OT Lab Puppies

[katfsh]

Ok the six pack crew usually has some good advice so give it to me.

Bringing home a new lab puppy in a week and a half, haven’t had a lab in over 10 years, have had a couple of good ones in the past. I currently have an English bulldog but hardly a lab. This pup will be trained for all aspects of hunting, waterfowl, shed hunting, and blood trailing. Just looking for any advice, new quality products, etc.

 

[Xenomorph]

Gun Dog by Randolph and Wolters.

 

[o_LandDawg]

House buddy to champion hunter...1st thing you should do is kennel (crate) train him/her. YOu may know this, but that kennel is a place to put the dog when he isnt obeying, while he is sleeping, when he needs to calm down, for potty training and many more things.

 

[Dawg1979]

chew toys. otherwise your shoe, chair, table leg, recliner, door, etc will be it

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Fixed it for you

chew toys will include your shoe, chair, table leg, recliner, door, etc no matter what toys you buy for it

You is welcome

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

One tablespoon of Dales per eight ounces of kibble. You're welcome.

 

[stateu1]

Robert Milner books.

 

[Dawg1976]

Feed what your breeder recommends. They know what works best for their pups. That is if your buying from a good breeder.....

 

[katfsh]

I agree on the kennel training and gun dog books. One of my past dogs I trained off of that book, and every dog be owned at least new the command kennel. No kennel in the house currently and my English bulldog understands that when someone says kennel to go find her bed and not to get up for awhile or until bacon is cooking.

I think this is a good breeder, they have 32 females and 4 males they breed with so they should know what they are doing right?? Said they only feed scraps from the local sunflower grocery store.

I’m joking. It’s coming from a very good breeder and trainer. I selected what parents I wanted a pup From and I have been waiting since August of last year for this pup. I just don’t have the time that I used to have to be able to train a new dog correctly so it will be going back to him to be trained. I hate not being the one that does the training I think it creates a better bond between the dog and handler, but like I said. I know I don’t have the time to get the dog to it’s full potential.

GPS tracking collars. Anyone here used them, any brand better than the others? Using the dog to blood trail a shot deer I’m not going to just turn the dog loose with no way of knowing where it is.

The gunner kennels. Anyone have thoughts on them? Will be traveling 45 min or so to the camp several times a week so I think the extra protection might be worth it? After what I’m spending on the dog and training I hate to cut corners on something that might help protect the dog.

 

[Primetime Dawg]

Gun Dog, Water Dog, and Family Dog by Wolter - classics and still best for Lab training, IMHO

 

[jethreauxdawg]

For GPS collars, I just got a dogtra pathfinder

GPS tracking collars. Anyone here used them, any brand better than the others?

I'm not sold on it. It is half the price of the Garmin, but I can't always get the map to show up in the offline mode. I'm not ruling out user error, but something seems not quite right. It does always show me my dogs position relative to mine, which is the most important thing, but it's is sometimes shown on a white background, sometimes over the map.

 

[Water Dawg]

Gun dog and water dog

add some patience into into your life too if you are training the pup - they learned will to love you

 

[Dawg1979]

You is welcome

My bad

 

[HumpDawgy]

Make sure your backyard fence is tall. Like 20 feet tall. It will not be a lab puppy for long. Definitely get a tracking collar for many reasons. They are great dogs when they get older, but a handful when young.

 

[Palmettodog]

Followed by Water Dog. Two of the best training books you'll ever read. Spend an hour a day training, 30 mins if that's all you got. Don't get frustrated and kill his/her spirit. Shock collars work but use sparingly.

My chocolate died about 3 years ago at age 14. I want another but I don't have the time to dedicate to it right now. Good luck.