It's a bit difficult to work out from your post how many hours a day plus nighttime she is in a crate? I'd say from what you say you could do...
If you think your on lead is pretty perfect, then you could try off lead and with her wearing a steadiness fob - a bit of cord on her collar you...
Charlie can open his pen gate, which is a latch type thing. He can open it from the inside to get out, and from the outside to get in (to nick...
Yep, all very different. And that's not really a working line characteristic - working line Labs work as retrievers, not hunters. They are...
It's not really about whether or not he knows you have treats - he should always expect you to be able to provide reinforcement and it's fine that...
One thing I do now that I didn't used to do, is stop my dog doing stuff like that. I used to just wait, and wait, but now I stop my new puppy when...
I'd ditch that training class. There are lots of articles on the main site that explain how to train your dog using food.
It is, but that's not even remotely what you said previously. :) You said: (My emphasis added). I don't understand why you think giving him a...
Ho Hum. Teenage Labrador Blues. :D Always say it....pick your battles, work on one thing at a time, tick it off the list, and move on to the...
Neither of my dogs chew kibble when eaten from a bowl. They just inhale it. They don't get much food from bowls because I use most of it for...
Oh Lordy. :( That's awful that someone you trusted has acted that way. I am glad you have got to the bottom of it though - I think you'll need to...
That hasn't happened with HD or ED but I think it actually would be good if it did. Imagine the signal that would send to prospective puppy buyers...
Here is an article that explains why you have no say in what is a punishment for YOUR dog....
Imagine....it's the middle of a deep Canadian winter. It's -20 outside and the snow is deep. You are very, very snug in your bed. Simba...
The patent application claims 8.9% of Labradors (in the US) suffer cruciate problems, and treatment for all of this adds up to $1billion.
Yep, that is a problem. Although, I think effects like the use of popular sires, and compromising on CoI to preserve characteristics (either in...
I don't think it smells like anything else so it's very hard to try to describe - and I'm not sure I want to try, really. Not that I even think I...
Hi there It isn't unusual for a dog of 5 months plus to start ignoring a recall - what you had was a puppy recall, not a trained recall. It's...
Charlie wouldn't chase a fox - but he doesn't chase any animals at all (I never let him, and I think all his chase drive was diverted to balls and...
The surgeon Charlie saw thought that cruciate problems in a totally healthy ligament is really quite rare - not impossible, but....much more...
