Comments on: Training a labrador puppy

By: Pippa

Pippa — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:55:07 +0000

In reply to Alyssa. That's lovely Alyssa, so pleased you are having such fun training your dog. :)

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 03:00:18 +0000

I know Labs in general are very easy to train dogs, but I have a 3 month old chocolate lab and she just amazes me!!! She basically let me know she was ready for training because she essentially learned “sit” on her own! Whenever I had something for her in my hand (food bowl, treat, toy) I waited til she sat down to give it to her. Eventually I noticed my hand in a closed fist even with nothing in it meant sit for her, after a mini session I tested it out and was right! I realized I was the one who was actually falling behind from her so I stepped up the game and now Scooby knows sit, lie down, and roll over all in just a week and a half!!! She catches onto things INCREDIBLY fast she is sooo smart. Training Scooby is so much fun, all it takes is a short 15 minute practice session each day to keep her mind fresh! Just wanted to share this story about how great Labs are 🙂

By: Pippa

Pippa — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:52:46 +0000

In reply to Hannah.

Hi Hannah, this is the article you need https://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-puppies-biting/

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 09:32:55 +0000

Hi Pippa,
Could you please point me in the right direction in regards to teaching my lab puppy not to bite us? Thank you.

Hamnah.

By: Krati

Krati — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:51:26 +0000

How should I teach my 6 month old lab to bark at strangers?

By: Kell

Kell — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:56:20 +0000

In reply to Prathamesh. I normally have a toy handy and replace my appendage with said toy. Another thing my mom does that seems to work is Mom actually yelps, like another puppy would if she was playing too rough with it. Idk how Mom figured it out, but I've had success with that.

By: Kell

Kell — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:52:32 +0000

In reply to Holly.

I’ve had a few dogs (2 Jack russles and 2 labs) how I stopped my dogs from thinking I was a toy was to substitute my hand/leg/foot/FACE/hair with a toy. what my dogs have gone for in the past is rawhides particularly the ones with the red stuff wrapped in them.

When you have your dog near you have a toy/rawhide handy, then when he starts to mouth you:

Put the toy in his mouth and play with him. You are not a chew toy lol.

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Sat, 09 May 2015 06:08:00 +0000

In reply to Pippa. I just got a 4 1/2 week lab mix. She's very active and likes to bite and chew on things. How do I break her from chewing on everything and get her to stop using the bathroom inside?

By: Michael Stewart

Michael Stewart — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:43:00 +0000

Hi . Bit of advice please on how to stop our 18 month old from running up to other dogs not in an aggressive way just an over friendly way. He hasn’t been neutered.

By: Pippa

Pippa — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:43:01 +0000

In reply to Kaitlyn.

Hi Kaitlyn, all puppies bite and growl, check out this article on coping with biting. Your puppy may also be short on socialisation. You’ll need to spend some time on this https://www.thelabradorsite.com/the-importance-of-socialising-your-labrador-puppy/