Our puppy Stella is very very stubborn ! I have listened and tried all the advice with patience. Please someone tell me at 8 months Stella still has the potential to listen to a command. And maybe let me know what I can do. We love her so much, she is our best friend. We love her and always will, we just would love her to be well mannered.
They definitely can be very stubborn at times!
She definitely will listen to commands once she fully understands she needs to listen! She is probably going thru a stubborn phase.
Is she fully house /potty trained?
Is it just manners in public she is being stubborn about??
Have you tried the spray bottle consistently, when she is being rude then saying NO or quiet and then reward when she does listen?
You being calm and confident helps(I know easier said than done at times), cause she picks up on that energy too.
Everyone in your house must be on the same page with training or she will figure out who she can get away with stuff with. They are very smart.
It took me around 4-6 months of constant repeating training to not bark at people in public when he was unsure, but that was all from bad experiences Rusty had with kids and dogs in the past as a pup, so I would bring hike everywhere that allowed dogs and ask people to pet him and ask him to sit and be gentle with him and ME staying calm and confident for Rusty cause if we are nervous, he will pick up on that and react and bark more.
if you are hesitant they know and will misbehave.
Is Stella food motivated?? Does she have a favourite treat or meat?
Rusty is very foot motivated but when I have to do his stretching exercises, I only give freeze dried 1 ingredient Minnows as that special exercise comes with a special treat that isn’t always used so he is less likely to get tired of it.
For everything else I give Rusty Freeze dried beef liver and beef heart and dehydrated kangaroo and goat all 1 ingredient treats I rotate thru.
Another thing that will likely help you is make sure she knows YOU are the boss and NOT her! That’s part of why they think they don’t have to listen.
So for now, try NO to letting her on couch or bed, and nothing in life is free until she learns you are boss..
When you feed her, ask her to sit a few times, ask her to lay down, or sit and Wait until you say OK and let her eat.
This not only teaches them patience and they have wait until they are told OK to be able to get what they want.
YOU enter the house before she does, make Stella be patient, everyone must do this so Stella knows she has to listen to everyone. You all need to be calm confident, Stella will get there, it just takes time and patience and repetition. Just keep thinking she will listen.
When you let her outside, ask her to sit before you let her in and out.
When you walk her, do not let her walk in front, make her follow your lead.
When you give her treats, you ask her to sit and do something.
This sounds like a lot but all this until she starts listening and knowing YOU are boss and she has to listen and follow your lead.
They are such amazing dogs, very smart!
She is potty trained. She is stubborn at home and in public. She loves water so the water bottle didn't work. We reward her when she listens but she doesn't listen very often. We absolutely stay calm 99% of the time. It is hard but we want to do what is best for Stella. We take her to the park, out walking, camping and she spends time with family and our friends. So she is socialized. Stella does jump on everyone she meets and is a barker. She barks a lot and at everything. My husband and I try to stay consistent with her. She definitely thinks she is the boss with me. (I will work on it) Will use the feeding method starting tonight and will make her wait until we say ok to follow us out. We are not giving up 
