I'm chalking it up to adolescent punk puppy stage, but I want to put it out there just in case I'm missing something.
1. When my daughter and I are eating, she has a bad habit of trying to take food off our plates. When she does this I either give her the "no" sign or push her away. This then escalates into her growling then barking in my face. (not a mean bark, just barking) At this point my ears are ringing b/c she barks so loudly. So I get up and she runs away with her tail going two-forty like its play time. Its not and I put her in her crate for a time out. A minute later I'll let her out and she does the same thing. I've tried showing teeth and growling, the "no" sign and the time out and none of it seems to work.
2. She tries to get between me and the counter when I'm making dinner and is generally trying to push me away. So I get in her face and stand over her and back her up. Has no effect and two seconds later she's back at it.
3. She has a bad habit of chasing leaves when I take her out to go potty. I don't put her Halti on her to go, just her leash and regular collar. She basically pulls me where she wants to go and ignores any sign I make to her. Should I use a choke collar to bring her out to go pee? And she suddenly just stops dead and start sniffing the sidewalk, stairs, door, grass etc. and won't move. I have to actually take her by the collar to even budge her. And then it usually turns into a tugging match.
So, is my Boo just being a punk a** lately or are there more problems here. She's in intermediate obedience and is doing really well. She's devil child at home. Maybe I should have PM'ed Moni about this. Ok, Moni if you read this, HELP!!
And if anyone else has any input, I'd sure like it.