Help! I snapped today ... I have a 4.5 month old. I have done everything and I have been consistent.I am very careful at training because I know it's good to train young. I am careful from eating schedule to health, to training on sit, stay ... etc. I am so careful that I yell at my husband from time to time if he doesnt say the right thing or do the right thing (I've read so much training materials and watched so many videos - love Cesar Milan & Tamar Geller). As a matter of fact, people said they have never seen me have so much patient before. And my puppy has been good - trainable and just overall very clam and listens. But tonight, my baby couldn't stop chewing on everything that's on me - my slippers, my pants, my sweater, my fingers ... he wouldn't get off. Normally I'd walk away. But Charlie doesn't eat. He never eats, he just starves and the only time he'd nibble on things is if Im in the kitchen with him so I had to stay there. But it's gotten to a point I couldn't get him away from me. I tried everything and he just kept chewing on my clothing, he even tried humping my leg. I finally snapped and yelled at him (which is so wrong). I almost hit my hand on the ground really hard but stopped myself on time. I got so scared at my actions I just carried him into his playpen and left the room. He didn't even finish eating. I feel like I did something so wrong. I hope I didnt scared Charlie.
It also didn't help when my husband not only sat there but when he saw me putting Charlie in the playpen because I got fed up (I always have told him not to put the dog in there as a punishment because then he'd think the confinement is because he did something wrong), he made fun of me!! But there was nothing else I could do.
Sorry am getting very emotional ... Has anyone gone through something similar? What should I do?
Last edited by mina0710; 01-09-2009 at 09:14 PM.
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