28 Pouting Puppers Putting Up with the Pains of Adulting

Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor

Jun 26, 2026 9:00 AM EDT

Growing up is growing old, is a phrase once uttered by a British band in the 00s and they were very much correct about that. There is no easy way to learn to cope with the constant ups and downs of adulthood, but we figured that this cute collection of pouting puppers who are also grappling with the gripes of adulting might help ease your pain a little.

It turns out that it is not just us hoomans who take issue with the fact that we have to grow up and act our age. For also our pupper pals have this very same problem as they learn to progressively seek out more and more to do in this wonderful world we live in. But much like our hooman experience of growing up, these doggos quickly find out that they cannot do all the things they so desperately want to do whenever they want to do them. There is a time and a place for each and every thing in this life and a large part of growing up is learning when it is right to do something.

So we invite you to join these adolescent puppers as they go through the trials and tribulations of growing up and learning what they can do and when. Whether it be a burning desire to bring an outside ball into the house, or going on thirst strike until you are given water from the bathtub tap, or that your dog child is displeased with how long it took you to let them outside, we are sure that you'll find an example or two of caning growing pains that mimic your own pawsonal challenges. And with that we invite you to go forth and enjoy this cute collection of canines.

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Well, what can we say, this is pretty darn tragic. After all, it was not specifically his fault the ball got mowed over, even if he could have picked it up before the mowing began. And now he is stuck in this state of despair and down as he looks upon the half sphere of rubber that lays before him. All the while knowing that this is adult life, it is about putting up with the let downs, with the moments when you wish you had done something differently. And hopefully with some grieving time he will come to understand that it is ok to let go.
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Adult life has no shortage of things that hold us back. Whether it is the fact that we have to go to work that stops us from playing with our canine children all day, or the fact that if we want to enjoy public parks we have to pay taxes, or simply that it is raining and you cannot bark outside in the rain. There is always something in our adult lives that stands in the way of us doing the very thing we would love to be doing right now. But that doesn't mean there is no fun to be had in other parts of life while we wait. Now that is true adulting.
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