Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has any tips for navigating and surviving the "teenage" years? Our training was going extremely well however we are finding now that with some things we are starting over again. His adult teeth are still coming through so I anticipate that has something to do with it, however the sudden resurgence of jumping/biting at arms and mittens and my coat on walks is driving me crazy! Overall he seems to suddenly have higher energy, impulse control is kind of going out the window, and he's getting a bit more reactive on walks (excited reactivity with people and dogs).
When he gets like that on walks I put him in a sit/down/stay until he calms down a bit and then we proceed. We are also staying consistent with our training and not caving in when he pushes boundaries.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated because holy this is hard! It is deep winter where we live so its feeling extra exhausting raising a young puppy.
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