The purpose of this post is to rant /gather some tips.
I have a five month old poodle I got four weeks ago and so far it’s been tiring and chaotic.
My wife has a huge phobia from dogs and I was quite surprised when she was the one that suggested we get a dog after several failed attempts of getting a Cat. I agreed immediately and I watched her go through the process of getting this poodle without putting any type of input, scared she might change your mind at any second. At first the poodle was very quiet didn’t do much. I was always sleeping, but that changed quickly and now it’s very demanding it doesn’t listen, it’s untrainable, It takes a very long time to learn easy commands and through all of this my wife is still dealing with her phobia and is not able to help much with the training and the potty cleaning and the walking efforts.
I work two jobs and coming home to this feels like a third. It’s just too much sometimes and I don’t feel like I like it or I love it even though I’m a huge dog fan and I used to have three dogs in the past of which was a golden retriever that was way easier than this poodle to handle but I really want to make this happen I I just don’t know how and I know some people don’t love their dogs during the first couple of months as they are taken back by all the responsibility and the effort so I just want some type of reassurance that this phase will pass too and I will start loving it more and more because God knows I’m trying so hard, but it’s just too much.
Edit: Getting on* my nerves.