My brother got a labrador puppy a few months ago to be with him at college, but then he asked my parents to take care of him for a while. We didn’t think it was going to be that bad however, the dog pees and poops all throughout the house! Were at a lost, we take him out all the time to go pee but he still pees inside. Its like he pees every 20 mins, we can’t keep up with him! No matter how many times we take him out sooner or later we’ll turn around and he’ll be peeing or pooping. Also, how long should we walk him for, its cold? One more thing, he tend to get in modes of really "hiper" and bite us, hard! Any suggestions as to what we should do about these 3 issues?

Potty training: look into a crate that the pup can be in when you’re not around. When you can’t watch him, he goes to the crate. Puppies don’t like the crate too much at first, but that phase doesn’t last long. My dogs willingly go into their crates, and sleep in them with the doors open. It becomes their "bedroom", the only place they have that’s theirs -and because it’s their room they don’t want to potty in it. Every time you take him out of the crate, take him outside. Make a big deal out of it when he goes potty outside: treats, praise, scratching. 15 or 20 mintues after eating, he’ll also need to go out. Puppies can only hold it for 1 + the number of years old they are. A 4 month puppy can hold it for 5 hours. Take away his water, because the constant peeing sounds like he is drinking too much all the time. You want to give him a "water break" every few hours, so he gets hydrated, but so that his water intake is controlled. If he does go in the house, there really is no punishment. If you catch him, you can scare him into stopping then take him right outside, but if you find a puddle he left, its no use. He won’t remember. They act scared simply because they can sense that you are angry.

Start on small walks. If he gets cold, you can go buy a jacket or make one of your own (we used to cut the leg off of a pair of sweatpants, but that was for smaller dogs). You don’t want to not walk him if you can help it. By the time it gets warmer out again, he’s going to be a handful -if he isn’t already- and the sooner you can train him to walk nicely at your side the better.

When he gets hyper and nippy and bites you, tell him "no" firmly and replace your hand with a chew toy. Every time he goes to bite you, scold him and give him his toy. Or, stop playing. He’ll get the message if one minute youre playing and then when he nips you the fun is over.

Look into formal training classes: maybe one your brother can go with you to. It’s not really fair he dumped all the puppy stuff on you guys, and if he does want "his" dog back, he should be involved in the beginning. The puppy is learning that you are his family, his pack, and when your brother comes to get him the puppy doesn’t understand that he’s your brother and is apart of that family.

Labrador puppies are very smart puppies. They are moody and training a Labrador puppy needs your physical and mental patience. During Training a Labrador puppy, if your Labrador puppy does not follow you. You should not beat Labrador puppy in this situation and just look at the matter and try to find the reason that why your Labrador is not learning.

Labrador puppy does not like to learn all the time. Try to teach your Labrador puppy in the way which it likes instead of teaching it in your style as it does not like it and will never learn from you. You should always prefer Labrador puppy’s choice and likeness during training a Labrador puppy. In the beginning of training a Labrador puppy, first teach those things which you consider that your Labrador puppy likes and after that, be frank with your Labrador puppy.

Try to teach your Labrador puppy with different symbols. Whenever you see it, forward a smile to it and call it with two fingers of your hand and repeat it several times in front of it. At last, you will succeed in trying to teach it that when you’ll raise two fingers, it will have to come towards you. Try to teach it that when it feels hungry, it should stand near the door of kitchen. Try to teach your Labrador puppy about all other things which you want to teach it during training a Labrador puppy by selecting such numerous symbols.

If you feel that your Labrador puppy likes to spread filth here and there. Breathe deeply and close your nose when it does so and show it that there is some unpleasant smell in the surrounding area and change the place of your Labrador puppy. In this way, it will come to know that when it spreads filth in its surroundings, smell spreads, and it will stop this habit. If you feel that Labrador puppy does not give any sort of response to your specific symbols, change them and choose some different symbols which you feel that your Labrador puppy will like.

Give toys to your Labrador puppy for playing and play with it daily when it is in a pleasant mood, and it will help you to be its friend. Try to buy only such toys which you consider that your Labrador puppy will like. Be careful about buying toys for your Labrador puppy and never buy such toys which have sharp corners because your Labrador puppy may injure during playing with such toys, and you will never like to injure the Labrador puppy during training a Labrador puppy. Always buy such toys which may not break or injure your Labrador puppy if Labrador puppy throws them from some height.

Always remember above mentioned methods of training a Labrador puppy when you decide to give training a Labrador puppy and keep your Labrador health by giving it fresh food on time and make happy a Labrador puppy by pampering it.

Andy Ayres
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