Training Your Labrador Puppy - 4 Top Tips

1. Have realistic expectations

2. Getting into a routine and being Consistent

3. Praising your new lab puppy

4. Patience
So let's start with realistic expectations, whatever problem you are having Training your Labrador puppy whether it's your Dogs Toilet Training, leash training a puppy, puppy training biting etc it will take time.
Lab puppies are quick to learn but it will not happen overnight. Take your time, take it slow and steady.
The next thing to remember is you must be Consistent. Consistency is what you are aiming for. If you use certain commands for certain tasks that you want your puppy to perform, your Labrador puppy training will become so much easier. If you are doing puppy training recall always say the same thing "Ben (your puppies name) Come"
Make sure you feed your puppy the same time every day, Lab puppy training is all about routine and consistency. Take your new lab puppy out to the same place to relieve himself, put him in his lab puppy crate the same way every night. While he is still very young try and nominate 1 person to do the training it will make your life easier. Also if you don't want puppy sleeping on your furniture, make sure you always tell him to get off, if you let him sleep on there once because he looks so sweet, it will be a hard habit to break. Start as you mean to go on.
Next praising your new lab puppy. The more you praise him for doing well the better response you will get. If he has weed on the floor for the 3rd time in a day just ignore it, but if he goes outside and relives himself praise him give him a treat, have a game with him he will soon get the message. A puppy just wants to please you; he wants your attention, so remember to praise him. Too much is never too much, the more you praise his good behavior the more good behavior you are going to see.
And last but not least you must have patience. Yes you will feel frustrated and you will feel like shouting when your puppy has made yet another mess on the floor, but patience is the key. Let's look at it another way, you have a child that is learning to take its first steps, it takes two steps and falls over, would you be thinking to yourself, that child's not a walker, no you wait and watch and over the coming weeks that child starts to walk more and more steps. You need to be patient and you will be rewarded with a well behaved Lab Puppy.
There is nothing more rewarding than coming home to a well trained dog so take your time and you will be rewarded.







I had never owned a dog until I took on a guide dog for the blind puppy and found there where many issues to overcome, so I started a blog http://www.labpuppytraining.com to help others who might be having the same problems over the first couple of weeks when a new puppy arrives in the home. I have a free puppy training tips email course you can find it here Lab Puppy Training. I hope it helps.


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