I have an eight month bitch labrador. I have had her from three months.
Up until she was five months she was really well behaved after that she
seems very disabedient. She was spayed at six months this seems to have
made no difference.

One of her worst traits is picking up the kids toys and running off
with them, for doing that I put her in her crate (Cage) am I doing the
right thing?

On 11 Feb 2006 04:27:00 -0800, "Labradorlover" ,
clicked their heels and said:

I have an eight month bitch labrador. I have had her from three months.
Up until she was five months she was really well behaved after that she
seems very disabedient. She was spayed at six months this seems to have
made no difference.

On her obedience? why would it?

One of her worst traits is picking up the kids toys and running off
with them, for doing that I put her in her crate (Cage) am I doing the
right thing?

No. Train her, exercise her, tell the kids to pick up their toys, but
also teach her to leave them alone. Putting her in her crate isn't
going to do it. She needs to be directed away from their toys and
towards hers. She's at prime destructo age for a lab puppy, and needs
training.
--
Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album

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I have an eight month bitch labrador. I have had her from three months.
Up until she was five months she was really well behaved after that she
seems very disabedient. She was spayed at six months this seems to have
made no difference.

One of her worst traits is picking up the kids toys and running off
with them, for doing that I put her in her crate (Cage) am I doing the
right thing?

She's hit her terrible teens Just like humans, dogs go through a period
of adolescence where they need to test the boundaries. Firm, fair and
consistent training will help you through - along with a few stiff drinks
Its normal, and hard work, but be patient.

As for the running off with the kids toys - ask for them back when she takes
them, and try to get your kids to put their toys away - swallowed toys can
make for expensive vet bills.

As a lab, its quite natural for her to want to pick things up. Teach her to
give things to you, at first in return for a treat or game - then get
working on teaching her to pick up things you want her to pick up for you...
you'll have your very own indoor personal maid to help you pick up and tidy
up around the house She'll be happy too - a life without a role to play
is a very boring life. Everybody needs a job, and dogs do too.

This came up on a UK doggie forum I am a member of...
http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2006...aves/index.php

Diana

Cheers Janet.

I do give her plenty of exercise already though at least two walks a
day with aminimum time of one hour in the week and longer at weekends.

On 11 Feb 2006 04:47:49 -0800, "Labradorlover" ,
clicked their heels and said:


I do give her plenty of exercise already though at least two walks a
day with aminimum time of one hour in the week and longer at weekends.

Not the right kind of exercise. She needs some sustained, aerobic
activity every day.

--
Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album

In article ,
Janet B wrote:
Not the right kind of exercise. She needs some sustained, aerobic
activity every day.

It's the rare dog that doesn't need mental exercise as well
as physical exercise.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community.

On 11 Feb 2006 08:13:15 -0500, (Melinda Shore),
clicked their heels and said:


It's the rare dog that doesn't need mental exercise as well
as physical exercise.
--

absolutely. I didn't say that outright, but in the first response -
TRAINING - something that doesn't seem to be mentioned in any of these
"adolescent dog" posts.

I HAVE an adolescent dog. 7 months old yesterday. He's still here
because he has big physical and mental exercise needs. He gets it
here. No applicants have been able to show me that he will get that
in their home. They want a cuddly family dog. Well, he IS, but only
because he gets his ya-ya's out all day long and training to boot!

--
Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album

On 11 Feb 2006 04:27:00 -0800, "Labradorlover"
wrote:

One of her worst traits is picking up the kids toys and running off
with them, for doing that I put her in her crate (Cage) am I doing the
right thing?

Toys are fun!! If you had a toddler who could reach the dog's toys,
you'd have the shoe on the other foot. When you put her in her crate,
she doesn't really know what the problem is. If you don't have any
dog toys, get some. Make them different enough from the kids' toys
that it is easy to distinguish them. Keep an eye on the dog at all
times. Keep kid toys you couldn't bear to have chewed on put where the
dog can't reach them. Play with the dog with the dog toys. If a kid
toy is down on the floor and the dog grabs it and runs, don't chase
after her in a grand old game of keep-away. Tell her no and entice
her to play with you and one of her toys instead. When she isn't
running around with a new found treasure, work on teaching her "drop
it." Give her a toy. Tell her to drop it while holding an even
better toy (in her mind, like her favorite toy) in your hand or a
really good treat in your hand. When she drops the toy she has to go
for the better toy or the treat that you have, praise her and give her
the better toy or treat. Repeat often. Make sure dropping what she
has in her mouth always results in a good payoff. Don't make drop it
into something that means she gets nothing and put in her crate or
else you can't be surprised if she doesn't want to play drop it with
you, especially when she can outrun you instead.

My daughter's poodle doesn't need a trade any more. When told to
"drop it," he drops whatever he has and goes running to the person who
told him to drop it. He always gets tons of praise and belly rubs
(his favorite) so that even if we don't have a good toy or treat on
hand, he knows good things can come if he drops it when told to. He's
been drilled so much on it that it doesn't even seem to occur to him
that what he has may be a better prize than anything we might have to
trade him for because the drop it game is imprinted in his little mind
as a way to get some great stuff and he drops first and thinks about
it later. Sometimes we play drop it when he has something he can keep
in his mouth. He has to drop it but then he gets praise or treats or
belly rubs and he gets his toy handed back to him as well. If you
make everything a rewarding game, you may even end up with a dog who
brings things to you and drops them in front of you whenever you ask,
"What have you got this time, poopyhead?" But you might have to let
your kids train the dog to get results like that. At least that's how
I did it.
--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

Thank You Paula. That's actually constructive. Not Critism. I shall try
taking your advice. She does have plenty of her own toys though.

On 15 Feb 2006 05:54:31 -0800,
wrote:

HOWEDY labradorlover,

Labradorlover wrote:

Thank You Paula.

Your newfHOWEND friend paula is a dog and child abusing MENTAL CASE.


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