He’s just a teenage dirtbag, baby…

[Spudlet]

I love my dog, I love my dog, but he is also a MASSIVE twat and I am considering having him stuffed and mounted on the wall 😂He’s an 11 month old lab and basically, he’s like a cross between a toddler on Haribo and a basically good hearted teenager who’s been into the cheap vodka that’s been hidden at the back of the cupboard for ten years… he’s very good at home but dear god, walks at the moment are a trial, between the cloth ears and the apparent complete inability to walk on the lead nicely for more than 5 steps… and let’s not even mention the prancing pony impersonation that we’re treated to if he passes another dog, the great daub. It’s a good job I’m fairly strong, or I’d have been towed facedown across a fair few fields by now 🙈 He is kept under control and not allowed to crash around like a rugger bugger on a stag night, but it is hard work 😓

Please someone tell me that he’ll dial down the bellend levels at some point… we do have a vets appointment to discuss the snip next week as he’s about to turn one, and he’s not going to be a stud dog, soooo ✂️

‘Wot’s wiv the snip snip noises then’

Maybe just being a bit of a teenager, though he’s maybe a bit young… more training may help. Mine has the attention span of a goldfish so we do lots of games and I have got over any shame I may have had of prancing round like a dickhead to keep her interested.

He’s very cute though

He is, everyone looks at him and goes ‘awwww’, especially when he’s behaving - which he can do, when he’s motivated enough. It’s his saving grace - well that and being a superstar family dog at home. I really can’t fault his behaviour here, he just gets a bit OTT out and about, but then we live in the country and there are exciting things everywhere so it’s not a surprise. We do plenty of training and play games, but there’s only so much I can do it compete with the lure of a rotting rabbit carcass, and I do draw the line at whipping decomposing animals out of my pockets 😂

No advice to add but boy is he a handsome lad!

He’s a lovely lad and very fast - good for me as he’ll be my running buddy when he’s old enough (soon I hope - we’ll be asking the vets about that too!). I reckon in time we’ll be able to get up to 10 miles or so, as long as he’s enjoying it and we build up steadily.

It is just like going on a country walk with an overexcited fresher on a toga party bar crawl though 😆

He will grow out of it, and you will forget the bad bits. Labs are hard work, but so worth it. I have one either side of me on the sofa. And, lesson learned, bitches are easier 😆

😆 he's probably still going through the adolescent phase if he's regressed a big behaviourally...They can be a nightmare at that age!

It'll get easier soon, but he'll probably still be a certain level of nuts for a good few years yet!

Have you had him Done?

My teenage Knobhead says hi. 10.5 months and sheesh, do we know it!

He's an absolute darling, sweet boy at home. So affectionate, kind and cuddly.

Also has days where he pulls like a tank and has selective deafness. Then can be a total star and lull you into a false sense of security.

Also having 🌰🌰✂️ discussion with vet!!!

Solidarity!!! I have no advice as mine is nicknamed the Hound of the Twatskervilles.

"It is just like going on a country walk with an overexcited fresher on a toga party bar crawl though"

He sounds like a good time 😂😂😂

Errrrr well!

I asked the same question when my Working Cocker was around the same age as yours. He's nearly 2 now.

Is he any better? Honestly, sometimes I just think cognitive dissonance kicked in at some point and I no longer have a solid benchmark for reality?

He's definitely less... mental? He sleeps more at home. Listens better. Pretty much bulletproof recall - even stops mid-chase on a squirrel and comes straight back (which amazes me). Still drags like an asshole on the lead, despite months and months of training. Though I believe you can do a better job than I've done! (Since I've obviously just done a shit job on this front!)

I recently rejoiced, because we had to have no cushions or rugs anywhere, as he'd chew them up. Finally, a home full of soft furnishings again. But yep... he's started chewing the damn cushions again... and runs around with the rugs in his mouth, trying to rip the fur out of them...

Maybe age 3 will be better? Only 2 more years to go for you, OP...

My sons dog was slap bang in the teen years when he got him
he was an over sexed,over excited,wool eared nightmare
we have always adored him but every time you stood up,you have 4 stone of muscle humping you
hed ignore every recall,would yank me over on a walk and would only listen if there was something in it for him
i cannot explain how many times he tried to hump anything that moved-male,female,animal or not
anyway I told my son straight ‘have him done or he’s not welcome-his turning dangerous even though he doesn’t mean to be’
3 weeks later the balls where no more-by god what a difference
he stopped humping,his hearing is still a bit cloth eared and he only yanks you over in the first 5 seconds of his walk
best thing he ever did for him

I had a spaniel before who was hard work, but I revoked him at 18 months old, so I was at the end of the teenage years. This is my first teenage twit, and it is quite the experience…

Lolling at Hound of the Twatskervilles 😂 A friend christened her teenage lab the Twatador at a similar age!

Rehomed - as in I adopted him! Not revoked!

My youngest is 18mths and although very clever and well trained still has days he acts like a deranged kangaroo on sight of another dog.
Maybe it's a boy thing as none of the girls ever had these twatty moments 🤣🐶

At least he's grown out of eating stones (I hope!) :-)

His latest light snacks were a wingnut and a large nail (both confiscated before they were swallowed In glad to say!). He has a real knack for finding these things 😖🙈

Oh god, the stone eating! Mine brings them in as gifts. He's basically learned he can 'trade' any old shite he finds at the fridge for stuff he actually wants aka cocktail sausages.

I'm living with the canine equivalent of Del Boy Trotter.

He is gorgeous!
He's at the really rowdy, rambunctious stage at the moment but he will absolutely dial down a bit within the next year or so when he's out of the puppy/adolescence phase.
However, my beloved beagle cross is 5 and he still does the prancing pony routine 😂🙄

I keep telling DH that we have to look back at how far he’s come already - he settles really well at home now and you can actually have a snuggle on the sofa without being nommed to death. And we haven’t seen Sharknado dog for ages. DS can be in the same room as him happily and even cuddles him (in a canine-appropriate way), which is a huge thing as DS has ASD - the two of them are really bringing great fitness now. He’s doing fine! He’s just also a complete and utter tit in a trance outside of the house. But we do love him - the vast majority of the time, anyway 😂 He clambers up onto the sofa, snuggles under my arm and makes little happy sounds, and it’s 🥰 And he watches tv - he very much enjoyed an old episode of Taskmaster last night 😂

*Becoming great friends - is it me, or is autocorrect getting more random?!

In his defence that's pretty clever

He is gorgeous!!

Tell me more about Sharknado though...

This is why I taught mine to be offlead obediently, at 10 he can still pull! Snip at 10 months helped a bit I suspect but lots of training is key. Ddog is perfect off lead walking to heel even if sheep in the field but on lead is another matter. He hates leads basically

@Kat1953 Sharknado is what we called the witching hour, when naughty overtired puppies must Bite All The Things and generally transform from the Andrex Puppy into Cujo Junior. We used to take it in turns to sit with him in the kitchen, ignoring him and his shenanigans until he flopped in a toothy little heap on the floor and went to sleep!

Ahh, lovely as he is, cats are less demanding ,mine at 13 wonderful, no gifts tho