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. Your pup might be ignoring your recall training cues in their teenage phase. Bad experiences now can go on to shape how they view the world and how they behave in the future. Adolescence is a time when a dog is re-evaluating everything and everyone in their life. This also reminds them of what is rewarding about recalls, improves their behaviour, and avoids them from practicing behaviours you don’t like. While this might all feel like a step back in your training, you will find that by taking this approach, your dog will come out the other side of adolescence well-behaved and with their training skills – and your relationship – intact.