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Alright, so here’s the deal:

A year ago, I bought a pure-bred Labrador Retriever, when he was 2 months old. Unfortunately, I started school about a month later, and pretty much every bit of training I put into him went out the window. My dad let him do whatever he wanted, and, well, the result is a very spoiled dog.

I moved now, and he’s with me, and I’m starting to train him again. But the problem is he’s already 1 year old, and he has really bad habits. I’m dividing my time between work, school and him, and he takes a lot of patience.

He chews everything (papers, clothes, furniture, shoes, my cat, my furry animals… you get the picture), he bites (because he likes someone, but it hurts!), he jumps on people (random strangers on the street) and when I take him for a walk it’s a whole other story: he runs after squirrels, cats, empty Tim Hortons’ cups of coffees, skunks, the usual. Of course, he drags me after him.

I’ve started being stricter with him, but he also knows how to play on people’s emotions (mine especially). He knows the basic commands like "fetch" "sit" etc., and most of the time he’ll listen. When he feels like it. There’s also something else: when I raise my voice to scold him, he thinks (thanks to my dad!) that it’s all play, so he starts running like crazy in the house, and I’m always afraid he’ll hurt himself (somehow, he doesn’t).

It’s been about 3 weeks since I moved, and the bad influence (a.k.a. my dad) has left his life, so my dog is starting to calm down. Sort of. But I was wondering if anyone has tips on how to train him, make him listen and behave.

Any & all suggestions will be appreciated.

P.S. Yes, I have considered a training school, but I just don’t have the money necessary for that. And no, I don’t want to give the dog away, I just want to train him so he’ll behave more.

You don’t have to worry about age. Dogs can always learn new behavior at any age (I’ve rescued and trained dogs between the age of 3 months and 13 years old).

The most important thing is to not let him manipulate you into submitting to his bad behavior.

Before you leave the house in the morning (to go to work or school), make sure he is very tired. Dogs get destructive primarily because they are bored. He’s a young, sporting type dog. As hard as it may be to walk him, you’ve got to do it (every dog needs at least 45 minutes to an hour every day, but your boy is going to need more).

Get a doggy backpack (they are available at most pet supply stores like Petco or PetSmart). I fill my dog’s backpack with two water bottles on either side so that it’s heaviest at the beginning of the walk (when he is most rambunctious) and empty at the end (after several water breaks). It will also give him a job to do; instead of pulling, he will be carrying.

To supplement walks, you can get a treadmill (I got mine off of Craigslist for $50) to help drain excess energy if you’re not able to give him a long walk before you leave the house. My dog is extraordinarily high energy (a pit bull/GSD/Husky mix) so I put him on it at 5mph for 15-20 minutes before I take him outside for a walk. That way, he doesn’t drag me down the street.

I taught my dog how to run on a treadmill by placing my legs on either side of the moving tread and placing him between my legs. I held his belly up to keep him from shutting down and kept him moving forward with a few pieces of cheese I placed in front of his nose.

To say your dog responds to commands "when he feels like it" means you don’t have total control over him (and you really need to, especially with a dog his size). Try playing on his breed’s instinct to retrieve. Show him his favorite toy and let him get excited over it. Then leave him (you might have to tie him up for a few seconds) and go hide it. Then, make him go get it. Eventually you’ll be able to do this without him watching where you are putting the toy (then he’ll be reliant solely on your direction to find it).

Additionally, a dog his size (or any dog, really) should not jump on people (imagine if he jumped on a pregnant woman, elderly person, or someone who is not dog friendly?). Turn away from him when he jumps on you or someone you know when he does that. Alternately, you can continue walking forward to throw him off balance. But do not acknowledge/praise such behavior.

Biting should not be tolerated by any means. Yelp like a pup and walk away from him. If that doesn’t work, give him something he *can* chew on safely (like a Kong toy or something similar, which is also good to leave him with when you’re outside of the home).

Since you don’t have the money for training school, why not get a book like "Dog Training for Dummies" or "Dog Tricks for Dummies" to find more ways to give your dog direction and positive ways to use his energy?

Hello all!

Ok, I have a dog that is about 5 years old, (Don’t know his real birth date). I used to find a lot of dogs on the street and help find their owners but when I found Clyde, (My dog) no one ever claimed him and I ended up keeping him, (My first and only dog I’ve ever gotten to keep!) And he has been the best dog ever, lately he’s seemed a little aggressive, I’ve always taken him to my Nephew’s soccer game and he’s been fine, he’s never lashed out at anybody but he has had dog problems, being nervous around them, growling, showing the teeth, it seems as if he is fine sniffing them but when they go to sniff him he lunges at them. I get really nervous when I see other dogs when I am out with him so maybe he gets it from me. =[ Anyways, like I was saying about the kids, well some wanted to pet him at my Nephew's soccer game and all three of them put there hands out and he growled and muffled a bark, I told him it was okay and to be good, (Which might of been saying, it's okay to bite or be mean to the kids). =\

Anyway, this past week end we drove 4 hours to pick up a new puppy and 4 hours back. She is a 10 week old yellow Labrador puppy, also the runt of her litter so she's about 7 pounds with a tiny head, when her brothers and sisters were well over 15 pounds, (Our cat is even 11-12 pounds!) Well, we got home at about 11-12 at night, so it was too late to do an introduction of the puppy to our older dog anywhere else but the/his house. I've brought so many puppies around him before at seperate times in thoughts of getting to keep them but every time they've gone to somebody else that I knew so none of them were actually staying for good, well the last puppy he was okay with but still did the same thing as he is doing with the new puppy now.

The puppy has only been here since Saturday the 22nd. She stayed clear of Clyde for a little while but one time she went to take his bone and he growled but didn't really take his mouth off the bone, as to not let her steal it in the process of defending it I guess. I got her a bone but I guess she's not ready for them, well he stole it and devoured the whole thing so she could not even have one of her own. My Aunt said I'll have to buy two of everything now just so we won't have any fights with toys, bowls, food, etc. I really love my first dog and don't want to leave him out or make him feel unwanted or unloved at all. I put the puppy in her crate and spend some one on one time with Clyde but it's like he knows or thinks that it's just that I'm feeling sorry for him or something so he just walks away and doesn't care. The puppy has sharp teeth and wants to play with him so I think she went to snap at his back leg and he made a go for what seemed to be an attack but I was there to pull him away before he could do anything and than he was fine but she keeps coming up to his face, going under his body, wanting to bite and play...=[ She was whining a lot when I put her in the crate the second time actually and Clyde was beside her and he growled, was he telling her to hush? I can't even clip Clyde's nails with out with snarling at me, last vet visit it took 3 hours and he had to get sedated and still growled at the vet people when they tried clipping his nails, it was a big bill for just nails! I want to be the pack leader and I don't want to be the one that causes these guys to get out of hand, in trouble, hurt, or put down one day because of aggression and bad behaviour.

I don't want the puppy to learn bad habits from Clyde and I don't want Clyde to get worse with his already habits and this aggressive behaviour--so should I get some kind of training, obedience, aggression classes? This lady that I've contacted locally deals with puppy pre-scool, aggression, training and all sorts of stuff. She comes to your house too, it's like $65 an hour and I think on the week ends, so it would be good because we would all be here, (No work and such). I've never trained a puppy before, even when I got Clyde he was already about 10-11 months old and knew how to Sit, Lay, Stay, Speak but we say Bark, Head down, and he was already House broken and could walk on a leash--he still pulls and sometimes wants to play so he tugs on the leash, he's ripped many to pieces and I want that to stop also. So, do what do I need to do, to help my first dog and to train my puppy and to help them both get along?

Any information, and or expierences will be highly appreciative...=)

Thanks,

Cassie.
Thank you for all your answers so far. Clyde is not really food aggressive. You can put your hand in his food bowl and he'll eat the food all around it and not growl once. His food is up higher for his height and the puppy has hopped up there a little and stuck her head in his water when he was drinking and he got another lick then walked away. The only time he growled or snapped was when she tried to take his bone and when she nipped at his back leg. The lady I E-mailed and talked to does come to your own home and work with the dogs in your home/yard. I don't know much about her but I've never trained a dog and have never been to a professional for training, so I was thinking it would help A LOT with my dog and the pup, what do you guys think? Also the basket muzzle might just have to work for poor ol' Clyde for now until he can be taught other wise. He has gotten loose and been okay with some other dogs but on leash it's so nerve racking!

Thanks for all of the help--I need it!
Oh, one more thing. Clyde is playing with her better, today me and my little Nephew took the puppy and Clyde outside today and they played much better today. Clyde had a ball and played keep away--with a little growling, but I heard that there is play growling as well as mean growling. His ears didn't go back as much and his fur wasn't stuck up the whole entire time either. I think and hope it's getting better but than he has to try to hump her?! I told him no a lot and he uses his paw to smack her into position and still tries. Do I need to take him inside and let him know it's not appropriate and then keep doing that over until he doesn't do it? I guess the trainer will help with that but just asking here ahead of time, thanks. =]

Cassie

Cassie- Clyde is going to be a little miffed the first couple of days, but once the puppy learns her place, it will all work out, especially since they are opposite gender. They should definitely have separate food and water dishes. The toys they will have to learn to share because dogs don’t really know "yours" and "mine" when it comes to stuff like that. It is normal for him to growl a little when the pup tries to take a bone out of his mouth. I can’t help you with the nail thing- I have one dog that fights it every time. Just be patient and consistent and stay in charge.

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