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Can we get a puppy update whenever you get the chance? 🥰
oh boy it's been Rough lmao get ready for a rant because this puppy has been the only thing I've been talking/thinking/dreaming about for the last month and a half 😭
The pros:
- She is still VERY cute! Everyone compliments her when I take her on walks or to the pet store or vet!
- She never has accidents, she always uses her training pads. I was waiting for her to have all her shots before taking her in our backyard to potty because there's a lot of wild animals in my neighborhood so we'll start training her to go outside soon
- She sleeps really well at night in her crate, she holds her pee in for the entire night nowadays but when she wakes up at 5:30am she really needs to go lmao
- She can be very cuddly and loves to sleep on my lap 😭
- She is VERY smart when it comes to learning commands! She knows sit, lay down, paw, kiss, come and stay! But obviously she's good at it when she's inside the house and there's no distractions, outside is different 😂
Cons:
- She has a bunch of health issues... Nothing super serious but she was sick a couple weeks ago and I took her to the vet as an emergency and she's had weird poops since. She took some meds, we did a bunch of tests and we still haven't really found the issue. We're trying new food again (it's the 4th time we're changing) because we think she might be allergic to something but we don't know what yet. She's super itchy (bites her legs/paws, scratches her face) and her skin changed from pink to dark grey (but people I talked to said that might be normal for pugs as they age??). Everyone has conflicting opinions on dog food so trying to find the right one for her is really difficult (and changing too fast gives her diarrhea rip)
- The puppy biting/nipping is SO bad. She doesn't really do it hard on our hands now but she stills bites our feet when she wants to play and it hurts. I read everywhere that she will grow out of it for the most part by the time she's done teething (around 6 months old and she's 3.5 months old rn) but until then it sucks.
- The trainer I started seeing said she's reactive and reacts aggressively (barking) towards things she doesn't understand (dogs when she's close to them, new objects and sometimes people). She tries to jump towards cars when we walk on leash and tries to eat everything she sees on the ground so going on walks is exhausting. I tried to socialize her as soon as I got her but she was sick for a while so I didn't want her to interact with other dogs since we didn't know if she had something contagious and now idk if I made a mistake. I'm hoping she will improve with age in that regard too, and we have a 6 weeks training program with the trainer that will also most likely help.
It's been a lot of work, she's not an easy puppy and I was definitely not well prepared but I adopted her so now she's my responsibility and I will do my best to raise her to be a good dog! I barely have any free time since I'm raising her alone (I live with my parents but it's my dog only), I definitely had big regrets and I miss my simple life but I'm already really attached to her and I cried so much over her already lmaoo (and I never cry). Again sorry for the huge rant I had a lot of things to say but thank you for asking Michelle! 🥰 If you ever had dogs (especially pugs) I welcome advice but I also know that everyone has different opinions when it comes to raising dogs and each puppy is different!