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Your dog probably thinks she has you trained very well!
Go to the library and find books on dog training and obedience. There are a lot of different methods that are used and have been used.
Research trainers in your area. Did you get her from a breeder? Ask for recommendations - ask your vet as well. Find a beginning obedience class, sign up, attend, and do your homework.
One of my favorite things is the "Nothing in Life is Free" theory - your dog must do something before you do something. She wants to play? She has to sit. She wants food? She has to down-stay. She wants to go for a walk? She has to sit and stay until you're out the door and you call her. I found that this is good for me to practice obedience and training with my dog between and before classes.
Happy birthday to your lab! If you take her to school and practice with her all the time, she'll be a perfect angel by her next birthday! Good luck!
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- Perhaps schedule an appointment with the vet or a trainer. A lot of animal training places do evaluations (free) ...so perhaps schedule one of these, and see whats wrong with her. Good Luck:)
- maybe petco but i have herd that they are kinda bad but not sure.. um well u could try saying it over and over... or commanding!!! well good luck!!!!!
- With any animal to train them you just need to take the time and have patience. We have been trying to train my roommates dog better and he responds well with treats. If she does not walk well on a leash some say use a choke chain. I do not believe in them myself but when I walk mine he has some issues but i just try to keep him close. I also reward him when he does good. The other dog is now learning to do things when told also. If you are concerned about her over all a vet might be able to give you more info by checking the dog out. If it does not follow voice commands could be a problem with hearing.
- A lot of the time its not so much that the dog is not smart, but rather the fact that we havent dedicated as much time to teaching the basics. I have a 1yr old Akita/Chow mix. At first, he would not listen for the life of him. 4 months of working on it - he still refused to sit when told. I started the training classes and let me tell you - they work wonders.
Come to find out, it wasn't him not being able to learn - but ME not knowing how to teach him.
Now- he's always the center of attention when people come over b/c he learned a lot more than just sit. - It is all about the owner....not the dog. You are not spending the time with the dog and/or using proper techniques to train it.
- Take your dog to Obedience School. They will teach you how to teach your dog different tricks and how and when to reward them. It really helps.
- walking and coming are basics just look it up on google for techniques on training. the important thing is to be consistant and make sure that you reward. with 'come' , for about a week or two only call him 'spot, come!' when its already started to come towards you, then treat him. that way they get used to hearing those words and doing that action and it might help a little. another thing is use a long retractable leash and let them go away and get interested in something. then call them 'spot, come!' if they dont turn and come in less than one second, tug them and run backwards (while encouraging them and stayin gall happy) till he gets to you, then treat them. eventually youll say "spot- (he looks at you and waits for you to say come) - come!" and then hell come. remember to run backwards it helps them keep focus on you.
- You should start seriously training him ASAP. There are some really excellent dog obedience training courses out there that you can use. Be careful though - there are some pretty bad ones too. Here's one I recommend (a ton of people have had success with this one):
http://www.dogobediencetraining123.com/course
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