9 month old puppy won’t listen? 🐶 This is adolescent puppy behavior, not training failure. If your puppy suddenly ignores cues, acts “wild,” or feels different around other dogs, you’re in the teenage puppy phase (7–10 months) 🧠🔥 More exercise alone won’t fix it 🚫🏃‍♂️ Over-exercising creates a dog who needs more and still can’t settle. What actually helps adolescent puppies listen again 👇 ✔️ structured play training 🎾 ✔️ sniffing enrichment (sniffaris) 👃🌿 ✔️ teaching calm with mat work