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Adolescent Dogs

The teenage phase (6 months - 2 years)

fourteen month border collie just came out the other side of a brutal adolescent regression and writing it down because the "puppy phase ends at one year" thing is a lie and i wish someone had told me what 9 to 14 months was actually going to look like

Juno is our border collie, 14 months now, from a working bred litter out of montana, ours since 8 weeks. i had done the reading. i was prepared for the puppy phase. i had a crate plan, a socialization...

Posted by longlineLoyalist_priya•
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sixteen month old german shorthaired pointer whose recall was solid from month four through month thirteen in every environment we tested and has come apart in the last ten weeks specifically in field settings while remaining intact at home and in suburban environments, looking for the version of this adolescent sporting breed recall regression from families and trainers who lived it because the published material does not name what changes when the breeds working drive activates

Beck is a sixteen month old german shorthaired pointer male we brought home at ten weeks from a hunt test breeder who has been a real partner on the foundation work and remains available when we have...

Posted by gsp_16mo_field_recall_q•
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border collie who was the picture of confident socialization at twelve months became a reactive anxious wreck at fourteen months and i want to write up the adolescent regression because the published material did not prepare us for it and we lost three months thinking we had broken her before we understood what was happening

Rosalind is a 22 month old border collie from a working line breeder. We got her at 9 weeks, did everything by the modern socialization playbook, puppy class with experienced trainer, careful exposure...

Posted by border_collie_year_two_reactive•
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The adolescent phase is destroying me

My formerly perfect puppy turned into a MENACE at 9 months. She forgot every command she knew. Stopped coming when called. Started chewing furniture again. Pulls on leash. Jumps on people. Its like...

Posted by SITTER_123•
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The teenage phase is so real

My 10 month old who knew all his commands perfectly has suddenly forgotten everything. sit? never heard of it. recall? whats that. I know this is normal but man its frustrating. Keep reminding myself...

Posted by PAWRENT_33•
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