The Darcy Chronicles 8: Hormone Avalanche and Second Thoughts

In his 14th week of life, Darcy began his transition to adolescence. By contrast with a human toddler, everything will happen at once. The next two months may be quite interesting; the next week may be determinative: he’s wearing us out.

Darcy’s a great dog with not a mean bone in his body, but he just keeps getting more and more energetic. Sometimes, after a good training session, we think we have his puppy-raising nailed; the next moment, Deborah and I are looking at each other thinking the...