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Let me just say it wont do your future dating situation any favours if you share custody.
Right?! Beyond not wanting to see her, the regular contact is just problematic.
Part of me thinks taking the dog on alone might be the kick that's needed to properly try and address the separation anxiety - when there's time without her coming up it's easy to slack on the training, just jam the plans into that period and then have wholesome dog time when she lives with me. It would be entirely miserable on the whole though.
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At somewhat of a crossroads here with Daisy. I adopted her along with my now-ex partner. We live close and currently share the dog between us. She manages this okay, will typically be a little off for the first evening but then settles and is fine. The trouble is, this means seeing my ex on a very regular basis, which I absolutely would rather not do. Daisy has separation anxiety and works herself into a pretty manic panic after around 10 minutes or so alone. I'm working on this (10 mins is 10mins more than she used to manage) but consistency in training is hard across two households with poor communication, and obviously the stress-load from moving between two houses doesn't help with calm and measured absences.
So, facing down either sacrificing life for a period, to see if I can commit fully to Daisy and create something livable with her, or sacrificing the dog. Coming out of a 12 year relationship has been shite and I really want to throw myself back into music, bikes and maybe even some dating.
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Thank you for this, it's helpful to hear other similar situations. Upkeep payments is an idea I've floated for if one of us takes her on full-time, it could help loads with booking sitters to escape from time to time.
Glad to hear you came through it! And that the dogs were and are happy