February 6, 2012
Labradors are a great dog to train as they naturally want to please their owner. This makes training your Labrador puppy easier than many other breeds. It is important to properly train your dog as Labradors can grow to quite a large size and can cause considerable damage if they don’t know what is acceptable and what isn’t.
It is important to have the most basic training completed before you venture into the outside with your dog. These are:
Knowing the come command Being able to walk sensibly on a lead Stay if commanded
This is extremely important for the dog’s safety. Even if your sure the puppy does these commands consistently, they need to be tested with lots of distractions around before you can really trust the training.
Some tips for training your Labrador puppy include:
Never physically punish your Labrador for bad behaviour. This won’t teach it anything apart from being wary of you. Keep training sessions short. Puppies don’t have a long attention span and get tired quickly. If you try and push them to do too much you will do more harm than good. Try to train a dog before it has eaten so it’s hungry for the treats you’ll use as rewards. Rewards always work better than aggression. Praise your dog when it does something right, and don’t expect the training to go perfectly every time. Start with simple training methods, and once your dog is confident with them move onto the more difficult ones.
By: Richard Cross Terris
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February 5, 2012
While your puppy is growing, he needs to gain valuable feedback from the world around him. One way he does this, is through biting. Sometimes though, you may not be as enthusiastic as he is. However, don’t panic if he seems to be getting aggressive, nine times out of ten, it is part of his education.
You should not over excite him by wrestling or jiggling him around and certainly do not engage in a tug of war with him. Not until a certain degree of adulthood has been instilled in him. Up until then, he’ll see it as a message to carry on tugging and biting at whatever.
Do not scream or hit your puppy if his biting is becoming aggressive. This will more than likely, scare him and cause him to become suspicious of people and quite possibly make him aggressive towards others. Time and time again we see brutally aggressive dogs who have been severely mistreated by their owners.
Using tried and tested consistent methods are the best way to stop your puppy’s biting from becoming a real problem. If he does bite too hard, give him a stern low commanding voice, this will sound out of place to him and stop him in his tracks.
Keep an object nearby that he can transfer his aggression onto. A chewy toy or bone are two of the best options, this will let him take out his energy upon them and hopefully over time direct his interests in sinking his teeth, into other things.
By: Dave Nevard
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