Monster

My puppy is a monster, a MONSTER. She's awful. I don't know what to do with her. I feel like I'm going to go crazy.

She's always been high maintenance, demanding, stubborn and so so needy. It's my fault. When I took her home at 7 weeks, I took the week off and spent every waking moment with her. After that, she came to work with me every day, sat on my lap all day, and had nonstop attention from me and the people in my office. So it makes sense that she's like this.

When I don't give her the attention she wants, she screeches, howls, and bites. She's not mean or vicious, but she's got a strong jaw and when she bites, it's powerful.

I walk her, I play with her, she has toys. But it's not enough. She continues to freak out.

Now she bites the crush too. When he comes over, she bites his feet. When we hang out, she jumps at us and tries to attack. It's my fault for not being the dominant one, for not having control of her.

She's been to puppy classes and I had a private trainer come to my house to give me advice. But I can't seem to fix it. So now I feel guilt for being a terrible pet owner and for not giving her enough attention and for making her be like this.

I'm so frustrated.

I want to shake her.

I am going to scream and cry and lose my mind.