Took your advice, tried it and: hooray! It worked. Managed to reward him several times for walking in the direction of the dummy. Thanks a lot!
Hello, My male chocolate lab is almost 2 years old now and he does not retrieve. That's why I started the clicker training method to shape this...
It will certainly be useful to practice this with my dog. Training starting tomorrow :). Thanks for reminding me of the existence of this article.
Thanks for the quick response and advice. I'm rather convinced it's barking for attention. He rarely barks at people or other dogs (only if they...
My male chocolate lab is almost 9 months old and this week he has developed the habit of barking at me, when I'm just sitting in a chair, reading...
Thanks for the advice. I ordered some new toys straight away.
By the way, thanks for all the advice!
I'm a bit of a Star Wars fan, so I got the idea from the character Obi Wan Kenobi. I'm wondering now if it wouldn't have been better to have named...
I'm fine with the humping, since he never used my leg for this purpose. The problem is, at this stage he uses his vetbed ONLY for humping, chewing...
My chocolate lab is 8 months old and I bought him a basket this week. He never had one before, his crate was his only resting place till now. I...
Hello Nadine, Congratulations with your new pup! What I did, from the first day on, was give him every one of his meals in his crate. I also...
Hello, First of all I want to thank you all for your posts. I'm a new member at the forum, but I've been reading your posts for months now, and...
