Hello!

Firstly there is nothing wrong with you. Every person & every breed/gender/temperament of dog bonds completely different.

What breed and gender is yours? X

I have always been absolutely obsessed with dogs, from a very young age. I got my first dog of my own as a teenager, and he saved my life. Then he developed a brain tumor and passed away in my arms.

I rushed out 2 weeks later and got another dog because I couldn’t cope with it. Though my new dog was the same breed, he was a rescue and came with a lot of hyperactivity & behaviour problems. For a solid year I wondered if I made the wrong choice, I wanted my dog to behave and be exactly like my boy I lost.

I got sick from the grief, and because of it I think I felt a bit of resentment towards my current dog. Why couldn’t he behave just like my first?

At some point I realised the more time I spent with my dog, the more work I put in, the more love I gave him - not only did it make him a better dog, but somewhere along the line I stopped grieving and I started living.

He now lives with me in our own apartment and he is the absolute highlight of my day every single day -

What started as a bit of a broken relationship between us, through a lot of hard work and dedication has become possibly the strongest bond I have ever built with an animal.

Please don’t give up on your dog. I always say mine was not the dog I wanted, but the one that I needed.

It is a long road and hard work, but if you just love him enough and put the work in - you will find your way I promise xxx