Emma is now nine months old as of January 3rd. She is definitely into her adolescent period!!! :( She chewed up the television remote control, won't come to us and plays "keep away" when we have to leave for work, and for me, the worst is she barks at me to get my attention. She will stand and bark loudly and sharply at me even when I give her my attention, especially whenever I am on the computer! She wants my attention 24/7. I just got promoted to a new position and work harder and have lots of overtime every day and into the weekend. So, my patience and energy levels have really bottomed out. I come home too tired to give her an abundance of attention. I just want to collapse and relax. The weather hasn't helped because it has been cold and rainy here, so she won't go out in the rain for walks. And I am too tired to go out in the rain and cold myself. I love her very much and would love to spend every minute with her. I wish I could. But for the next few weeks it will be like this. I was going to start her in obedience training to try to help the situation but I started this new position last week. With my work schedule the way it is, there is no way I can make the class times. I know that training and exercise are the two best things for her right now, but they are also the two things I don't have time/energy for. :( Thanks for listening to me whine and vent.