Common Adolescent Dog Problems

DOGS ARE JUST LIKE KIDS IN THAT NO TWO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG JUST BECAUSE YOUR DOG MAY BE EXHIBITING THE FOLLOWING BEHAVIORS:

• AGGRESSION WITH OTHER DOGS WHILE ON WALKS OR GOING TO THE DOG PARK
• PROBLEMS WITH EATING, SUCH AS GULPING FOOD OR PROTECTIVENESS
• POTTY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MARKING BEHAVIORS OR BAD POTTY PATTERNS
• GROWLING OR BARKING AT OTHER DOGS ACROSS THE STREET, OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, ETC.
• FOCUS AND LISTENING PROBLEMS EVEN ON COMMANDS THEY KNOW
• JUMPING OR BEING OVERLY EXCITED WITH STRANGERS OR CHILDREN
• TOY POSSESSIVENESS OR AGGRESSION THAT ESCALATES INTO A GAME OF "KEEP AWAY"
• REFUSALS TO "COME INSIDE" AND TURNING IT INTO A GAME OF "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN"
• BATHTIME OR GROOMING PROBLEMS INCLUDING TOENAIL CLIPPING, EAR CLEANING, TEETH BRUSHING, ETC.
• DISRUPTIVE BARKING AND OBSESSIVE WINDOW/DOOR WHINING