I've had Zelda since she was 8 weeks old. We got through the teething and chewing phase (RIP to all my socks) and she was almost perfectly potty trained. Now all of a sudden she started nipping again! She is also using the bathroom indoors, not on the pee pads, when she hadn't done so in months. I've heard that this age is usually just an adolescent "teen" rebel phase though. Anyone else have any problems around this age?

My husky is not quite there yet, he's 3 months now ... But i did have the same happening with my golden retriever years ago. She was a really good girl till she was about 8 or 9 months old where she started to rip pillows apart, bite on furniture, be less obedient and some other mischief she didn't do before.

Ended up having to seperate her from the rest of the house when we were not at home and keep her on a shorter leash when we were home. This all lasted about 4 months that she was more rebelious and she calmed down to being her lovely self again. We didn't have any problems with her after that.

I heard similar stories from other people and they usually grow out of it after a while.

It was like day 1 all over again. The stubbornness, the acting out, the blatantly disobeying commands. Only lasted a couple of months though and now he is back on track. It was a real test though. Almost like he was trying to be the Alpha.