Woody’s Way: The Long Line & The Volunteer Heel
Our pup is 3 months old and has been conditioned to wearing the chain collar and being on the tie out stake. The pup should understand that there is no future in fighting an immovable object. With these objectives met we are ready to begin using the long line to gain general attentiveness and […]
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Woody’s Way: The Tie Out Stake
On our last session we talked about giving the puppy a physics lesson using the chain collar, the tie out stake and the long line. Hopefully everybody is clear on the importance of putting the chain collar on correctly. Now, we’re on to learn the value of the tie out stake. The tie out […]
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Woody’s Way: Boot Camp Ahead
Well, Kindergarten is over and its time to go to boot camp. At 3 months, our labrador retriever puppy should be very well socialized, have learned both the “here” and “sit” command and be well on its way to being housetrained. It’s time to begin the foundation that will underpin everything you train your […]
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Woody’s Way: The Labrador Retriever Puppy’s First Retrieve
If you’re still riding this train, our last session was about the magic of retrieving for both humans and dogs. Did you watch Obi do a remote bomb search last week to be rewarded by nothing more than the thrill of retrieving a kong toy? This is some valuable knowledge that should serve you […]
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Woody’s Way We Should Be So Lucky There are two kinds of Labs. There are Labrador Retrievers and Labrador Deceivers. A Labrador Deceiver is a dog that has no retrieve drive. If you’re reading this, you probably are in the Labrador Retriever camp. Playing retrieve with your lab puppy is very important whether you […]
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Woody’s Way: The Best Way of House Training Your Labrador Retriever Puppy
Woody’s Way The Best Way of House Training Your Pup Another problem for a lot of people is the house training process. Like most correct procedures concerning puppies, it is much easier to prevent a problem than to correct it. Let’s go over the routines and reasons that help expedite the house training process. 1) […]
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Woody’s Way: Young Labrador Retriever Puppy Problems
Woody’s Way Young Puppy Problems With a pup under three months, we aren’t yet into training and we don’t use any negative motivation until the puppy is older and more mature. The one exception to that, is puppy biting. Sometimes when we’re playing with them, they’ll get excited and go from licking us to biting. […]
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Woody’s Way: Teaching A Labrador Retriever Puppy
Woody’s Way Teaching All right sports fans, this is where you make a commitment to do it right. There’s not a good dog trainer I know who doesn’t understand that you can’t train unless you first- teach. We’re going to peek back over our shoulder to the early nurturing period. That’s where we begin our […]
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Woody’s Way: Let’s Get Started
There are six key principles when it comes to selecting and training a Labrador Retriever puppy that I have learned over the years: Select Nurture Teach Train Test Evaluate Selection Everything that you hope to accomplish as a trainer will either be reasonably easy or almost impossible depending on how well you do at […]
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“HOT” Dogs: Heat Exhaustion Dangers For Labrador Retrievers
In case you haven’t noticed, summer is seriously here. Not everywhere is as hot as we are here, but it’s hot almost everywhere. You and I, like most humans, have a normal body temperature of 98.6 degrees. Our dog’s normal body temperature is between 101 – 102 degrees (essentially 3 degrees hotter) Retrievers are […]
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