Pregnancy crisis or do I actually want to quit my job

Need Advice

I’m self employed. Specifically I’m a dog trainer. I do board and trains, private training and boarding for client dogs.

Little background story. I LOVE private training. I first worked at a facility and would have any where from 6-10 clients a day (each session was an hour). I LOVED it. I thrived. So much that I ignored how I wasn’t being paid fairly and was working to the bone.

When I moved to Texas I started my own company doing in home private sessions (going to the clients home), park session and in home board and trains (where the dog stays with me).

Im now 22 weeks pregnant and this morning a boarding dog refused to come out of the kennel for me. Showing her teeth growling lunging at the crate door. It was a hot mess. When my husband got up and asked what’s going on a broke down crying saying I hate having other peoples dogs in my home I don’t get to enjoy my own dogs anymore I’m not happy and I feel like a failure.

He paused and asked me what’s really wrong and I just blankly stared at him thinking I just told you what do you mean what’s wrong…

He said I normally would never get upset like this over something that isn’t huge. In the moment I blamed it on being hormonal but I genuinely think maybe im burnt out and miss what I once had. Working 8-10 hours coming home JUST my dogs and getting to enjoy them away from work but now I’m trapped.

Not to mention the weather here is awful. It’s hot all the time I can’t do much other them outside I live far from everything. I just feel trapped.

I’m a hormonal. Should I look for a new job. Do I tell him we need to put a time limit of living where we live because it’s
Killing me. Or is it D all of the above.

Posted Sep 24, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC

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