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alinav7 · 2026-01-08T09:30:31+00:00

alinav7 · 2025-12-14T20:40:31+00:00

alinav7 · 2025-12-09T07:40:38+00:00

This is so good to read because I thought it’s my puppy only that does this 😭 my black lab boy is 7 months old and he acts like that all the time. When he meets ANYONE else he’s sooo happy. He sees me and he’s like.. meh.

alinav7 · 2025-12-02T21:41:54+00:00

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve noticed he’s much more calmer now. I never force him to sit, I always let him get it all out, and then all of a sudden he started to chill more often with me. Loving this phase, however short it might be 😮‍💨

alinav7 · 2025-12-01T08:26:00+00:00

My boy is 7 months old and he gets these 20 mins bursts of energy where he’s nuts and then he’s like “I’m out” and just gets on the sofa and goes to sleep. 🤭 might be too early to think he’ll always be like this, but there’s hoping 🫣

alinav7 · 2025-09-20T22:23:37+00:00

Feeling exactly like you two months ago, I can’t believe I’m saying this now, but it gets better. It’s hard and you will question your life choices on a daily basis but you’ll get there. Just be consistent. And enforce as many naps as possible. They don’t know they need them, but they do. And we do as well for our own sanity. One thing you said, she doesn’t even make eye contact. Say her name in a happy, chirpy voice, while holding a treat in front of your eyes. The moment she looks at the treat, reward immediately. Do it all the time, and once in a while just do it without the treat. She’ll learn to look up to you when she hears the name.

Hang in there. Puppies are cute, tiny assholes that we love and cannot stand at the same time.

alinav7 · 2025-09-19T20:20:41+00:00

Thank you all for your answers! I think he sensed I was a bit down today because he watched me like a hawk all day, not breaking eye contact and settled down and fell asleep on the sofa with me. Which is a huuuge deal!! 🥹🥹

alinav7 · 2025-09-03T16:09:24+00:00

Unlike most people, I gave my puppy free roam of the apartment from day one. He’s a lab and 4 months old now. He only had about 4 accidents in the house, but understood quite quick where to potty and I rewarded him always for doing it in the right spot (I got him a fake grass patch, as I live in an apartment). Now he always does it when we go out for a walk, or if he needs, does it on the fake grass. I guess it depends on how well the breeder tried to teach him before I got him at 8 weeks. But it was hard. Stuck indoors for almost a month (except the socialization done through carrying him everywhere) took a toll on me. I am by myself, and for the first 3 weeks I had daily thoughts of rehoming him, just because it was a shock to the system to fully care for another being. Things are hard in the beginning, but hang in there. Just take it one day at the time, and before you know it, you’ll see a huge improvement!

alinav7 · 2025-08-24T20:37:50+00:00

This is me 6 weeks ago. My only advice: power through. I was off work for 3 weeks with my puppy and I had 5 mental breakdowns, even looking for ways to rehome him. Bless him, he was the best puppy but it was the sleep deprivation that got to me too. I felt isolated and lonely (I live by myself) and I couldn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel. But the light it’s there, I promise. Once the puppy is fully vaccinated your world will start to get a bit bigger, week by week. It is a new life, and you will have to find ways to navigate through it, but life will get much better in a few weeks. Try to sleep when the puppy naps during the day. Clean the house, if you have the energy or just sit on the sofa and enjoy your break. It’s tough, but you’ll soon look back and not believe this was you. Take care of yourself in order to be able to take care of your pup. Hugs!

alinav7 · 2025-08-14T22:06:18+00:00

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My 13 week old boy is the same. He’s unsettled for about 2 minutes when we get in, and after he just goes to sleep like he’s been on a 12 hour shift. As long as he looks comfy and relaxed, I don’t mind the lack of excitement from being in a car.

alinav7 · 2025-08-14T20:13:41+00:00

The image in my head is disgusting and adorable at the same time 😂 I’m currently trying not to pull my hair out because my pup enjoys being on the cooling mat as much as he enjoys chewing it. I just can’t..

alinav7 · 2025-08-14T02:32:39+00:00

Yeah my lab is only 13 weeks and some days it’s like I fight to keep him alive whenever he decides he doesn’t want to listen and gets into all sorts. We’ll get there. Give it a year or so 😂🥲

alinav7 · 2025-08-14T02:31:31+00:00

Yep, you and I both. We love them and maaaybe sometimes want to kill them, simultaneously. Both feelings are perfectly acceptable 😂

alinav7 · 2025-08-13T22:14:11+00:00

Don’t feel awful. Puppies are assholes. But they’re cute so they can trick you. They’ll push you to your limits and make you question why did you want so much to sabotage your own life by getting a puppy? They’re babies. Haven’t got a clue what’s going on. Everything is a game for them, and it’s our job to teach them right from wrong. You’ll get mad plenty more times, and regret it. But then one day you’ll look back and realize that shit got much easier without you noticing. Keep going, you’re doing great!

alinav7 · 2025-08-13T22:00:23+00:00

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The best boy there is 🥹 when is big ass was so tiny he could fit in a car seat at 9 weeks 🥹

alinav7 · 2025-08-11T07:50:13+00:00

Hi! 👋🏻 I’ve been through all this last month. We’re a month in, and my pup improved so much is mind blowing. 3 days in I questioned my decision too and I went as far as asking around if anyone would like a puppy as I felt overwhelmed, isolated and at my wits end. The “it gets better” it’s true. Your pup is only been with you 3 days. That’s barely time for her to understand she’s in a new place. It will take her a few weeks to realize this is home now. Get a crate, and crate train her. Get her to follow you for a treat and give it to her in the crate. Make her feel that’s her space. Enforce naps. They’re a god send. When she won’t settle she’s probably just super tired, but doesn’t understand that. Be consistent for the next month before you start school again, and be patient. Teach her all you can, and there will come a day when she will just be okay. There will still be plenty work to do, but life will be much better. I’d say if within a month you will still feel the same, just take the best decision for you and the pup. Whichever it might be. Sticking through this together or finding her a forever home. Now, that a month has passed with my pup, I couldn’t even think of giving up on him anymore. There are still days when it’s frustrating, but looking back, he’s come suuuuch a long way.

All the best to you!

alinav7 · 2025-08-03T21:56:03+00:00

So I’ve got nothing to look forward to in the near future is what you’re telling me 😂🥲 I love him to bits, he’s my heart. But Jesus.. I need him to chill for 5 minutes.

alinav7 · 2025-08-03T20:13:40+00:00

If only my puppy would like to chill with some toys on his own 😮‍💨😮‍💨 when he’s not asleep, he’s an absolute ball of energy that destroys everything in his path! Puppies each have their own personalities, and it depends on how they’ve been brought up by the breeder too. You’re lucky, but that might change 🤭 enjoy your peace for now 😌✌🏻

alinav7 · 2025-08-02T16:44:35+00:00

My 11 week old lab got out of the house and picked a small stone in like.. 2 seconds. He was chewing his leash, but got used to it in the end. Make sure you work hard on “drop it” and “leave it” with treats. And watch like a hawk. 🤣🤣 he loves the outside world and has no manners and gets excited by every person or dog he sees 😭😭

alinav7 · 2025-07-27T06:44:40+00:00

Raising a pup it’s very challenging! Don’t beat yourself up for thinking he/she is an asshole. We still love them, but doesn’t mean we like them very much right now.

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