baileythelabrador

Absolutely it can be fixed! He's only a pup and once he learns the right behaviour I am sure he will turn into a wonderful family member :rolleyes: I know someone in Brisbane who I will PM you the details of, not sure how far up the Sunny Coast she does but I am sure she can refer you to someone if she doesn't. There is no time that it is ok to slap or hit your dog. I agree you can change the behaviour fairly easily, but NOT with your recommended method - unless you want to make the dog's behaviour worse. Thanks Huski - I will send her an email. Very good to hear it can be fixed. Thank you

Yes the yard is full fenced but its not a lawn yard. its more plants/ bushes and trees and its a old queenslander house so he can go underneith the house to. I am just a bit woreried he may get bitten by a spider or snake or eat a kane toad etc. Its just a small/medium sized garden in a residentail area though so im proberbly worrying to much. We definatly dont want to create a dog thats afraid to out on his own. We do have a neighbour who said she would keep an eye on him, but shes not home all the time either. If i start leaving him out do i start with leaving him for a few hours and building it up or can i just go to work tomoro and leave him in the garden?

In the day my 4 month old labrador pup is alone from 6am-3pm while we are at work. Currently i get up at about 5am, feed him and let him play in the garden until i go to work at 6am. When i leave for work he is left inside and has the hallway and bathroom to play in with some toys/ water and newspaper down for toileting. Should i start leaving him in the garden whilst i go to work or is he better off inside? If he is better off inside is he ok in just the hall and bathroom or should i open up the living area to him to? Thanks

Thank you all for your advice. (but not sure i agree with the slap on the nose method, i dont want him to be scared of me) I think we will get a trainer in for the resource aggression problem as i really want get it sorted it out for good as i do not want an aggresive dog. As he has shown signs of aggresion is this something we can completely elliminate or is he always going to be like this in some way? Are many dogs like this and can it be 100percent fixed? I am just worried when we have children, i dont want to have to worry about an aggressive dog. He is not aggressive in any other way and is just like a normal loving pup 99percent of the time. Does anyone reccomend a good trainer/behaviorist on the sunshine coast? As for jumping up he will be kept on a lead at all times in public from now on. Thanks

Hi huski, thanks for the advice Yes i may have to get a trainer in but we dont have much money at the moment so thought i would ask for advice here on things i can try at home first. I do want to get him out of the crate as we have a small house and there just isnt room to keep a crate, especially a bigger one. I have already looked at the NILIF and try to use this as much as possible. Great idea on teaching him to sit to greet, i will try this one. Do you find he sits to greet guests/ strangers aswell then? what about in the park, does he still sit if he runns up to strangers? How do you train this? Thanks

We have a 16 week old labrador pup who is very well behaved in many ways, however we have a few problems which im worried will get out of hand. We have tried to assert ourselfs as leaders, he has to sit and look at us before meals etc and he has been to puppy school. Our main problems are: 1) Food aggression - He hasnt been aggresive at any other time however if we give him a bone or any other food treat he becomes very protective, growls if you go neer him, and he bit my partner the other day when he wene to get the bone off him because he was growlling. This is the only time he has growled / bit until last nite when i asked him to drop a sock and he growled at me. showing his teeth. What should we do? 2) Jumping up (at children especiouly) - He wont jump up at me or my partner but he getts exited and jumps up at visitors. Also if he is at the beach he jumps up at people, especially small children, and he has very sharp claws. How do we train him not to jump up at other people? 3) Toilet training - At night He has been sleeping in a small crate in the bathroom up until now, but the crate is getting a bit small and i dont want to keep him in a crate for much longer. I tried leaving the crate door open the other night and he had pood and weed on the floor. How do i get him used to sleeping out of a crate if he is going to wee / poo when i know he can hold it? Also in the day he has the bathroom and hallway to run in when were at work and wees on newspaper. If we are home and we dont have newspaper down he goes on the floor. How do we get him out of this habbit when we are home? Would really appreciate your advice. Thanks