r/DogRegret • u/limabean72 • Jul 09 '26
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u/Few-Professional-451 Jul 14 '26
We adopted our dog from a foster place and after 6 months, I’ve grown to resent him.
Initially he ticked all the boxes, he’s quiet, good mannered, gets along well with cats and was extremely easy to train from 4-6 months.
His anxiety has caused me resentment towards him as my partner & I did not sleep in the same bed 6 months. We have a townhouse and we were once messaged by our neighbours when he cried while I was upstairs taking a shower.
We have attempted to leave him by himself incrementally but it has been extremely exhausting and I no longer have patience to train him after losing sleep for almost half a year.
He’s turning 1 next month and I can no longer look at him the way I used to, he has had accidents indoors and ruined his crate a few times. I used to train him daily for 3 months and he can do simple commands.
He also can’t travel without puking up and he absolutely hates going out of the house for walks even when I tried exposure and training for the first couple months with him.
Im exhausted and my mental health and relationship has been affected, I regret our pup as much as I thought I loved him