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Doggie Adolescence – Atka Gone Bad

May 12, 2014 14 Comments

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doggieadolescenceWe knew we’d be in trouble when Atka hit his adolescence since his puppy months were a piece of cake. We figured it’d only be fair that we’d be in for a rough adolescent phase.

Did you know a giant breed’s adolescent period can last from 6 months of age to 3 years? They don’t all last that long, but some do!

You know your dog is hitting their adolescence when you want to pull your hair out. Atka has never been destructive or done anything “bad”. This week alone we’ve had three incidents.

1. He jumped onto the couch, put his head in my backpack, pulled out some of my clothes, and shredded them. He left the evidence all over the living room floor.

2. He took the door mat from the back door, drug it into the yard, and proceeded to chew it up.

3. He dug up the TV cable wire and chewed it in half.

Time to up the exercise and stimulation to keep this big puppy out of trouble!

Those look like digging paws to me, Atka...
Those look like digging paws to me, Atka…

 

What have you experienced during your dog’s adolescence?

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Filed Under: Fluffy Life Tagged With: adolescence, chewing, destructive, dog, great pyrenees, puppy

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  1. Bailey says

    May 12, 2014 at 7:43 am

    Thankfully nothing that bad. Still can’t leave paper unattended when we aren’t home. Shut doors to rooms that have temptations when we aren’t around to watch.

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  2. Slimdoggy says

    May 12, 2014 at 8:52 am

    Those teen years can be tough. You have the right solution though – up the exercise and brain games!

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    • Kelsie says

      May 12, 2014 at 11:07 am

      Our other dog is about a year and a half and still going through her teen years. The stubbornness and independence of a Great Pyrenees doesn’t make adolescence very much fun. Good thing they’re cute 😉

      Reply
  3. Misaki says

    May 12, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    Uh oh! Hope that stage doesn’t last too long

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    • Kelsie says

      May 12, 2014 at 6:46 pm

      Good thing he’s so cute. We can more easily put up with his shenanigans 😉

      Reply
  4. Ann Staub says

    May 12, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    Yikes! Lol… I haven’t had a young pup in quite a while now. But she did chew up several of my shoes, and pillows. Who knows what else. She still gets into plenty of mischief too.

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    • Kelsie says

      May 12, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      This was his first bought of destructiveness. Mauja went through a phase for about a month where she destroyed a few things. Hopefully, Atka’s is short as well!

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  5. Stacey says

    May 13, 2014 at 1:57 am

    Those teenage times can be tough! Hopefully Atka doesn’t go through this phase long. Just take deep breaths and rememeber it will pass. My Nala, during her adolesence period, chewed my wedding dress which was sealed in the hopes that one of my daughters could wear it when they got married. Needless, to say they will be wearing new gowns on their big days!

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    • Kelsie says

      May 13, 2014 at 7:32 am

      Oh, no! Thankfully, we’ve never experienced anything that terrible. Everything has been replaceable 🙂

      Reply
  6. snoopy@snoopysdogblog says

    May 14, 2014 at 8:27 am

    Great job Atka – that’s a lot for just one week! 🙂

    I’m still in my adolescent phase and I’m 4!! Mum was told my coat won’t finish growing until I’m 5 so I’m taking that to mean I don’t have to behave like a grown up yet! Tee Hee

    Have fun buddy and keep up the great work,

    Your pal Snoopy 🙂

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    • Kelsie says

      May 14, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      Hahaha love this. I’ll pass the message along to Atka. I’m sure he’ll finally be happy that someone appreciates his work 😉

      Reply
  7. Lisa says

    May 23, 2014 at 8:29 am

    Hi there! Thanks for the great blog post! It will be very useful for one of my clients! I was hoping I could use it on my blog (with your link of course). My site is not ready yet but I’m looking for great content to fill it up and I love your post 🙂
    Thanks!
    Lisa

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    • Kelsie says

      May 23, 2014 at 6:35 pm

      As long as the content is clearly marked as mine, I’m fine with it being used on your site 🙂

      Reply
  8. Kelly says

    December 14, 2019 at 5:14 am

    I’m glad to read some of these things on different sites. I have been beginning to think something was wrong with my Sheeba. She’s one year old and not social at all. Skittish is a good way to put it. I already knew about barking but some days it’s what are you barking at? Nothing and everything 😁. Some of the other listed issues too. Thanks for sharing!

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