After raising puppies for the past seven years as a puppy parent, foster parent, and guide dog puppy raiser we have definitely learned the basic skills of how to train a puppy.
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Hi Colby! I have 2 questions. I have emailed you before, my boyfriend and I have a (now) 4 month old yellow lab Tucker. He is doing so good but wer having a problem which brings me to my first question. How do we get him to drop his throw toys during playtime? He loves fetch but will not drop it. Then when I go to get it he either runs or thinks its a game. My next question is has any of tour labs gone through phases where they don’t eat much? Thanks again for your help!
@Megan, thanks for coming back to the site! An easy way to get him to drop one toy is to have another toy handy (plush squeaky toys usually work well). We use the command “drop it” when teaching our pups to release toys. You could also try working with treats to get him to drop toys.
That’s nice that your puppy taught you the chasing game. I actually wrote a whole article on that game: http://puppyintraining.com/why.....-your-dog/ Basically, any time you start chasing your pup they will think it’s a game and run away. Conversely, try running the other ways and your puppy will chase you.
Hopefully these tips help. Let us know how it goes. Good luck with your puppy training!