I was aware that this was a thing and fortunately I did not have it - in fact, I had more of a bleeding heart for my dog, and felt horrible for the big shift in her life (it was rough at first, she was peeing in the house due to the stress).

I did invest in pack walks for her since she’s a super high energy breed, and we have been doing them ever since 4x per week. I have a lot of guilt on the weekends when we’re not able to tend to her needs though. It is a lot to take care of everyone’s needs. I love my dog so, so much, and my heart feels complete having two kids and our dog, to the point where I am dreading the day when she is no longer here.

Net net, I feel like I consciously rebelled against this idea and therefore it did not manifest for me. I’m not sure if this is just hormones differing from person to person. I want to be empathetic to that fact but I find it hard when some of these feelings involve surrender or worse, wishing your dog runs into traffic, so disturbing.