Research launched as we speak by Dogs Trust Ireland reveals that adolescent dogs are most susceptible to being surrendered by their homeowners.
The findings spotlight that proudly owning a ‘teenage’ canine could be difficult and figuring out this might assist handle homeowners’ expectations.
The charity has obtained 2,713 give up requests in 2023 with 49% being dogs aged from 6 to 24 months and labeled as adolescent.
The charity believes that coaching and training may play a major function in serving to homeowners perceive dogs of this age and run adolescent Dog School coaching lessons.
Corina Fitzsimons, Communications Manager at Dogs Trust Ireland, explains: “Our ‘Generation Pup’ research follows dogs of all breeds throughout puppyhood and all through their grownup lives.
“Although “love” was essentially the most used phrase when describing how households felt about their canine, they have been nonetheless battling downside behaviours, and described their adolescent dogs as too excitable, too boisterous, too mischievous and too impartial.
“Some compared their dog to a “sassy teenager” and mentioned their canine was “testing boundaries” with them.
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“We hope by highlighting these findings that we are able to encourage homeowners to hunt assist early on earlier than behaviours turn out to be problematic.
“Above all else, we want dogs to remain happy in their homes and we believe early intervention and training is key in achieving that.”
Vonna Nolan, Dog School Head Coach, continues: “The research additionally revealed that many canine homeowners imagine that their canine will merely grow-out of sure behaviours they develop as puppies, nonetheless, that’s not all the time the case.
“While these behaviours are simply part of rising up for dogs, we wish to guarantee they don’t flip in to larger points.
“Starting coaching early is necessary and cannot solely provide help to build a greater bond along with your canine, it might additionally assist to nip any doubtlessly problematic behaviours within the bud.
“However, it’s never too late to start. We want to encourage anyone who has recently gotten a puppy or an adolescent dog to consider signing up for our Dog School classes, or to contact us for more information.”
Dogs Trust gives low-cost on-line coaching for dogs through their Dog School lessons.
Specific puppy, adolescent and grownup lessons are available, in addition to one-to-one lessons for homeowners who really feel their canine could profit from a extra tailor-made method.
For extra info, please go to www.DogsTrust.ie/Teenagers
