adolesence

For most human teens, life can be full of emotional ups and downs. According to a study conducted by a team of UK researchers from the universities of Newcastle, Edinburgh and Nottingham, dogs go through a similar phase at around eight months of age. The researchers looked at a relatively large sample of 354 dogs, including golden retrievers, German shepherds, labrador retrievers and mixed breeds and analyzed their behavior. They looked at the dogs behavior prior to adolescence and analyzed how obedient the dogs were then reassessed behavior at five month, during adolescence and when they reached eight months of…