I am at my wit's end with Sophie. She is 9 months old now and is showing no signs of settling down. I know that big dogs take longer to mature but she is just over the top. She doesn't seem to be learning any of the rules of our house. She grabs food off tables and counters, grabs food from me and the baby, constantly bothers the other animals, jumps all over me, is still "play" biting and mouthing, growls and pulls on walks... the list goes on and on. No training seems to help. The prong I use for walking her worked for about a week- now she has almost pulled me over twice.
We have a trainer coming to the house on Monday to give us some advice but do any of you have any advice for me? Are Leo pups generally like this? Binky (our Pyr) had a few moments of hyper but generally settled down by 6 months. Sophie literally looks for trouble- if I put something down, she grabs it, if I take it away, she'll bother one of the dogs, if I remove her from the dogs, she'll get into the trash, etc.
She gets a nice long walk every day although, I am starting to dread walking with her. We have a big yard that she runs around in and plenty of bones and toys to chew on. I give her a ton of attention and she is rarely by herself. I don't know what more I can do! She is so sweet and good when she's good but most of the time she's not! Thanks for letting me complain and any advice/ideas to tire her out would be great!