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According to breed standard, you are correct, my purebred lab should not weigh over 100 lbs at 10 months. However, we follow feeding guidelines recommended by Iams and we exercise him daily. He is not overweight and the breeder warned us that the offspring produced by the male lab he used tend...

We kept him in his kennel when he was younger but no matter what toys we left with him in the kennel, he was always very wound up when I got home. He would mouth and bite a lot and it would take a long time before he would settle down. He only spent 6 hours in there and it wasn't every day so...

I have done my research on separation anxiety and I don't think that is our main problem. Most days he is fine at home by himself. The only times he really acted out were when the routine changed, when I left for work early or after my husband worked 4 consecutive 12 hour shifts. There are...

My lab, Max, is 10 months old. We had him neutered a couple of weeks ago because he was biting and barking at us a lot. Since being neutered, his temper tantrums seem to have gotten worse. Let me explain what I mean by "temper tantrum". Whenever he doesn't get what he wants, which is usually...

too optimistic I think you are too optimistic in thinking that your puppy can be crated for 8 hours straight. When our lab puppy, Max, first came to us at 7 weeks my husband would stay up with him until 3 or 4 in the morning and he would want out again by 9 am. We worked it out so I would go...

Housebreaking Our lab, Max, was not too difficult to housebreak. We have been very fortunate in that he does not want to poop in the house. We got him when he was 7 weeks old and were very careful to take him outside shortly after eating and other than that he would just kind of poop every...

My puppy is almost 6 months old and we have just started letting him sleep outside of his kennel at night. So far he has done well being out by himself at night. I'm wondering what your thoughts are about what is a good age to start leaving him home alone without confining him in his kennel.

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This is my puppy Max. As you can probably tell, he is a yellow lab. He is currently 5 months old but this picture was probably taken over a month ago. He is quite a bit bigger now than he is in this picture.

We are having a spell of rainy weather here in South Dakota and my puppy is driving us crazy because he's not getting his normal exercise. I've started taking him for walks every morning, which he loves, but we live in a new construction development so when it rains he gets really muddy and I...

Sympathy I feel your pain. My lab puppy, Max, just turned 5 months and he is testing our patience everyday. He also weighs 60 lbs which makes it harder to correct his bad behavior. I'm optimistic that we can all get through this phase :)

I have noticed that my 4 month old lab puppy has a runny nose today. More than once today I could actually see snot running down the front of his nose. It is winter, we are actually having a blizzard today, and I live in South Dakota so I'm wondering if this is related to the weather or if he...

I think my 4 month old Lab, Max, is teething. He whines a lot for no specific reason and he doesn't seem to be aggressively chewing on his toys. In fact, he doesn't seem as interested in his toys as he used to. Is there anything I can do to make this process a little easier for him?

Thanks for the advice! I'll try my best to ignore it, but I will admit it is difficult to do since he is putting holes in the bottom of my pants!

My 4 month old lab, Max, has developed a very bad habit. Whenever my husband or I are walking around the house, he will bite at our ankles. Most of the time he just grabs our pants and lets go as soon as we stop walking. However, sometimes he bites down on our legs which really hurts. And...

My 3 1/2 month old lab puppy gets the hiccups almost daily. Is this normal and will he grow out of it?

My 12 week old lab, Max, is chewing on everything. I was willing to overlook it as something he will grow out of, but he recently started chewing on his pillow and has put at least one hole in it. Has anyone tried the sprays that have a bitter taste to try to encourage the puppy not to chew on...

I like the idea of having Max ring a bell whenever he wants to be let out. The issue we are having right now is that he doesn't want to go out by himself. I think it is partly due to separation anxiety and partly because it is very cold outside here now. We praise him when he goes potty...

Does any one have any thoughts on how to get my puppy to bark when he needs to be let out? Right now he will sit by the door for a few minutes and if we don't let him out within a reasonable (by his standards) amount of time he will pee in the house.

Can anyone explain to me why my 12 week old male yellow lab puts things in his mouth then vigorously shakes his head back and forth while growling?