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Is it true that dogs go into an "adolescent" phase, or does mine just suck?

Scout05Scout05 member
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She was doing SO GOOD with her training, and I was just proud of her progress and our work with her.

All of a sudden, total regression. She won't come when called, she jumps and barks on us when we try to eat dinner, she is doing that digging/snarling thing she did in the beginning. We're using the usual commands, and being consistent and all that, but let's just be honest. She isn't scared, and we are not the boss of her.

I read that at 7 mos, not uncommon for a dog to become defiant and test boundries, like any adolescent. But cheese and rice, this sucks. I'm not sure what else to do, other than more classes, which I think we clearly need.

Although I did get to look her in the eye and ask if she was going through her post-adolescent idealistic phase.

She was totally thinking "as if."

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Re: Is it true that dogs go into an "adolescent" phase, or does mine just suck?

  • ColindaPColindaP member

    If she's being an ass_hole while you're eating, crate her.

    Recall: get a 30ft check cord. Let her run it all the way out, as soon as she gets to the end, call your recall command and reel her in. 20-30 minutes, twice a day, every day, ad nauseam. The endless, you-have-no-choice repetition is mind numbing and exceedingly effective. We did that with both our dogs til they were at least a year old, and then continued not daily but several times a week till they were 2. Do it in the yard, in the street, at a park, etc. Everywhere. 

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    I am sure they do. I joke that Bandit is in her Pre-teen stage right now. She just turned 6 months old. She is a little mouthy, barking every time I start talking to someone. And getting into things she knows she is not supposed to.
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  • triple_sevenstriple_sevens member
    7 months was a trigger age for Bella, too. They go in and out of these defiant phases until about 2, when they become the lovely angels you always knew were inside. (Though I think labs and goldens retain their puppiness a bit longer).
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  • Scout05Scout05 member
    imageColindaP:

    If she's being an ass_hole while you're eating, crate her.

    Recall: get a 30ft check cord. Let her run it all the way out, as soon as she gets to the end, call your recall command and reel her in. 20-30 minutes, twice a day, every day, ad nauseam. The endless, you-have-no-choice repetition is mind numbing and exceedingly effective. We did that with both our dogs til they were at least a year old, and then continued not daily but several times a week till they were 2. Do it in the yard, in the street, at a park, etc. Everywhere. 

    For some reason, I have been putting this off (and by some reason, I am lazy).

    But you're totally right. We need to establish a little "we're in charge, young Doodle" over here.

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  • ColindaPColindaP member
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    imageColindaP:

    If she's being an ass_hole while you're eating, crate her.

    Recall: get a 30ft check cord. Let her run it all the way out, as soon as she gets to the end, call your recall command and reel her in. 20-30 minutes, twice a day, every day, ad nauseam. The endless, you-have-no-choice repetition is mind numbing and exceedingly effective. We did that with both our dogs til they were at least a year old, and then continued not daily but several times a week till they were 2. Do it in the yard, in the street, at a park, etc. Everywhere. 

    For some reason, I have been putting this off (and by some reason, I am lazy).

    But you're totally right. We need to establish a little "we're in charge, young Doodle" over here.

    The endless recall drill is annoying. It's relentless It's tedious.

    And it will give you an adult dog that doesn't even for a split second question whether or not coming when called is an option. I'm not bragging, I'm for-exampling: my dogs will come when called from 600+ yards away. 

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  • writergirl5786writergirl5786 member
    ugh good luck. i hope she stops being a bratty adolescent!
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