When did you find you and your golden were able to like…happily exist with each other?

I adopted my sweet girl Barbie when she was 8 weeks old. She’s now 11 weeks. I’m aware of how short our time together has been in comparison to a golden’s full life. I live in an apartment so we’ve had to do potty training through pads, which she’s been mostly good with. She also does relatively well in the crate(only really putting up a fight when I put her in while I’m also in the apartment not sleeping.) We still get up at least once a night to go potty and usually start our day between 6-7AM (we go to bed around 10PM.) I work from home. I find it’s time consuming, but I’m still able to tend to her needs when needed. She naps outside of the crate just fine too. Our biggest problem at the moment is biting. When she bites me I’ll redirect with various chew toys and even leave the room if she’s being too much. I’ll play with her, but often time she doesn’t engage. I’ll walk away and still demand my attention. She has a habit of getting into various wires (lamps, motems, etc) so I always have to be watching her. She will also chew on furniture which again, I redirect her attention the best I can. Most of the time she will go back to biting the furniture. I apologize for the rambling. I’m aware puppies take a lot of work and it’s not something that clicks overnight. She can be sweet. She’s currently sleeping at my feet as I type this. There’s also been days where the puppy behavior overstimulates me so much that I break down. It’s just me and her, so I also think it comes from me not really having a true break unless she’s sleeping or in her crate. I also had a dog before her who I adopted when he was 2 and was a dream. Again, I know it takes time to get there. I guess I’m just wondering how long it takes to get to the point where we exist with each other happily and aren’t constantly at odds with what the other needs from them.

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