In this guide to the canine adolescent years, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC (IAABC), breaks down this critical phase—from hormones to the prefrontal cortex—based on his 2026 VMX session in ...

Ah, the teenage years. They’re not easy for humans (or their parents) and the same goes for dogs, too. While it can differ from breed to breed, dogs tend to enter adolescence when they’re between six ...

We all know adolescence is a distinct phase in human development on the road from being a child to becoming an adult. All you need to do is talk to anyone who has ever been a teenager or parented a ...

Adolescence can be a tricky time for us as dog parents. Your dog might regress in some aspects of their training or socialization, seem as though they’re being rebellious, or display reactive behavior ...

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 ...

Dog training is a huge and unregulated industry, and there are many different approaches to teaching dogs to adapt to living in a human-oriented world. 1 I'm a fan of force-free positive methods, and ...

"Moody, unpredictable and with an striking disregard for the rules, teenagers can be hard to handle. Now it turns out the same is true for adolescent dogs." —Nicola Davis "Like teenagers—whose bodies ...

I've been getting emails from readers letting me know that they're enjoying "the adventures of Larry." Or perhaps they would better be called "the trials and tribulations of Larry's owner." At least ...

Training your dog to walk nicely on-leash but then letting them pull on the leash at other times (such as when you’re in a ...