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Hey guys! I know this sounds far fetched. But I got an Australian shepherd puppy 3 weeks ago. For the first week she did really well, I crate trained her, have been hand feeding her all her meals using it for obedience training. I’ve been giving her a good amount of exercise and also enforcing naps. She took the routine really well, she was loving training, got potty trained and was settling on her own (many times in her crate). However since the last week she has been acting very stubborn, hates training (gets frustrated and decides to walk away and play with her toy). And very recently she’s been snarling and snapping at me during play. She’s also been barking a lot in her crate and takes a while to settle. I’ve never used any dominance methods and have imposed restrictions by saying firm ‘no’ which she understands. I’ve tried being a good leader to her. However, it’s very demotivating that she never wage her tails around us, never wants to cuddle, never happy to see us and worst of all she’s been snapping and snarling at us (different from play bites) I’ve had multiple dogs and trained multiple puppies but don’t know what to do. Please help