One week in with our 9-week-old beagle mix and I have some thoughts

Ok so we got Pretzel home last Sunday and i want to document this while its fresh because nobody told me some of this stuff and maybe it will help someone else who is also currently sleep deprived and questioning their life choices.

Thing 1: the first two nights were genuinely rough. I knew there would be crying but i thought i could just set the crate near the bed and he would eventually settle. Nope. He cried for what felt like three hours straight the first night and my wife and i were both just lying there in the dark debating whether we had made a terrible mistake. By night three he was down to maybe 20 minutes of fussing. By night five he basically just went in and that was it. So it does get better fast but those first two nights were brutal.

Thing 2: beagles have opinions. Very loud opinions. He has found his voice this week and he will use it. He has opinions about being left alone for 4 minutes while i shower. He has opinions about the cat. He has opinions about the squirrel he saw through the window on Wednesday. The neighbors probably think something is wrong with us.

Thing 3: i was not prepared for how much i would love this small chaotic animal. He fell asleep on my chest last night and i genuinely could not move for two hours because i didnt want to wake him. Worth it.