Labrador Retriever
Labrador Retriever Training Tricks You Can Teach Your Pet
If there’s only one thing labrador owners want to accomplish, that’s successful labrador retriever training. Through training, a dog learns how to behave in ways acceptable by his human companions thus in turn can enhance the pet and owner relationship. Socialization, basic obedience training and housebreaking are best taught as soon as possible to prevent unwanted behaviors from developing. While these issues are deemed as the most significant one can teach his beloved pet, owners may also teach more tricks that will surely amuse everyone.
You may want to teach your pet these tricks:
Fetch.
Training a labrador to perfect fetch shouldn’t be so hard since this breed is hard-wired for retrieving. They can carry objects in their mouths with great gentleness and their webbed paws make it easy for them to obtain stuff from the water.
Some labradors can discern the command on their own but if your pet requires training, you’ll need to begin teaching the command “take it”. To do so, hold a treat in front of your dog’s mouth and issue the command “take it”. If he has associated the command with the deed, you will soon find him opening his mouth immediately after he hears you give the command. Take this chance to slip a dumbbell inside his mouth and let it stay there for a few seconds. Praise and reward him with a treat. When he is used to having the dumbbell in his mouth, proceed with “hold it”. After he picks up the dumbbell, gently hold his mouth and command him to “hold it”. After a while, command him to “give” the dumbbell and allow him to spit it out. Continue working with every command and afterwards with the take it-hold it-give sequence. Increase the distance between your dog and the dumbbell little by little and do not forget to reward him with praise or treat for good manners shown.
Speak.
One more trick you can teach during labrador retriever training is speak. To get started, you’ll need to select a hand signal; twisting your closed fist, snapping your fingers or whatever is convenient for you. Give the hand signal and reward him with praise or treat if he barks. If your dog doesn’t bark, continue giving the hand signal until he barks. Frequent practice of the command will eventually allow him to understand the trick.
Kiss me.
Actually, you never need to teach your pet to kiss given that dogs naturally love to kiss humans especially their owners. The only thing you need to teach him is to do the trick only after a verbal command is given. Give the command “kiss me” and lower your cheek in front of his mouth. Reward him with praise or treat when he licks your face on command.
These three tricks are just some of the many things you can teach your beloved labrador retriever. Even though labrador retrievers are notable for being obedient and greatly trainable, keep in mind that training a specific command normally takes time. Just enjoy the training sessions rather than forcing your pet to learn things too quickly.
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