u/sookybabe

Hey all

Just looking for a bit of advice/reassurance.
This big goof is my 2 year old Corso mix. I rescued her about 4 months ago with my partner. She’s a dream girl, my Velcro dog but also very independent and is completely settled on her own. We both work full time and have never had any issues leaving her alone.

Over the weekend we have separated and he has moved out so it’s just my girl and I now. Despite her being completely fine being alone, I’m starting to feel all this guilt that she will be alone a lot more now when I’m at work. I’m a shift worker so we don’t have routine unfortunately as I’m coming and going at different times when I’m at work. When I’m not at work, I give her lots of my time and even when I do work we walk every day and I give her all the enrichment I can before I leave.

I guess I just want to hear some experiences of people who have gone from being in a relationship to owning your dog solo. How did it work out for you? I’m giving her the best life I possibly can and I know she’s better off with me than the shelter but I just can’t help but feel so guilty.

Getting pinned down by my cuddly girl post night shift. Was sitting down on the lounge having some breakfast when Ruby had other ideas. Swipe to see the culprit.

I feel pretty desperate posting this, but I’m just feeling so completely broken and isolated right now. My Mum passed away around 20 months ago, completely unexpectedly. I won’t go into details of her passing, but I just have so many questions that have been left unanswered.
She was 65 years old and it just shouldn’t have been her time yet. I know she was struggling with her ageing and really struggling to accept being older and more limited than she once was but I just wish she knew how capable and incredible she really was. She was the fittest lady I knew for her age.
I miss her so incredibly much. I look so hard for signs or dreams and just get nothing. I feel like she is just completely gone. If anyone has anything at all I would be so appreciative. I just wish I could feel her around me.

Show me your sleeping and cozy pups pls

I got this girl by total fluke.
She was being fostered by my friend and he had to take in another dog urgently and they didn’t get along. His new foster was way too high energy and was giving this poor couch potato a hard time. I took her in just for a couple of weeks initially as I’d missed having a dog around. My staffy had to be put down at this beginning of this year.
Well now I’ve just totally fallen in love. I’ve never had a mastiff before and she has just slotted into my lifestyle so easily. It’s an absolute pleasure having a mastiff around, she’s just so content and it’s such a nice change of pace after my boy who had extreme separation anxiety and behavioural issues. I love and miss my boy, but having this girl around has been incredibly healing for me. I didn’t know I needed a mastiff until I had one!
Anyway, just an appreciation post and to share this picture of my girl. I have totally fallen in love with her and the breed.

Hey everyone!

I rescued this big goof two weeks ago. She is 1 year and 7 months, listed as a bullmastiff mix. She’s a big girl, 43kg and all the research I’ve done on the breed definitely lines up. She is the sweetest girl but very very stubborn, a big couch potato and has become my Velcro dog over the last couple of weeks. Any guesses? She’s some kind of mix and I’ve had people suggest bullmastiff, cane corso, bulldog. Whatever she is, I’m totally smitten and will eventually do a DNA in the coming weeks.

Just wanted to share a photo of my sweet bullmastiff x, Ruby. I’m starting to think she might be a foster fail 😅
She was listed by the pound as a bullmastiff mix. No idea what she is mixed with, but I’ve been researching the breed a lot as it’s my first experience with a bullmastiff and the personality traits are spot on. She’s 1.5 years old and the sweetest girl I’ve met. But if anyone has any advice on dealing with the mastiff stubbornness please let me know! I ask her to do something and she totally understands, but if she’s comfortable and doesn’t have any interested, you best believe she’s going to respectfully decline 😂 after years of having high energy dogs, that just want to please this is a bit of a shock but her calmness is the most beautiful trade off. She’s just a totally unbothered couch potato.

Well the title says everything really. I’ve caught him a couple of times before, he has downplayed it and twisted it and always gaslit me about it. Caught him today and he couldn’t deny it. Kicked him out for obvious reasons, but now the house is so empty and lonely. Mind you dealing with this in the midst of grieving my Mum, dog and dealing with anxiety that isn’t responding to medication. Send your girl some thoughts and prayers hahaha 💀