There are primarily five stages to a dog, in my experience, until they are "grown up". They are the following:
Click each one to see what you're in for. EVERY dog will go through these stages.
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Stage Four
Stage Five
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Patience Paid off: Your dog
1 year+
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of the Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust

Matthew 5:44-45
This is it.....Your dog!!!
From now on, this is your cutie (if they are seem a lemon, remember, no dog is a lemon, just undereducated, keep training them and get professional training if necessary. No dog is born aggressive, it has to with the way they were raised, either on obedience and rules, or their natural dog, or abused instincts, if you get them as a puppy, the way they act is a result of your training, it's never the dog's fault it's yours, they're living the only way an animal knows, they don't know your human rules, you must teach them) Keep training, they like to obey, exercising, the vet visits, the socializing, and the hugs. One year of puppy training really pays off, the happy obedient dog you'll have is worth it.