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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:49:43 +0000

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How do you train a puppy to stop running toward people and other dogs?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:53:54 +0000

buff asked:

We have a 5-month-old black lab who has been very easy to train (sit, stay, down, come) and heel on the leash. We like to take her into the woods, where we can let her off the leash to run with our older dog. However, as soon as she sees other people or dogs, even a quarter-mile away, she sprints toward them, and there’s nothing we’ve tried that will even slow her down. Most people and dogs are happy to see her and she’s very friendly with them, but we anticipate problems with aggressive dogs and/or frightened children. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

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Potty Puppy Training For Dogs

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:49:29 +0000

When you are going to bring a puppy at home, you also need to plan for the things that you are going to work with for the good of your new family member. You need to have some time in order to think for the best things that you are going to give for your dog, and thus, you need to give your whole focus in such manner. One of the things that you can give best for your dogs would be the potty puppy training. This is one of the best training that you can give for your puppy while they are still young. It is important that you are going to give potty puppy training to your puppy since they can easily learn new skills while they are still in their stage.

However, there are also certain puppies which will take longer time to develop and understand those things that you are going to teach them. It sometimes requires the patience of the trainer when they are going to teach certain behaviors and manners with this kind of dog. With the series of steps that potty puppy training is having, you can still have the assurance that your puppy can learn the best attitude that they should posses while they are inside and outside your house. In certain trainings, it will always start with the first step, and in this training, it will always require you to learn those frequent behaviors that are being shown by your dog. In this manner, you can also give them with the right training manner as the good start of potty puppy training.

You also need to train them with the right behavior that they should possess during the sleeping, eating and even during their playing session. You can also choose those words which you need them to hear so that they can get familiar with it easily. You can also reinforce the behavior of your dog by giving an amount of reward just like foods and praises. It is also necessary that you are going to get the full trust of your dog so that it will be easy for you to teach them with those various skills. During the potty puppy training, always keep the puppy close to you so that your puppy will not have the opportunity to fail in doing those tasks that you wanted them to do.

Author: Ronron Lee
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Tips For Training Your Labrador Puppy the Right Way

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:50:34 +0000

Labradors are a great dog to train as they naturally want to please their owner. This makes training your Labrador puppy easier than many other breeds. It is important to properly train your dog as Labradors can grow to quite a large size and can cause considerable damage if they don’t know what is acceptable and what isn’t.

It is important to have the most basic training completed before you venture into the outside with your dog. These are:

Knowing the come command Being able to walk sensibly on a lead Stay if commanded

This is extremely important for the dog’s safety. Even if your sure the puppy does these commands consistently, they need to be tested with lots of distractions around before you can really trust the training.

Some tips for training your Labrador puppy include:

Never physically punish your Labrador for bad behaviour. This won’t teach it anything apart from being wary of you. Keep training sessions short. Puppies don’t have a long attention span and get tired quickly. If you try and push them to do too much you will do more harm than good. Try to train a dog before it has eaten so it’s hungry for the treats you’ll use as rewards. Rewards always work better than aggression. Praise your dog when it does something right, and don’t expect the training to go perfectly every time. Start with simple training methods, and once your dog is confident with them move onto the more difficult ones.

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Caring for dog helps former truants mature

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:50:31 +0000

SENDAI – About 20 students who had refused to go to school have been able to build their self-confidence by taking care of a candidate guide dog at their private high school since June.

Not only has the dog, an 11-month-old Labrador retriever named Elle, grown over the past nine months, but the students also have matured as a result of the experience. Seven third-year students graduated from the high school in Sendai on Monday and the dog will enter a guide dog training center this spring.

The students who are taking care of Elle attend the Sendai Campus of Clark Memorial International High School, a correspondence school with more than 50 campuses nationwide. Elle was brought to the school by teacher Sayaka Matsumura, 27, who volunteered to raise a candidate guide dog in the hope that caring for and training a dog would help stimulate students’ mental growth.

Puppies that are guide dog candidates usually are raised by volunteers at home for about a year. According to the Japan Guide Dog Association, it is quite rare that a puppy is brought up in a school setting.

The students were divided into three groups and took turns caring for the dog, including taking her for walks and feeding her.

One of the students, Asami Toda, a third-year student who had been a virtual shut-in for 10 years, went out on the streets with Elle and solicited donations to raise money for guide dogs.

“A few years back, I wouldn’t have been able to go out by myself onto busy shopping streets. I feel as if Elle has drawn me out,” Toda said. Spending time with the retriever aroused her interest in welfare and she decided to continue her education at a nursing care vocational school.

Ryota Fukuda, 19, a third-year student who entered the school in autumn after a history of refusing to go to school as a middle school and high school student, was the dog’s most earnest caretaker.

He is scheduled to enter a university this spring and aims to become a counselor. “Watching Elle’s daily growth, I’ve become confident myself,” he said.

Matsumura happily said, “Students have learned to build relationships of trust with Elle and their fellow students.”

Yosuke Suenaga, 27, who will train Elle at the guide dog association’s Sendai training center, said, “Elle has become a dog who likes to be with people, as she received a lot of affection from students.”

Elle is scheduled to return to the training center around May to undergo full-time training. Of the candidates for guide dogs, only 30 percent to 40 percent actually become guide dogs. But the students expect Elle to succeed.

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New Lab Puppy Advise?

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:48:54 +0000

liam’s mommy due 9/24/10 asked:

We just adopted a 9 week old puppy from a Puppy rescue. Our best guess as to a breed is a boxer/ yellow lab. This is the first dog I have ever trained by myself. Any hints, tips or pointers for me about obedience training and/or housebreaking?
Thanks!

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Puppy Biting – 5 Tips to Stop Aggressive Biting Problems

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:49:02 +0000

While your puppy is growing, he needs to gain valuable feedback from the world around him. One way he does this, is through biting. Sometimes though, you may not be as enthusiastic as he is. However, don’t panic if he seems to be getting aggressive, nine times out of ten, it is part of his education.

You should not over excite him by wrestling or jiggling him around and certainly do not engage in a tug of war with him. Not until a certain degree of adulthood has been instilled in him. Up until then, he’ll see it as a message to carry on tugging and biting at whatever.

Do not scream or hit your puppy if his biting is becoming aggressive. This will more than likely, scare him and cause him to become suspicious of people and quite possibly make him aggressive towards others. Time and time again we see brutally aggressive dogs who have been severely mistreated by their owners.

Using tried and tested consistent methods are the best way to stop your puppy’s biting from becoming a real problem. If he does bite too hard, give him a stern low commanding voice, this will sound out of place to him and stop him in his tracks.

Keep an object nearby that he can transfer his aggression onto. A chewy toy or bone are two of the best options, this will let him take out his energy upon them and hopefully over time direct his interests in sinking his teeth, into other things.

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How to Take Care of a Black Lab Dog

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:06 +0000

Imagine seeing this entry at an online dating site: “Avid swimmer, EBLD seeking lifetime relationship. Must haves: long runs in the park; exciting games of ball or Frisbee; constant attention. Must not haves: someone who’s too busy for me; someone who’ll put me in the doghouse.”

Who is EBLD? An Energetic Black Lab Dog! If you’re thinking of getting one, you’re going to want to know how to take care of a black Lab dog. And if you think you can take care of a black lab dog with little time, think again. This dog belongs with owners that are willing to spend time with and for it.

Attention

The most important factor in the care of a black Lab is attention. A black Lab will do without a lot of things, but it will not do without attention. A black Lab simply will not be ignored.

The Labrador Retriever is one of the most lovable, even-tempered dogs there is. He wants to share his immense supply of love with his owners, and can’t imagine they won’t take time to reciprocate.

Labrador Retrievers are also highly intelligent dogs. They can quickly sense reluctance on their owners’ part to spend time with them. They are eager to please, and use their intelligence to please you. In return, your care of a black Lab must include plenty of energetic play, and intelligent interaction.

Microchip

It is not essential to the care of a black Lab to have a microchip inserted, but it does provide a level of protection if your retriever strays.

Exercise

To provide good care of a black Lab, you will need to give it regular, daily exercise in large doses. Plan on 30 to 60 minutes daily as a minimum. Your black Lab will love to have 30 minutes morning and evening if possible.

Exercise should be varied. Include walks, on or off leash. Work in games of fetch (to allow you to breathe while he races!). Incorporate obedience or hunting training into your care of a black Lab and he will be able to exercise his intelligence, too.

Be sure the exercise is regular, as your black Lab’s boundless energy must find an outlet. If the outlet is not exercise, it may be destructive behavior.

Preventative Care

You should not limit your care of a black Lab to its present needs. You can forestall certain medical concerns, such as hip dysphasia, by giving the Labrador preventative care. Begin preventative care of a black Labrador when you first get the dog. First, check with the breeder to be sure the puppy’s parents are free of genetic problems. The puppy should have had its first shots and worming. Take it to a veterinarian for a check-up, and continue to take it for “wellness” visits.

Maintain preventative health care of a black lab by having your vet include, minimally: checks for external and internal parasites, inoculations, and heart worm preventative.

Food

The cook involved in the care of a black Lab must consider several things.

1. Black Labrador Retrievers will eat almost anything – think goat! To take care of a Black Lab, you need to guard against it eating junk.

2. The best food to give when taking care of a black Lab is real food. Give it real meat, raw or cooked: beef, chicken, and turkey. Give it fresh raw fruits and vegetables. Mix in brown rice and oatmeal for fiber, eggs and yogurt. Commercial dog foods, unknown before 1930, seem to exist as an outlet for rejected grains and meats that could not be sold to humans.

3. Watch your Labrador’s intake. If you really want to take proper care of a black Lab, you will not let it become overweight, risking heart disease, arthritis, and other health problems.

Grooming

You won’t need a professional groomer to take care of a Black Lab’s coat, but you should not assume the dog needs no grooming. Black Labradors shed a lot in spring and autumn, but they need to be groomed year-round.

To take proper care of a black Lab’s coat, you will need a narrow-toothed comb, short-haired rake, toenail clippers, wide-toothed comb, and a wire slicker brush. A bristle brush is nice for distributing oils when your Lab is not shedding.

Proper care of a black Lab will require daily grooming during seasonal blowing of the coat. The job is not nearly as large if done daily, and the sooner you remove dead hair, the sooner new hair can grow. Use the short-haired rake first, to rake out dead hairs. Use the wire slicker brush to get what the rake missed. Use the wide-toothed comb lightly to loosen matted hairs. The next step proves how intent you are on proper care of a black Lab. Go over the entire dog carefully with your narrow-toothed comb! Finish the job with your bristle brush to catch loose hairs.

Aside from spring and autumn’s major shedding periods, your Retriever will need to be brushed twice a week. Cut its toenails once every month to avoid foot problems.

By: Anna Hart

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©2007, Anna Hart. Anna Hart invites you to read more of her articles about the care of a Black Labrador Retriever at http://www.lovablelabradors.com Anna has posted additional information on that site about Labrador Retrievers of all colors. If you ever wondered about black and white labs, you’ll enjoy Anna’s perspective on the subject.

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The Fur Flies Over Las Vegas TV Weather Dog

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:04 +0000

Little Jordan, an 8-month-old lab puppy, disappeared last month from weather reports on KVBC-TV, and now there’s a dispute over who took the popular dog off the air.

His owner and on-air partner, animal-loving KVBC weatherman John Fredericks, issued a statement last week saying it was the NBC affiliate’s decision to send L.J., as the pup is known, to the doghouse over a contract dispute.

The dog “was removed from the broadcast … pending the resolution of contractual terms for L.J.,” the statement said.

Little Jordan had replaced Jordan, a golden retriever who long shared airtime with Fredericks and died last summer.

The station’s general manager, Lisa Howfield, said last month that L.J.’s disappearance was Fredericks’ decision.

“It was John’s choice to take the dog off the air,” she said. “I would have liked us to keep the dog on the air.”

Fredericks said he “wants nothing more than for L.J. to return to the broadcast, and believes that the contractual issues resulting in the current situation will soon by resolved.”

Howfield and Fredericks did not return requests for comment.

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Diet and Labrador Training

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:49:37 +0000

Since you have decided to get a Labrador as an additional member of the family, the next thing you must consider is the Labrador training. Labrador training specifically aims to teach your Labrador to perform certain actions or behaviors acceptable by his human pack. You definitely don’t want your dog messing your bedroom, do you? That being said, the responsibility of having a trained Labrador falls on you and your family as well, being the owner.

As a dog owner, you are probably aware that there are a lot of things you can do to achieve your goal of having a well trained Lab. You can hire a professional trainer or send your dog to a training school if you like. But sometimes, professional trainers and training schools cost more than what you allocated for Labrador training. This scenario gives you no other option but to train your dog yourself. Of course Labrador training at home is not a problem provided you are prepared for it. You must know what leash is appropriate for your dog, what training method works best and what diet is most appropriate.

Usually taken for granted, proper diet is one of the most important things to consider during Labrador training. Today, commercially prepared dog foods are preferred by most owners because of convenience. Commercially prepared dog foods come in various types, brands and packaging, that often times create confusions as to what is the best choice. Some claim that dry is the best and others prefer canned foods for Fido. Others would not feed commercial foods at all and would rather settle for homemade dog foods.

Whatever type of dog food you choose, be it homemade or commercially prepared, you have to make sure that it contains the right combination of fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. These provide sufficient calories to meet your dog’s daily needs for growth, activity and even repair. Feeding the right diet will help your Lab learn what is taught to him during Labrador training.

Chicken, lamb, turkey or venison-based foods are good for dogs for they are easier to digest and won’t cause stomach problems. Beef should be avoided as much as possible because it is harder to digest and can cause gastrointestinal problems in some dogs.

By: Richard Cussons

About the Author:

Richard Cussons has written articles of various breeds including Labrador Retriever. Discover tips on Labrador dog training at labradorsavvy.com.

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