Basic Training for Owners

An owner should begin training well before you get your dog.  You should find out all you can about your Lab.  The way you could do this is information books, the internet, or the library.  If you already have a dog you owner training is a dire emergency-the clock is running.  the first few days at home for a puppy are the most influential.  The cause of most adult problems traces back to the first days the puppy explored his home.    

The Principals of Training

Most people think training your dog means teaching the dog to do things like sit, stay, rollover, and speak. But even four week old puppies know how to do that.  Instead the first step in training your dog is to teach him human words for each behavior.  Then after the dogs have mastered that, you should just keep on practicing what you started.  

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