Dog Health Questions: Dog Training?

We have a Yellow Labrador who is seven months old. He has already learned how to sit, lay down, and put his hands up. I really appreciate the breed. I was wondering if there are any classic tricks or skills that I could teach him. I know that labs tend to be water dogs and we have a large lake in front of our house. If you have a trick/skill please explain how to go about training him. I also would like to train him with a whistle but I have no idea how to go about doing it. He is very willing to learn and seems to enjoy performing. He is a purebred, his father was bred for show and his mother was a hunting dog. He came from a reputable breeder and is an amazing dog.

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The best tricks we taught my collie/lab mix to do were to wipe his feet when he comes inside the house and to put his toys away before he goes to bed.

The wiping the feet trick... we really just taught him to walk in a circle around the carpet in our mudroom (if its really muddy, of course, we get down on our knees and towel him off) but this trick is good when he's just coming in from dewy morning grass. We just used a treat to get him to move in a circle and repeated "wipe your feet" over and over.

To put his toys away, we just made sure it happened every single night right after he came in from his last potty run and before he went in the crate for bed. At first he got a treat for each toy he brought to us and put in his toy basket but now we just give him one after he is all done and inside his crate. This one really isn't that hard as long as you do it every single day... dogs love a consistent schedule and will learn to love anything you do whether it be grooming or walks if you do it the same time every day.

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• If you want them to come to a whistle you have to whistle and he will probably come to see what the noise is then you give him a treat. Do this 2-3 times a day and you will have him trained to come to a whistle in no time.
  
  Good luck!


• My dog likes "BANG" (play dead). Here is how:If he already knows lay down, here is what to do. have the dog sit. point your fingers like a gun at him, and fire, saying "BANG!". Then gently push the dog over till he falls over onto his side. rub his belly so he put his legs up. Do this over and over!
  
  I got my dog to do it, when i say BANG he falls over and puts his legs in the air. He loves it cause he gets his belly rubbed when he does it right!He also likes ROLL. here is how:
  get him to lay down. gently push him over until he is on one side, then on his back, then on the other side. all while saying ROLL. when he is on the side and almost done, stand up so he will have to finish the roll to get up. as soon as he does, praise him. That is how i trained mine!
  Here is another way if the dog will not let you roll him over:
  get him to lay down, and put a treat in front of his nose. slowly move the treat around and above his head until he rolls, be sure to say ROLL as you are doing this. This didn't work for my dog cause he just moved his head to get the treat, but it may work for you. my dog also let me push him around onto his back, which you dog may not want.
  
  This may sound really stupid, but a good way to train is with PRAISE ONLY, that is how I train. If you do it with food reward, the dog may not do it if you don't have food. when he does a trick say GOOD BOY, GOOD ROLL, GOOD ROLL!!!
  or what ever you are getting him to do. then he will learn why you are praising him. I do not use food ever, my dog does the trick because he wants to make me happy and get praised. But be careful, always praise at least a little bit, so the dog will feel appreciated, even if he has known the trick for a long time, it is important to show him he is still doing is right.GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!


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