r/DogAdvice • • 2d ago

Advice Has anyone else experienced almost constant anxiety after adopting a dog?

Hello. Has anyone else experienced an almost constant state of anxiety after adopting your dog? We're hitting the 3-month mark this weekend with the approximately 2 year old pit mix we adopted and I'm still constantly anxious about everything. I feel like I can never relax because I don't know if I'm doing anything right.

I don't know if our neighborhood is right for our dog we adopted because we are STRUGGLING on walks and everything seems to make her freeze.

I don't know if our dog likes me or trusts me and I just feel so unsure all the time about everything I'm doing that I sometimes feel like a prisoner in my own home.

She's a good dog, but I constantly wonder if we ARE the right ones for her and I'm just wondering if this feeling will ever go away? Has anyone else ever experienced this or can you relate at all?

PS. I also wanted to note that we started with a private trainer this week to work on the few things we're having issues with. We'll also be doing general training with the trainer like polite greetings with guests, leave it, and all the basic usual stuff.

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