So happy I found this thread! Was starting to think it's just us :-[
Our V is 9 weeks old tomorrow, home with us for 2 weeks. We have a 1.5 year old crazy chocolate lab, so we thought we knew what we were getting ourselves into. Nope. The thing that i didn't expect the most was not feeling the love as many have mentioned before, which scared me. I loved our lab from the minute i saw him, but with the V I'm still not there. And I went through the "omg what have I done stage" mostly because the V is torturing the lab. She won't leave him alone during the play time and i feel so bad for him. Trying to find a balance between letting them work it out and giving him alone time and attention. We gave up on the crate training with the lab and the V. While everyone is at work, we isolate the V in the living room. She doesn't cry, goes potty in designated area with the wee-wee pads and catches up on sleep. We still have accidents all over the house during play time, but we made our peace with the puppy stage. Luckily we are new to this house and left the first floor empty to keep the dogs out of trouble, so it's completely puppy proof. For night time, for the first week we used the crate with the V, but she would wake up and start screaming, so then i had to get up, take her to pee and then calm her back down to sleep. After a week of no sleep, i gave up. So now she falls asleep on her bed and if she wakes up she walks over to my bed, whines, i pick her up, and then we sleep through the night. Some days it's 9 pm - 7 am without potty breaks! Except for last night's 4 am wake, which went into "on" mode for both dogs with running around and driving me bananas.
On top of all the puppy adjusting, we just found out that the puppy's poo has giardia (from the breeder), but the lab's doesn't so we have to keep the isolated from each other for at least 10 days so there is no poop contact of any sort from her to him. This should be fun. Has anyone dealt with giardia? Is it still safe for the puppy to sleep in my bed?
Some encouraging words for others in the same boat:
1. All things are replaceable: Carpets, shoes, towels, socks, bras, floors, etc. If any of those were destroyed, it's your fault for leaving it accessible so don't take it out on the puppy. Floors and carpets can be replaced or cleaned, also not the puppy's fault, they are learning still.
2. As everyone has said, take lots of pics. I don't have as many pics as i would have wanted of the lab, regretting it all the time. V is going to have lots of pics!
3. Get help if you are starting to lose it. I've been taking the V to work on Fridays. Everyone at my office who has dogs are all obsessed pet owners so i know everyone is up do date on their shots and such. And everyone wants to watch her. So she's sleeping in my co-workers office now, while I write here

Break for the lab - break for me - socializing puppy - win win
4. Remind yourself that it will get better and calmer
I keep calling my V "Sour Patch Kid" - have you seen those commercials? First they're sour, then they are sweet. Those cuddle moments make it all worth it
