It Didn’t Work Out
A friend of mine recently posted on social media that her new puppy hadn’t worked out for her and that she had returned the puppy to the breeder. She is a highly-respected trainer and had put a lot of work into training the puppy, but he just wasn’t the right fit for her and her home.
She received a lot of “dogs are family members” and “a pet is forever” backlash. For me, I was relieved to read her post. I, too, had rehomed dogs who had not been a good fit for me and nor I for them and as a trainer, had wondered if I had failed in some way. It was helpful to read that I wasn’t alone. If she couldn’t make it work with decades more experience than I, then maybe I wasn’t so bad.
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