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Help! New border collie mom (No heat) ADVICE needed lots of love to give
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, 02-07-2018 at 12:49 AM (6332 Views)
Hello, I am a new border collie mom and new to this site.
I have tried everything in my power to get help, advice, training and mostly advice. I recently lost my amazing little chihuahua mix to prostate cancer and it was very sudden, so sudden my reaction was to get a new baby to coddle.
Let me just say; I know it was a huge transition from one small dog to a high energetic border collie, her name is poppy and she is a year and 2 months 26 days. I’ve had her in my life for only just a few days not even a whole week. And yet she had me on my hind and I barely get enough sleep and can’t sleep in long enough to recover from it.
I take her on 5 walks a day ranging from 30 minuets close to an hour and spent a fourtune joining a training group with online books.
The reason for making this so long is because I have fallen in love with a hurricane I can not control with out feeling powerless, she’s a great listener and very good at wanting to learn. The advice I’m looking for is, I may not have what it takes to keep her happy as a border collie puppy, but I have the heart for it, I’ve been crying on the daily for the past 3 days and I’m up all night afraid of what will happen while I’m at work (I work at a doggy day care) I am going to be taking her to work with me, but is that enough for her? She doesn’t have much of a yard to play in, and my little dogs don’t like to play. I’m afraid of her jumping the fence and then I really do have to get rid of her. If she jumps the fence she’s not happy or just trying to catch a squirrel.
Everything I’m worried about is for HER happiness HER well being and just HER not me. I’m okay with being tired but is it all really worth it for HER? I know there will be someone out there that can give me advice, and relate to the internet, and research I’ve tried to do.
I am more than willing to be the mom to my border collie, I just want to get this stress off my shoulders so I can really be more than confident that I am doing the right things. Please. I love my Poppy, and I think she loves me too, but is she really happy?