Dogs become less obedient to commands from their carer during adolescence just like teenage kids, according to British researchers. Despite being less mature, prepubescent dogs around the age of five months were more obedient to their owner than the older dogs. The research team, which claims to be the first to find evidence of adolescent behaviour in dogs, reassures owners of pubescent dogs that they are going through a passing phase. The research team, which also included researchers from the University of Edinburgh, looked at a group of 69 dogs to investigate behaviour in adolescence. Caregivers gave lower scores of ‘trainability’ to dogs around adolescence, compared to when they were aged five months or 12 months.

Source: Daily Mail May 12, 2020 23:02 UTC