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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is absolutely exhausting.

I took two weeks off and "tethered," which means I had her on a leash with me at all times in the house. After that I went back to work and she was in the crate and the dog walker came for her mid-day and I tethered when I was home. We took her to puppy kindergarten training, then more training classes beyond that. I had a benebone ready to go whenever she started to chew something she shouldn't -- I would simply take the thing she shouldn't chew away and give her the appropriate chew (she learned very quickly with that).

Bringing home a puppy is a massive investment of time and energy, and it exhausted me. I remember at one point I was so tired I told my DH I was checking into the Tysons Ritz for two days and he was going to have to take care of the dog. I didn't, lol, but I almost did -- the "puppy blues" are real. But you put in the work up front, and you have an easy dog later.

It was all worth it x1,000,000.

Remember this: A tired dog is a good dog. [/quote]

Op here. Thank you so much!![/quote]

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