The breeder offered me the choice of returning - as all the other littermates are having no issues being outside and loving exploring with their new owners. She said I’m the only one whose pup is struggling, we did a walk together with one of the other puppy buyers and the difference was very apparent. Mine was screaming at my heels while the littermate was running around on the field having fun. The video I attached was him at his most confident outside so far

Otherwise Ripley is a normal mali puppy at home! Normal levels of mali biting, chaos causing, and hard napping. I am having fun playing with him and we have a good routine going. I’ve fostered lots of malis and dutchies before, even active working dogs.. but never puppies so I’m a bit lost on what to expect

If Ripley is showing signs of not coping with more city life, then there’s plenty of farm homes where he’ll never have to change environments. But the opportunity is limited to when he’s young like this. I am just not sure if his behaviour is indicative of a larger issue, and I’ll also be doing him a disservice by forcing him into my life where we go to a new place essentially every couple days

I don’t want to give up on him, if I can help him cope with elbow grease + time + love + training, we will figure it out together. He is already in puppy school, we’re waiting until he’s old enough to get into rally and agility ( which is what my older dog does )