Adolescent Poodle Predicaments

Hey y’all!

Y’all heeeeeyyyy!

I’m going to start off with a riddle.

If you have a dog that 

• Finds shoes, feet, butts, and hands the best chew toys ever!
• Refuses to get into the car without a treat/hooman inside even though he’s done it before and loves being out.
• Is freaked out by a squeaky chicken even though this:

is him playing with his moose.

• Can switch from being the sweetest boy ever to a little Tasmanian devil and back again in the blink of an eye.
• Loves going outside and would stay out there all. the. time. heat exhaustion notwithstanding. (For either of us.)
• Has decided the best way to tell Hooman she needs to stop working is to either run around with unmentionables or chew on a hanger.
• Treats training sessions like this:

• Thinks that which sparks his fear stage simply doesn’t know he’s Alpha. Solution? All the barks!

What do you get?

An…. adolescent puppy! 

🥴 🤪

So, yeah. That’s where we are. My tricks for it?

A kong.

Frozen Mangoes.

Doggie Hack #1

A ball (and a Puppy’s willingness to fetch)

Chews.

Some creativity with obstacle courses.

Outings.

Treats.

And knowing it won’t last forever.

…even though it’ll come back. 🥵

But this is what I signed up for. And I’m not about to give up.

Why?

Because neither of us was born to fail and I’ll be darned if I let fear do us in.

…again.

💜You weren’t born to fail, either, my friends!💜

Lauryn

P.S. He’s still adorable, and fear stages are tiring.