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My lab puppy who is 9 mos old has a habit of putting her paw on top of your hand or arm when you are petting her. Does anyone know what this behavior means? She's always very sweet and gentle when doing this but I was just curious if it was a good or bad thing?

Just trying to get opinions...do you think deer antler chews are safe on a dog's teeth? My 9 month old lab LOVES her antlers but I was just concerned if they would eventually wear her teeth down or anything like that.

I have a lab and need to know at what age to switch her to adult food???

are you supposed to eventually stop using treats? Once the dog learns the command do you still click and treat? where do you go from there?

her hair doesnt stand up...her tail is usually wagging...she is either sitting or standing...no salivating...she comes towards me and nips at my leg or sometimes jumps up and nips and then backs up.

i do not act scared. i do one of two things. rub her chest and say "its ok its ok" and this will ususally calm her and end the behavior...or I will walk away and ignore her and sometimes put her in the kitchen (which is the room we've gaited off for potty training purposes). She calms down...

I have a 5 mo old female lab. She gets 1-2 walks per day, goes to the dog park to run several times a week, has not yet attended school, is potty and crate trained, and has lots of toys. My problem with her is that she randomly shows aggression towards me. By randomly i literally mean out of no wher...

she gets 2 walks everyday, plays inside and outside (fetch with a ball, chews on bone, etc), she has lots of toys and treat balls, eats purina pro plan large breed puppy formula 2x per day, crate trained, (i thought) pretty well potty trained but has been havning an unusual amount of accidents latel...

my puppy is a 5 month old female lab. Yesterday we were playing in the living room with a ball, etc. She was laying on the floor chewing on a bone and casually got up, jumped up on the loveseat, and peed, staring at me the whole time. Does anyone know what could cause this behavior? She went outside...

i would love to know more about the "leave" command. is over exercising hurting her body? i would say her 2-3 walks per day are about 15 mins each

She gets 2-3 walks everyday...has tons of toys to chew on...we play fetch a lot with her ball...she is crate trained and pretty well all the way potty trained...she eats Purina Pro Plan large breed puppy formula 2x per day...what are some good games to stimluate her mind? and how do i get her to sto...

If my lab puppy is doing something she shouldnt be doing (digging in the couch cushions, chewing carpet, etc) and we tell her "no" it doesnt even phase her. We've tried saying "no", clapping, saying "ah!" but she doesnt understand that she's supposed to stop that behavi...

try not to go to him when he's crying at night because he's training you to come to him when he cried or barks. As hard as it is you have to let him cry so he'll learn that crying doesn't bring you to him. unless he has to go outside. if trained right, dogs usually like their crates and feel safe an...

I have a 3 1/2 month old lab. She gets crated at night and has no problem going to bed. She get right in, gets a treat, and goes to sleep. This is at about 10-11pm every night. Her last meal is at 6pm and her water gets taken up at 8pm. She has lots of potty breaks before bedtime. She gets walked 2-...