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Controlling a lab !!! help !

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  • 08-12-2008 1:42pm
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    TFP
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    I have a 12 month male black lab, and am looking for some advise as to how to control him off the leash.

    He is great off the leash, stays close enough to me, never out of sight. However, the first sign of another dog .. he bolts, doesn’t even look back for me. It poses two problems,

    a) he ignores my requests and is disobedient.
    b) Not all dog owners like the sight of a black labs hurtling towards them and their dog.

    His is so friendly with other dogs, loves to play with them .. even when they are aggressive towards him he still thinks they are playing.

    I always try to socialise him with other dogs, he has a number of ‘friends’ he meets every night when out walking but, his friends listen to their owners when it’s time to move on, my lad has to be restrained with the leash and even at that he will pine for them and will bolt again at the first opportunity.

    On the leash he pulls quite a bit, but he knows the heel command and is getting better, but only for me, my brother can’t get him to behave on the leash.

    I have been putting his behaviour down to being a puppy, but at this stage if feel its something I am doing wrong !!


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    Sigma Force
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    Would strongly advise that you don't let him off the lead at all until he has learned his recall and learned how to be more calm.

    He needs a lot of basic training by the sounds of it, it's too hard to tell what you are doing wrong without more information but dog training classes would be a great idea for him (could be his xmas present). There is a list of dog trainers/behaviourist on irishanimals.ie that might be in your area.


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