Training Your Labrador Retriever Puppy Part One

[jjakie]

These comments are proof that people don't listen. These aren't treats he's giving this puppy...in fact he went on about a 90 second trail about how you should NOT use tons of treats to train your puppy. What he's using is the puppy's regular food. About half of his daily food. In fact if you're using any amount of training treats to train your puppy, you're feeding yours more than he's feeding this one. I stole this technique from him, and it worked beautifully with my black lab puppy. I also would mix in a few actual training treats as well, just because. A little advice-before you write a comment that is going to make yourself look like you have the cognitive ability of a 5 year old, you might wanna make sure you're assessment of what's going on is accurate.

[lavsmohan]

Followed your technique with my 10 week puppy and she responded GREAT! She was a naughty, overexcited puppy but now she sits when she's supposed to, and is more calm. Thank you so much for the great tips!

[Prototypek]

God, i have a lil 3 months old Labrador, I've started this method 3 hours ago and, by feeding him only when he succeeds and listens to me, he seems to already understand "Sit" and "Up" ! Like, in 3 hours, already understanding that ! That is awesome ! Thank you a lot !

I will try to make him understand when I wave my hand he has to do a certain thing.

[donvasquez]

I know this comment is way late but I watched these videos before I actually got a black lab puppy. It has been awesome and my dog "River" is the envy of all my friends that have dogs. He is such a good dog. Thank you so much for your time and professionalism Sir.

[happinessyogateacher]

Tip on using ration to increase treat repetition is BRILLIANT. Why didn’t I think of this? I’m using it now, and it’s freaking working. Love this dude!

[jdamelines]

I must say, we got our 7 week old lab and today is day 4th with her and this technique has worked wonders. I started watching the series a few weeks prior and now I’m just going back through to make sure I didn’t miss anything. She’s already following commands such as sit, down, come and potty. Thanks for taking the time and teaching us a good way to work with our lab puppies.

[colbyprocyk]

I’m about to get my self a 8 week lab. And with every video I watched so far all they do is give them treats non stop just for being a dog. But this guy actually understands why you should give them treats. Thank you as well just for this little video because as soon as I get my pup home first thing I’m gonna do it try to teach her to be calm if I’m not giving her attention.

[jackgraham]

Stonnie Dennis I adopted my first lap pup over Memorial Day weekend and have been following your advice.   Everyone has ben telling me how well behaved our pup is and the Vet just told us he was the most well behaved 4 month old puppy they've ever seen.  Thank you for sharing your expertise!

[jumpypony]

I just came across your videos and oh my gosh I love how you treat the pupups! You're so down to earth and not overly "I Must dominate this dog to show it whos boss!" You make it fun for them and I love that!

[aabradley]

I have watched this video and the other videos in this series several times. I have a nine week old lab puppy that I have begun training using your methods. Although it has only been a week, he is already following this pattern of stand, sit, wave, and down. I just want to say that your videos are pure puppy training GOLD! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight with us. I hope to be able to come to one of your training courses and perhaps use your online puppy course in the future.

[jaketaylor]

Dennis I'm so happy to have found your videos again. I have a 10 year old fox red lab that I trained with this series. She is such an amazing dog and absolutely loves a day in the field or working in a blind with some dummies.
So I just got home today with another red lab from the same breeder and am so grateful to have found your videos all these years later. Tikka (10) is so amazing I wanted to get a puppy and have it get the rub from a older lab. I can't wait to see how the new girl is going to become. I look forward to working through your series again with her.

[sjhlvqi]

Love your training philosophy, great video

[crystalalvarez]

Wow! I just watched this video a few hours ago and my 11 week old lab puppy is already listening so much better! Sweet, simple techniques ! Can’t wait to watch much more of your videos

[lcsdefense]

Stonnie, I got myself a black lab puppy Gypsy that is 8 weeks today. Love your videos and I have been watching them in preparation for her coming home. We are at day three and she is doing great. We are still in good student week and we are having fun.

[NotFallingit]

Look at you, you look so young.
I love your work Stonnie.

[kfrausto]

Picking up our first dog in 2 weeks : a white lab.

Glad I came across these videos. Will be very useful. Thanks.

[SwayingWithPalmTrees]

I like the idea of keeping 50% of the food for treats. We started giving our almost 2 year old his food for "treats" about a year ago but never thought about using 50% of it for treats. We will do that from now on. Thanks for this great video.

[wrstwxq]

Just bought my second lab puppy yesterday he’s 7 weeks old. Thank you for these methods I’ve tried a lot for my first lab and she a great house dog. I’m eager to use your training on this one.

[masuganut]

My puppy is ten weeks old and I fell into the “puppy blues “ badly. I feel very inadequate. Watching this and idk, I hope I can do this like you.
This pup is the dream of my husband and kids and I’m trying so hard 💛

[madisonnelson]

Just started this series. We just got our lab puppy he is 7 weeks old. We've started simply thing food prices for coming to us, responding to no, and just paying attention. He sleeps most of the time now lol so its sporadic. But I really want to work through your series I love your style of training! Best video I've watched since we got him and deciding how we want to train him!