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Venting (judge free)

These dang dogs

I love my dogs to bits and pieces but my goodness do I want to throw them to the wind right now! They’ve been doing so good since baby got here a few weeks ago. My heart hurts so bad knowing I can’t give them the same life they’ve known for years, but we’re all making adjustments and I just need them to get with the program. They’re both pitty mixes so extremely clingy and strong willed. One just huffs and puffs at me to rub her while I’m doing literally anything. She sprayed on the couch this morning and now the living room smells like stinky fish. The other one keeps bringing her dang ball on the couch and obnoxiously chewing on it which is a trigger itself but then it leaves this thick slobber everywhere. I’ll tell her to go to her spot with it, she will and then as soon as I look away, she’s back up on the couch. We’re in the south and we don’t have a fence yet so I can’t just send them outside or take them on a walk without fear of them overheating or burning their paws. I’m at my wits end. They’re such good dogs, but I’m really struggling. I was hoping the pet aversion bug wouldn’t hit me but I feel it creeping up HARD. I just had to get this out, today has been a struggle and it’s not even noon yet.