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Emily Wolf & Libby Felts (Hosts) + Sarah Stremming (Guest)
Canine Adolescence is the transition from puppyhood to adulthood. This fascinating conversation with Sarah Stremming, who is a dog behavior coach and the host of the Cog Dog Podcast, addresses this pivotal age of young dogs. Sarah, Emily, and Libby discuss adolescent canine behavior and how to most effectively observe and address behaviors to nurture confident, healthy dogs. They also discuss:
How dogs’ responses to environments and caregivers can change during this transitional period
Some of the difficulties this transition period can create for adolescent dogs
How to best support the dog through these transitional changes
How we can work with dogs experiencing threat
Sarah’s approach to using food when a threat is present
Breed-specific behaviors in adolescents and how they can express under stress
The top skills we need to teach adolescent dogs (or puppies moving into adolescence)
To speculate or not to speculate on your dog’s prior experience
What happens when you get to the other side of canine adolescence