Adolescence

If you ever interacted with teenagers, you know that impulse control is not their strongest quality. Impulse control is simply the ability to wait for something that you want. It can also be defined as the ability to control arousal around something exciting. For dogs, anything can be arousing. Op

Unfortunately, most shelter dogs find them selves surrendered around 8 month - 1.5 years of age. This is prime adolescence period. Dogs don't grow out of unwanted behaviors, they just get better at doing them. The more dogs practice behavior, the more permanent it becomes. During adolescence, dogs

There are two main fear periods. The first happens at 8 weeks of age. The second happens at adolescence. Unlike the first fear period, that we know happens right around 8 weeks, the second fear period does not have an exact time frame. Perhaps its because dogs mature at different rates. Smaller brea