u/ReadyPupGo

In the early weeks, it can feel like your entire identity gets swallowed by the puppy. Your schedule, your sleep, your conversations, your energy, all of it reorganizes around this one small animal.

That's real. And it's disorienting.

You are still the person you were before. The things you care about, the things that make you you, they haven't gone anywhere. They're just on hold right now while you survive the hardest part.

This season is temporary. You are not.

What's one part of yourself you're looking forward to getting back to? 💭

It's Monday. Maybe you didn't sleep. Maybe your puppy lost their mind at 3am. Maybe you're just tired in a way that's hard to explain to people who don't have a puppy.

This is your space to let it out.

No advice unless you ask for it. No silver linings required. Just drop what's been hard and know that someone here gets it.

We're listening. 💙

Hi folks, I've been thinking about starting up a free virtual meet-up over zoom for the community. Please vote so I can gather interest in this.

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It's Friday. Time to celebrate.

Did your puppy sleep an extra 20 minutes? Win. Did YOU sleep an extra 20 minutes? Huge win. Did your puppy sit when you asked, or stop biting your ankles for five whole minutes? Absolute victory.

Drop your wins below, no matter how small they feel.

You made it through another week. 🐾

It's Monday. Maybe you didn't sleep. Maybe your puppy lost their mind at 3am. Maybe you're just tired in a way that's hard to explain to people who don't have a puppy.

This is your space to let it out.

No advice unless you ask for it. No silver linings required. Just drop what's been hard and know that someone here gets it.

We're listening. 💙

Not the "oh it's fine, just tired" version. The real version.

Pick one person this week and tell them how you're actually doing.

You don't have to have it together to say it out loud. Sometimes saying it is what starts to make it better.

We're here if this community is the place you want to start. 💙

It's Friday. Time to celebrate.

Did your puppy sleep an extra 20 minutes? Win. Did YOU sleep an extra 20 minutes? Huge win. Did your puppy sit when you asked, or stop biting your ankles for five whole minutes? Absolute victory.

Drop your wins below, no matter how small they feel.

You made it through another week. 🐾

There's this pressure to handle everything yourself. To figure it out. To not be the person who couldn't manage a puppy.

But raising a puppy is genuinely hard, and doing it without support makes it harder. Asking for help from a partner, a friend, a trainer, or a community like this one is not a sign that you're struggling more than everyone else. It's a sign that you're paying attention.

You don't have to earn the right to need support. You just have to ask for it.

Is there something you've been needing help with that you haven't asked for yet? 💙