Sonicmousez
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I have a mini dachshund for over a month now. She's a 4-month old sweet girl; she learned basic commands like come, sit, stay, touch, hand, etc. and had been improving on her paper training. She also loves my family; she's excited and jumping like crazy when she sees us. I am 17 years old and had taken to responsibility of establishing myself as the major care taker in the family (as i'm the one who asked for a puppy and picked her and my family isn't much interested in dogs or animals as i am). The ONLY problem that bothers me the most now is that even though i'm the one taking care of her most of the time (feeding, replacing water, training, praising, giving treats, cleaning out soiled spots, walking, paying most attention, petting her on my lap, kissing her, spending the most time with her,etc.) she is more interested in my mom than in me. I hope i'm just over-thinking, but it appears to me that she prefers to stay in my mom's room when my mom is there watching things on the computer, and follows her, tries to get her attention, watches her do everything. I just feel like i'm a secret lover of some kind following after her and begging for her love. My mom even tries to pay less attention to her, but she just loves to be around with my mom. she never fed her or pet her to sleep. And my dog listens to my commands more than to my mom and probably respects me more. I never felt that stupid. I am a quite detached person and only decide to get a dog because i feel like a dog is the loyal one to speak to when ppl at school or at work make me feel unpleasant, but now i lose trust in my dog and feel that dogs are not as loyal as i used to believe? Seriously, it's hurting me from deep down inside.