Training Labrador Retrievers

Boundary Training For Labradors
Yesterday, I had my two labs outside with me as I took a break from work and played a little frisbee in the front yard. As I watched them, they would frequently look down the street or into the next yard and it was obvious that an epic moral struggle was waging [...]

Today I am releasing a short report on how I got started in dog training and what my story is. At the end of the report, I also reveal *gasp* the “5 Pillars Philosophy” of dog training: in essence, the five commands your dog MUST know before you can train him/her to do anything else [...]

In order to successfully ruin your dog, you MUST complete these seven steps:

1. “Puppyignoritis”. Ignore every behavior your puppy displays. After all, if you correct him for behaviors like jumping and teething now, he’ll just fall back into the same pattern later on– so it doesn’t matter if you correct him for it now.

2. Use [...]

To all of you who participated, thank you for your help with my survey! It was a smashing success. I received many helpful responses and I am currently in the process of creating the answers to all your questions.
If you weren’t able to be a part of the survey over the last couple days, feel [...]

Resolutions and Labrador Training
I know that Rover is an incredibly cliche name for a pooch, but I thought it sounded fitting.
Now to be serious, I have been thinking a lot about new year’s resolutions. Especially since 2009 is right around the corner. I’ve never made very good resolutions before– mostly because I never go through [...]

“I have a two year old dog who is about 75% yellow lab (we’re not sure what else) and he can only do a few basic things like sit and stay. He’s real sweet but a little on the dumb side. Does anyone know how to teach him to shake hands?”
The way I did it [...]

Here is another question from a lab-owner just like yourselves (you can read some of the answers by looking at the comments on this post):
My dog is a 9-moth old lab, about 70 lbs, so he’s pretty big. I’m having some issues with him chewing on plants and other things [lol our grill cover]. [...]

He’s 12 weeks old and now is a great time to start but where to start? How do I keep his attention? How do I learn my dogs language? How can I effectively housebreak my dog? And so on.

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