Managing Arousal in Dogs - Trigger Stacking 101
Ever wondered why your dog can walk past 10 dogs on a walk, but then on the 11th dog they start barking? Or why your dog can cope with...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Jun 14
- 10 min
Male dogs, hormones and castration
The topic of castrating male dogs is complicated and everyone seems to have differing views, experiences and beliefs about it. This makes...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Jun 6
- 9 min
When play biting escalates in the adolescent dog
When you bring a puppy home, you’re prepared for some level of mouthing and biting, and accept it’s a normal part of puppy development....
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Adolescent Dogs
- May 28
- 7 min
Help! My dog barks at other dogs
As much as barking is a natural dog behaviour, it can be embarrassing, frustrating and scary if your dog barks at other dogs during...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Mar 31
- 7 min
Resource guarding between dogs
If you live in a multi-dog household, you’re likely to be well practiced in managing your dogs around resources and avoiding any...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Oct 16, 2022
- 9 min
Are you getting it wrong? Dog Socialisation
Are you getting it wrong? Where we’re at risk of getting socialisation wrong is when we teach our dogs that they have a right to engage...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Aug 31, 2022
- 9 min
Top 10 ways to stimulate your dog
Daily life can get boring for our dogs sometimes. Sadly, not all of us can dedicate all hours of the day to keeping them entertained, and...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Aug 30, 2022
- 7 min
5 signs your dog is bored
Understanding our dogs isn’t always easy, they do things which annoy us and we can’t always work out why. There are also so many...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Jul 16, 2022
- 7 min
How long does it take to train a dog?
How long does it take to train a dog: Setting realistic goals and ‘fixing’ problems Our dogs are a huge part of our lives, so when they...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Jul 8, 2022
- 7 min
Teenage Troubles: Surviving Adolescence
People often think they’ve survived the hardest part of dog ownership when they’ve cracked toilet training and got their puppy sleeping...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Feb 6, 2022
- 5 min
Management isn't a cop-out
Management is quite a buzz word in modern dog training (or reward-based, force-free, scientific, whatever you want to call it). In the...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Feb 2, 2022
- 8 min
Enrichment & Attention - Finding the balance
There is so much emphasis these days on ensuring your good has plenty of stimulation, there is a bigger focus on enrichment activities,...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Dec 20, 2021
- 8 min
Genetics and behaviour
As a dog trainer, you meet a whole range of people and dogs, you meet the ones who look for a ‘quick fix’ and the ones who have somehow...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Jul 14, 2021
- 7 min
Is your dog being naughty or does he just not understand you?
We can be quick to get frustrated with our dogs when they ignore us, we can also be quick to label our dogs as ‘stubborn’ or as having...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Jul 13, 2021
- 9 min
How sociable is your dog?
It’s fairly standard to assume that not all people will get along with each other. Some people clash, perhaps because they have different...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Mar 28, 2021
- 1 min
Train the dog in front of you, not the breed?
By Naomi White
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Adolescent Dogs
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
The art of undoing bad habits
For support with your dog's training, contact our team anytime Phone: 0800 222 9007 Email: info@adolescentdogs.com Website:...
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Adolescent Dogs
- May 18, 2019
- 6 min
Dog to dog interactions on walks
Written by Naomi White People seem to be dangerously unaware of dog-dog interactions and what their dogs are actually trying to...
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Adolescent Dogs
- Apr 6, 2019
- 8 min
Should you use Doggy Daycare?
Doggy day care is a big thing these days, it has become a central part of many of our dogs’ lives. We use it as a way to ‘socialise’ our...
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