First off I want to say I already feel incredible guilt about this so you don’t need to be rude and express your annoyance with me if you feel the need to.
I have had many dogs in my life, all of which were relatively easy puppies. After 6ish months of discussion my husband and I decided we were ready for a dog. We have a 2 and 5 year old so we figured we were past the baby phase and ready to introduce a pet to our home. Again, we’ve had many dogs in our lives and understand how hard puppies are. I work from home and was fully committed to keeping the puppy busy and work on training it.
However we are 5 months in and this is the most destructive dog I’ve ever had. We rent our home and this dog has chewed walls, ripped up carpet, destroyed multiple pieces of furniture and barks hours on hours a day. We’ve done full time doggy daycare and training and nothing seems to be working. Since I’m with the dog 24/7 I’m constantly on edge which results in me not only screaming at the dog but also my children because I’m just overwhelmed. My husband helps a lot but also works outside of the home and 10+ hour days so I am mostly solo.
We’re considering rehoming because I feel like my kids are becoming affected by my constant state of anger and stress and I’d rather rehome the dog to a family who can properly handle this type of dog rather than crate it 24/7 so it stops destroying things. We rescued the puppy so I’m not sure if returning it to the rescue would be the best option or what.
My question overall is that my 5 year old loves the dog and I am worried about her being devastated over us rehoming her. Does anyone have a similar experience or advice? My mind is pretty made up on rehoming I’m just wondering how this will affect her.
Thank you.