Labrador puppy advise and experience?
were having a pupppy for christmas this year, i am trying to gather up as much information and opinions as i can regards to training, temperment, needs, tips and basically some advice. If any one has has labradors before i would be very gratefull for your suggestions xx
I have had nothing but labradors growing up! Amazing dogs, you will not regret being the owner of a lab! They are soooooo easy to train, very obedient, their temperament is amazing. Overall they are just an amazing breed. The only advice i can think of to tell u about labs, is to make sure you watch how much they eat. Have your lab on an eating schedule and make sure you are not giving them to much food. The reason i say this…is that labs are notorious for packing on the pounds just after a few years old. Rather then that, you will find that a lab was the best choice you could have went with!
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i hope the puppy isn’t just for christmas.
i have 2 black labs and they are brilliant.
they are really loving dogs but like to be around people a lot!!!
labradors can be really giddy and always want to play.
they are really greedy dogs so be very careful on how much food you give them.a labrador is intelligent but it is rather hard training any puppy but with patience its easily done.
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befor you take your dog out get its jabs if you dont it can make them sick really bad
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I have a black lab mix, but she basically fits the lab description 100%. As far as training goes, they are really easy to train as long as you are consistent. We house trained mine by 8 or 9 weeks by taking her out every two hours and ten minutes after she ate or drank; she was also confined to a cage if no one was around to watch her. Make sure you have toys (especially ones for it to chew on). As long as they are socialized well they have a very good temperament. Mine and every other lab I’ve come across loves people in general (we use to have a prob. with mine running up to the neighbors and kissing them when she was really little); but there isn’t a doubt in my mind that she would defend us if the situation called for it. I suggest crate training the puppy. It may not like it at first and you may feel bad doing it, but dogs who are crate trained end up loving it. It’s beneficial to them because it gives them a place that is completely their own that they can go to if they want to be left alone. My lab hated it at first, but she will now go in at her own free will whenever she wants to nap or relax away from everybody. The number 1 tip is don’t give into the puppy cuteness, you need to be firm and set the standards when they are young (if you don’t want them in the bed/ on the furniture as an adult don’t let them do it now, etc).
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I own two Purebred black labs.. I have had them for four years. And I have to say, they are probably one of the best dogs you’ll ever get. They are an extremely loving dog. They train real easy, infact I taught my female lab to count to ten, within a day she was acting like she’d done it before. But I’ve raised her from a pup. And another thing, they chew on everything!! So make sure you have lots of bones/toys/sticks anything that they can chew on that isn’t something you use, for instance a shoe. They will see it and think they can chew on it cause you’ve let them before. Labs are very energetic, and love to play. They love water! Our dogs will not stay out of the water, I bet if we let them they would swim all day. They can just keep going and going. You also want a big yard/pen for them to roam, they don’t like being couped up in small areas. We have a huge dog run that a horse or two could fit in and I don’t think they think it’s big enough, they run around our property, which we have ten acres of. Oh my they love it! Labs are really really sweet, training them should be pretty simple, just work with them everyday rewarding them when they do good. And also, labs sometimes in their later years suffer from hip problems, which you might need to get some vitamins or anything for joints. Especially if it’s going to be out and about all the time. And depending on the type of lab you get, whether it be the American Field or the English, they are kind of different. The English are more bulky and have a block head, they love the water more so than the American. The American Lab is a little bit smaller, skinnier wise and face is kind of small, eyes are wide open all the time. Which our American field lab, loves the water but not as much as our English. I’ve done lots of research on labs and the best lab you can get out of the two is if they’re mixed, so you would get an english/american lab, that way you get the best of both worlds.
Our Labs had their first litter of puppies and they were so smart, as soon as they started walking and we kind of gave them hints on how to go potty outside they were doing it by themselves. It was crazy. A few accidents here and there, but they were way smart, we had them in the house cause it was still cold outside and snow was on the ground.
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I have had nothing but labradors growing up! Amazing dogs, you will not regret being the owner of a lab! They are soooooo easy to train, very obedient, their temperament is amazing. Overall they are just an amazing breed. The only advice i can think of to tell u about labs, is to make sure you watch how much they eat. Have your lab on an eating schedule and make sure you are not giving them to much food. The reason i say this…is that labs are notorious for packing on the pounds just after a few years old. Rather then that, you will find that a lab was the best choice you could have went with!
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