This is rather a broad complaint. I totally agree with you in theory but after having just gotten another puppy and having had some very trying moments over the last 4 days I can empathize with people having complaints. Now as far as potty training- that's silly because no puppy is anywhere near potty trained at 12 weeks and everyone who gets a puppy should realize that. But I know I'm having a hard time because my 8 month old isn't quite ready to accept our new 11 week old puppy. I think it's partly because Pumpkin (the new one) barks and Roo's not used to that so it upsets her. Plus Roo was just in the emergency vet over the weekend and though the vet said it was fine to go ahead with the new puppy it's been a lot of stress. However, now that I'm feeling a little less stressed I'm starting to get very attached to the new puppy and would never give her up if I could help it!
I'm not trying to be the odd person out but I was thinking that this was a place for people to chat and definitely talking about my problems helps me get over them. That said I would never get rid of a puppy for potty training issues. I now have 3 dogs and even my 4 year old Rotti has very very rare accidents (like once or twice a year) and I wouldn't trade her for the world!
Anyway don't want to start any contraversy or anything just saying that talking about things can be a good way to get stress out and get a lot of positive feedback to help you perservere even when you feel really down about a situation! |