What is the naughtiest age for a dog?
Tod Rath
2025-06-28 20:26:47
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Adolescence is a time when a dog is re-evaluating everything and everyone in their life and starts to look at the world with the eyes of an adult and not as a puppy. This is the time when a lack of adequate and appropriate dog socialisation and habituation can become an issue, and those dogs that have missed out on this can start to show behaviour problems associated with fear. Bad experiences now can go on to shape how they view the world and how they behave in the future. Your pup might be ignoring your recall training cues in their teenage phase. Instead, they bound up to other dogs and people, pushing for a game, a scrap or mugging their human for treats. Walks are now not fun for anyone. Adolescence is a time when a dog is prone to behaviour problems and it is essential to address these issues through proper training and socialisation.
Ona Lakin
2025-06-28 19:17:20
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The adolescent phase stands out as particularly challenging due to its unpredictability. Hormonal changes can lead to erratic behavior, while their increased energy levels might make them more prone to mischief. This phase is markedly different from the others, requiring a unique approach in handling and training. This period is characterized by a surge in energy, hormonal changes, and a quest for independence. Your previously obedient puppy might now exhibit behaviors such as excessive barking, jumping, or even ignoring commands they once followed. The adolescent phase is between 6-18 months. This phase can be trying for owners, but understanding it is key to navigating through it successfully. Common issues during this phase include defiance and disobedience, increased aggression or fearfulness, destructive behaviors and restlessness, and regression in training and housebreaking.
Oscar Gerlach
2025-06-28 19:08:46
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Adolescence begins with puberty at around 6 months of age and continues until social maturity at about 18 months of age, although it does often get a little bit easier when they reach about 1 year old.
All dogs are different but, usually, this stage is difficult to live with, especially when you compare them with how they used to be before puberty.
Major behavioural changes associated with adolescence usually only last for about 6 months after puberty, although it can take some dogs longer.
A common complaint during puppy adolescence is that they begin to be disobedient and 'naughty' at home, no longer responding to commands as readily.
During adolescence, from about 6 – 12 months, your puppy is likely to chew more, and he will be larger, enabling him to do more damage.
Adolescent puppies like to explore and may try to get out of the garden unless it is securely fenced.
During this time, he/she will have all the energy and vigor of an adult dog but lacks the knowledge and experience that an older dog needs to stay out of trouble.
You just have to live through the difficult time first when all your hard work at the baby puppy stage may seem to have been for nothing as your dog becomes rebellious, disinterested and disobedient.
Fortunately, just as with children, adolescence is a phase that will come to an end.
Eventually, this stage will pass.
Gwen Gusikowski
2025-06-28 19:05:07
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Around the 4-5 month age pups get quite naughty, they have worked you out by now and know how to get around you and they begin to ignore your instructions. Puppy training 4–7 months aged pups should start now as they already have a fully developed adult brain. They are getting more adventurous and don’t want to come back when they are called, they are starting to ignore their owners – a lot. Things that were cute when they were little are no longer cute and in fact are quite destructive and very naughty. It’s now you wonder why you ever thought it was a good idea to get another pup. You love your dogs, there’s no doubt about that. You just wanted your puppy to be a puppy and do what normal little puppies do. You’ll do some training along the way, but now he’s starting to get just a bit too naughty and you’re not quite sure how to handle it.
Darrion Dickinson
2025-06-28 17:31:50
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My puppy is 4 months.
I have seen so many say it’s 8-9 months but I cannot imagine him getting worse.
He’s a good boy sometimes but he’s chewing on everything including people.
He even takes the toilet brush to his bed when the door is open.
The occasional peeing inside destroying everything in his path just normal puppy stuff.
We are telling him no half the time he doesn’t listen.
I imagine it to be just the same.
I have seen so many say it’s 8-9 months but I cannot imagine him getting worse.
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