Toilet Training Issues: Accidents indoors, poor timing, lack of structure, or no clear signal recognition.

Play Biting / Mouthing: Puppy biting hands, feet, clothing, or becoming too rough during everyday interaction.

Pulling on the Lead: Puppy dragging on walks, fighting the lead, or refusing to walk calmly beside the owner.

No Recall / Not Coming When Called: Ignoring the owner outdoors, in the garden, or when distracted by people, dogs, or movement.

Jumping Up on People / Visitors: Lack of manners, poor impulse control, and overexcitement when greeting people.

Destructive Chewing: Chewing furniture, walls, skirting boards, wires, shoes, or household items.

Food Refusal or Fussiness: Puppy refusing meals, grazing, playing with food, or lacking motivation during training.

Possessiveness / Resource Guarding: Growling, stiffening, or becoming defensive around food, toys, spaces, or people.

Overattachment / Shadowing the Owner: Following the owner constantly and struggling to relax independently.

Noise Sensitivity / Fear of Sounds: Reacting to household sounds such as the hoover, doors closing, bins, traffic, or sudden noises.

Digging in the Garden: Holes in lawns, damaged flower beds, muddy paws, and destructive outdoor behaviour.

Mounting / Humping: Humping toys, legs, cushions, or other dogs — often linked to arousal, stress, or poor boundaries.

Eating Faeces / Coprophagia: Eating its own or another animal’s faeces, a common but unpleasant puppy behaviour that needs proper management.

Jumping on Furniture Without Invite: Treating couches, beds, laps, or chairs as automatic access areas without permission.

Puppy Blues / Feeling Overwhelmed: Owner stress caused by sleep loss, chaos, confusion, and not knowing what to do next.

Overexcitement / Zoomies: Struggling to calm the puppy indoors, especially at key times of the day.

Separation Anxiety Signs: Crying, barking, panicking, or destroying items when left alone, even for short periods.

Demand Barking: Barking at the owner for attention, food, play, frustration, or control of the environment.

Not Listening / No Commands: Ignoring basic instructions such as sit, stay, leave it, come, or no, even when previously taught.

Poor Crate Training: Refusing to enter the crate, crying inside, or soiling the crate due to poor introduction or structure.

Inability to Settle Down: Always on the go, unable to switch off, relax, or remain calm in the home.

Not Taking Food / No Motivation: Lack of food drive or engagement, making training more difficult without the right approach.

Overarousal Around Dogs or People: Barking, jumping, pulling, crying, or becoming uncontrollable when seeing people or dogs.

Reactivity / Growling or Barking: Early signs of fear, frustration, insecurity, or defensive behaviour towards people, dogs, visitors, or other animals.

Guarding Space or Furniture: Growling, claiming couches, laps, beds, doorways, or resting areas.

Too Rough in Play: Biting, barking, jumping, pouncing, or using too much intensity with people or other dogs.

Running Away or Bolting: Escaping through doors, ignoring the owner outdoors, or becoming difficult to manage in open spaces.

Lack of Engagement / Ignoring the Owner: Puppy doing its own thing, failing to tune in, and showing little interest in working with the handler.

Clinginess / No Independence: Unable to be left in another room, settle alone, or cope without constant owner contact.

Chewing Hands During Petting or Calm Time: Turning affection, handling, or quiet moments into a biting game.