Training Labrador Retrievers

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 [...]

Alright, I haven’t posted in a few days because I’ve been working on something really awesome for all of you. Here’s the best part: I’m not going to tell you what it is. All I’ll tell you right now is that something really exciting is happening on the 23rd of February (In just under two [...]

Learn information, tips and techniques on how to teach your lab to lie down on command in this video clip.
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Useful Tips about Using Labrador Training Collars.
Training collars are sometimes referred to as choke collars, name that is very misleading. This is more of a bad stigma name.

A training collar should never be used to choke a Labrador in an attempt to teach a behavior. No one learns anything when being choked, except to fear [...]

Barking is a perfectly natural canine behavior. Birds sing; frogs croak; and a dog barks, whines and howls. If you have a dog, you better expect some barking, whining or howling. It is unrealistic and unfair to think you can train your dog to stop barking altogether. However, you, your neighbors and your Labrador will [...]

So many times, the purchase or adoption of a new dog or any other type of pet is done as an impulse decision with very little thought put into the process. As a result of this, there are a lot of animals that are killed off by their owners, placed in shelters or neglected on [...]

For those of you who are interested…
A lot of people seem to focus on the money that can be made when it comes to Labrador breeding and they seem to forget that this is not a quick fix to their personal financial problems. Also, as far as giving proper care to the Labradors you will [...]

Exercise Matters
No matter the age of your labrador, some daily activity and exercise is essential. Lack of exercise leads to poor muscle tone, obesity, heart ailments, bone disorders and often results in emotional problems and even behavior quirks.
Keeping your Labrador Retriever lean and healthy can add years to his or her life. Remembering to change [...]

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 [...]

“My Lab is a Male & 3 months old. My problem is he won’t poop & pee on training pad. He also tips water bowl over 3-4 times a day. This really get on my nerves. What should I do?”
First of all, the training pad. In my opinion, trying to teach a dog to relieve [...]