Hi,
I'm referring to me (I don't have a dog that had a litter).
My husband says I'm going overboard, but I don't know.
When I go to the bathroom, kitchen, or pretty much anywhere, Bella goes in her playpen. When I go out to get the mail, she goes in her playpen. If I run across the street to chat at a neighbor, she goes in her playpen. Basically..if I'm not going to be watching her like a hawk; she's in her playpen. If we decide to watch a movie at night and she doesn't want to rest on my chest; she's in her playpen.
Am I being overly protective and a bit nutty?
She turned three months old on 12/14 and weighs 1 lb 14 ounces. She's sleeping (in her playpen) right now. Normally she goes down for naptime at 1, but she got tired sooner today.
In any case, I keep an immaculately clean livingroom (don't ask about the other rooms in the house, lol). The livingroom is where Bella plays and lounges, etc. There's nothing on the floor except dog food that she's thrown around, her toys, and her blanky. BUT..there could be. What if my husband tracked something in from work or the driveway and she swallowed it? What if there was a tiny pebble on the bottom of my shoe after coming inside and she swallowed it? I've now started demanding that anyone who enters our house take their shoes off because of this fear. But..what if something fell off their shoe *while* they were taking them off?
She also crawls under the couch (yes she is that tiny) which scares the heck out of me. What if she chews the bottom lining and swallows it?? I say "Bella NO couch!" and she sort of wiggles her butt around and comes back out to me.
Basically, HOW do you own a yorkie type puppy (mine is half Yorkie)...and still allow them to be (somewhat) independent? I can't do it. I have to watch her all the time and if I can't...even if it's a phone call she goes in her playpen. I'm that fearful that something will happen to her.
I don't know how to be any different. She is SO TINY and if she were to get hurt by eating something or running into something, etc I would never forgive myself. We have two chairs in the livingroom that have very hard bases on them, and even when she starts to wander over that direction with a toy I say "Bella come!" ...she listens, but it's probably because she can hear the fear in my voice. I'm scared to death she'll hit her little head on the chair. O_O
Am I the only person who acts like this? Is there something mentally wrong with me?
We don't have children, and I really don't interact with babies or kids very often, so I'm definitely NOT used to having a teeny, tiny, itty bitty living thing that I'm responsible for. We have a Brussels mix but he is 7 lbs and very solid/chunky and resilient.
I don't know how to raise a puppy this tiny and I feel a little helpless, uninformed, tearful, and a bit ignorant.
I just don't want her to get hurt.
