Apologies if the puppy thread is doing this job too but I feel bad posting on there with my 10 month ddog issues, like "yep it's still shit in 8 months time"! Just wondering if anyone would like to congregate here with their tales of woe and hopefully hints and tips of surviving the teenage dog years?
I have a 10 month old staffy cross rescue bitch. She is HIGH ENERGY. We got her at around 6 months, completely untrained. Our first dog. We must have been insane.
Lead walking is hit and miss.
We have jumping up and biting issues.
Recall is pretty good, maybe 85-90% (my hint on this is to take her out when she's hungry and she gets loads of the best treats to come back to).
Cats=terrible. Wants to chase my 2 resident cats constantly and they are separated all the time. This makes me really sad.
Anyone want to join in? 
If you're worried about your pet's health, please speak to a vet or qualified professional.
The doghouse
Adolescent Dog Survival thread anyone?
TooOldForThisWhoCares · 11/10/2018 10:32
I'll join! I have an eight month old male beagle.
He's okay most of the time - better off-lead than on but doesn't recall well around other dogs unfortunately. He pulls on the lead and won't wear a head collar or any kind so we're trying positive reward/loose lead training at the moment instead.
He's almost out of the bitey phase but he's now started barking at everything! 
Hello! More people! And their teenage dogs!
Yes I recognise that feeling of you think you've got it sussed and then son e other unwanted behaviour surfaces! It's really like a testing of boundaries. My dog is also great in terms of house trained and sleeps all night (she came that way luckily for us!) But the early evenings are torture. She's a total livewire for about 4 solid hours from 5pm onwards and we all have to take turns attempting to entertain her until she flops at 9pm (almost on the dot, every night). This is also when most of the silly bitey behaviour happens.
I look at calm, older dogs walking on lovely loose leads and think we'll never get there. Sigh.
Also jealous of "pub" dogs who snooze under the table at pubs or cafes. DDog dug a hole under one and ate some of the furniture at another 
I'll join! IV a 10 month old golden retriever and recall has disappeared completely with him, especially when he sees other dogs! He does pull on the lead but that's getting better with training. We go to a leadwork and recall class once a week, which is good.
Other thing is barking in the evenings (have had a previous thread on this and was given lots of help, tips and advice).
Also with having a retriever, he loves picking up things and running away with them, toilet roll, shoes, remote controls, socks, he hasn't quite mastered the retrieving the items back to me yet, more of a I'll leave them out in the garden 
Having one of those mornings with puppy! Barking loads and just won't settle down. Is lying under the coffee table barking! 
he's had a good morning walk and training and play time this morning! Joys of adolescent puppies. Too early for 
maybe have 
instead
Mines 18 months and won’t stop jumping on the kitchen benches and out of the window into the garden. If I shut the window she runs along the bench and smears dog nose snots allover the window as well as eating anything not locked away. I have no idea how she is even getting up there but my benches are covered in paw prints and mud about 10 times a day. Wouldn’t be so bad if she wasn’t a nearly 40kg GSD
Thankfully we have just come out of the wee everywhere phase, the chew the house up phase and the barking constantly phase. Hopefully this one too shall pass 
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That is one Svengali expression right there! He's lovely, Blobby. But you lose points for eating mince pies in October 
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