"Isabel has turned into a disobedient, edgy brat. She is no longer my perfect puppy who always does what I ask her to. She will sometimes just sit there and ignore my commands and sometimes even turn ...

Having a young puppy is hard. Having an adolescent dog is even harder. In fact, adolescent dogs are the most at risk of being relinquished or rehomed, and it’s because of normal (albeit frustrating) ...

Dr. Horowitz, a cognitive scientist who studies dogs, is the author of “The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves,” from which this essay is adapted. The puppy I know — the young sprite we ...

Ah, adolescence! Such an important stage of development in all creatures, and just as difficult for parents to handle whether the adolescent in question is human or canine. Adolescence in dogs occurs ...

Sprite was, by her nature, a shy puppy. She was very dependent on me -- the canine equivalent of the kid who hides behind mom's skirt. At 17 months old, there's hardly a trace of that shy girl left.