside my bed for the first few days, although if she is noisey or won't settle I may have to just leave her crated alone downstairs I feel awful thinking of that but I have small children who sleep with me. Now, if there was a magic way to get my youngest daughter to sleep on her own id be all set!
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues [quote author=Aburns link=topic=5696.msg72609#msg72609 date=1398972486] Great article. The nighttime part is what I am most nervous about. I imagine I will have pup sleep in a laundry basket beside my bed for the first few days, although if she is noisey or won't settle I may have to just leave her crated alone downstairs I feel awful thinking of that but I have small children who sleep with me. Now, if there was a magic way to get my youngest daughter to sleep on her own id be all set! [/quote] You will know what tiredness is if you have small children - you will also know that the baby stage is soon over! All will be well, fear not
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues [quote author=Boogie link=topic=5696.msg72611#msg72611 date=1398973241] [quote author=Aburns link=topic=5696.msg72609#msg72609 date=1398972486] Great article. The nighttime part is what I am most nervous about. I imagine I will have pup sleep in a laundry basket beside my bed for the first few days, although if she is noisey or won't settle I may have to just leave her crated alone downstairs I feel awful thinking of that but I have small children who sleep with me. Now, if there was a magic way to get my youngest daughter to sleep on her own id be all set! [/quote] You will know what tiredness is if you have small children - you will also know that the baby stage is soon over! All will be well, fear not [/quote] Very true! Sleep deprivation and I are good buddies these days! Thanks for the encouragement ☺️
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues I had one pup sleep beside my bed for the first few nights, so that I could dangle my hand into her bed and also know immediately when she wanted to pee. She never cried once! Last pup was left downstairs in cage with the other dogs, he cried so much he upset the adult Labrador who had to have medication for anxiety for a couple of days!
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues Brilliant article, perfectly timed after our last few days - many thanks!
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues Brilliant! Nothing quite prepares you for that fatigue in the first few weeks...you have to have eyes in the back of your head, and I even found myself mechanically telling my husband what a good boy he was! ;D ;D
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues [quote author=Beanwood link=topic=5696.msg72670#msg72670 date=1398979423] I even found myself mechanically telling my husband what a good boy he was! ;D ;D [/quote] I just left mine at home with the pup and went to work! ;D ;D ;D Much easier...
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues [quote author=JulieT link=topic=5696.msg72671#msg72671 date=1398979561] [quote author=Beanwood link=topic=5696.msg72670#msg72670 date=1398979423] I even found myself mechanically telling my husband what a good boy he was! ;D ;D [/quote] I just left mine at home with the pup and went to work! ;D ;D ;D Much easier... [/quote] ;D ;D ;D
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues Great read ! And just what I needed to read. After the day I have just put in ! With a 6 & a 3 year old and a 10 month old all crying cause the 10 week old pup has nipped them !!!! Also being totally shattered not a good combination at all !!!! But feel better for reading it. Thank you.
Re: NEW article: How to beat the puppy blues Thanks for the nice comments This made me laugh out loud thanks Kate
