Training Labrador Retrievers

I know it happened this way for me– we saw the sign for free puppies, told ourselves that “we were just stopping in to look”, pulled in to find several gorgeous three-month-old bundles of joy, listened to the tragic tale of the shelter in Tennessee that couldn’t afford to keep the puppies and had given [...]

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 [...]

Here’s the first of three super Alpha Dog tips from my report which you can receive in your inbox instantly by just entering your email address here so I know where to send it.
“One of the most important aspects of your relationship with your Lab is the Alpha Dog Principle. This concept is one you [...]

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The Definition of Soft-Mouth
Labrador Retrievers are known for being “soft-mouth”. The term soft-mouth simply means that the dog is inclined to carry an object in its mouth without clamping down, chewing, biting, [...]

Good grief, you wouldn’t believe how long it took me to finish the registration page. But here it is: this is where you need to go to get your labrador training questions answered:
Top-Secret Professional Dog Training Teleseminar
There is a limited number of spots on this call, so you need to get in on this right [...]

For all of you who have been waiting for me to hurry up and answer your hardest dog training questions and have been disappointed, I’ve got a big surprise for you.
I have arranged (after much effort and many late nights) a very special opportunity for anyone who is serious about training their labradors. If you [...]

When asked about the most important aspects of dog training, I’m sure a lot of people would mention the “come” command, “sit”, “stay”, and perhaps “heel”. It seems that most people don’t really think about teaching your dog his or her name. But since this is the way you will be commanding your dog and [...]

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 [...]

Good evening fellow Labrador owners. I don’t have my normal dose of incomparible Labrador wisdom prepared for your reading entertainment tonight– instead, I have a teensy tiny favor to ask of you. I am conducting a survey of my best Labrador owner friends and the readers of this blog immediately came to mind.
This survey below [...]

Here is another question I received from a reader:
“I was wondering if you could help me with my new lab. I picked him up yesterday from another family. he is 4 months old and amazing. He is very loving, but everytime i leave my house for even a second he freaks out and [...]