Author | Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC

An 8-month puppy recheck gives veterinarians a chance to set expectations, normalize adolescent behavior, and guide clients before challenging teenage behaviors lead to frustration or repair work.

Adolescent dogs aren’t just 'difficult,' their brains are under construction. In this video, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, explains the neuroscience behind the teenage phase.

Training teenage dogs isn’t the same as training puppies or adults—but why? Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC (IAABC), breaks it down.

In this guide to the canine adolescent years, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC (IAABC), breaks down this critical phase—from hormones to the prefrontal cortex—based on his 2026 VMX session in Orlando, Florida.