Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject: Have one amazing labrador!
Hi,
Duke my yellow labrador is 9 years old and is such an important member of our family!
My fiancé and I are buying our own home hopefully to move in next year and cannot imagine life without a dog.
We both love labradors and I just couldn't have another yellow one at the moment with Duke around.
Therefore have decided we would like a chocolate labrador but most people we have spoken to have mentioned how they are hyperactive compared to a golden or black labrador?
Advice needed please as we would really like a chocolate male pup that Duke can play with and to give us the love and affection we've always received from Duke.
Any advice and guidance appreciated,
Em
Last edited by emzy89 on Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:56 pm; edited 1 time in total
I have a chocolate boy who is 10 and half months old. He is no more hyper than any other puppy at his age. In fact we have just got a yellow bitch who is 8 weeks old and an absolute nutter!!
Definately different to her elder brother who was very calm as a puppy and easy to house train and crate train. He was sitting on command at 9 weeks, giving paw and lying down.
Honey doesn't stay still for long enough to do anything!!
A labrador is a labrador is a labrador! Whether yellow, black or chocolate!
You get loopy black, chocolate, yellow ones, calm, steady black, chocolate, yellow ones and everything in between!
I recently rehomed a lovely rescue boy and one of my reasons for having an older rescue rather than a pup was so that I could see how he got along with my older girl. It's working out well 3months down the line and at 16months old he is defo still an overgrown loveable pup!!
It could be worth you considering a slightly older rescue dog....
I have a chocolate boy who is 10 and half months old. He is no more hyper than any other puppy at his age. In fact we have just got a yellow bitch who is 8 weeks old and an absolute nutter!!
Definately different to her elder brother who was very calm as a puppy and easy to house train and crate train. He was sitting on command at 9 weeks, giving paw and lying down.
Honey doesn't stay still for long enough to do anything!!
Good luck with your decision xx
I was hoping that was the reply I'd have! Duke was crazy as a pup and still has his crazy moments now at 9.
May sound stupid but what is crate training?
x
Hi and welcome to LF, ,may I start by putting you right sorry, Labs are Yellow, Retrievers are Golden, , so named to help prevent confusing the two
As said Chocs are no more wild or untrainable than the yellows or blacks, all 3 can be nutters or all 3 can be as calm as you like, like us a lot depends on their personalities, even two pups from the same litter can be totally different just as sibling in a human family
Crate training is to get a crate (sometimes referred to as a cage but crate is better), it can help hugely with house training and also make sure the pup and the house are both safe if you go out and can`t take it with you.
Its not cruel, used properly its a great tool and becomes a den for the pup, CJ still uses his and he`s 7 now, had it since he was 7 weeks old.
Sometimes it can take a little while to get it used to being in a crate but they generally take to them well, specially if you make it a great place to be with treats when they go in
Hello and welcome to Lf
I have a black lab & a chocolate & my chocolate dog has been a little angel to train ( well appart from pulling on the lead) He's quite a chilled chap
So from my experience colour is just a colour
Good lord, my chocolate is far and above the most laid back soppiest dollop of all three of my dogs! He's easy to be around and loves everyone and everything! He is never happier than when he is asleep! He is perhaps a little harder headed and less biddable in some respects than my purely working bred yellow boys. But all around he is an easier dog than either of the other 2!
Its all to do with how the dogs are bred and how you manage them as they grow up! I've always been a firm handler and we have trained all the dogs as gundogs (varying success with Hudson! ), so perhaps that has helped.
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Think decision may well be made then! Thanks for the advice! I had a feeling that was a stereotype but wanted to check! As for a crate that is something we are definitely wanting as Duke slept in the garage when he was a pup which me and my fiance don't want to do so crate would be a brilliant option! We are hoping to buy a new build property so don't want it chewed to pieces if I can help it! Where's the best place to get tips on crate training? X
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