In the thick of adolescence - help give me hope lol
We have an 8 month old male that we absolutely love, but man is the teenage phase ever testing us 🤣. He no longer tolerates his crate, he has selective hearing, and if we stand in the way of doing something he wants we hear about it with a loud bark in our face. This morning, he was was a bit overstimulated after a long walk and decided he needed to rough play with me at 7am on our front lawn, barking and growling, jumping up and nipping while I struggled to get him to the door and inside - I’m sure our neighbours were thoroughly entertained.
Help me see the light at the end of the tunnel - when did the teenage phase start and how long did the worst of it last for your barbet? Any advice to get through it - professional training, more environment management, grin and bear it until they mature and grow out of it? All of the above?
Any stories of your suffering that you can laugh about now is also greatly appreciated - hoping to find the humor in this, so I don’t cry instead 😂.