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Labrador retrievers are perfectly made for the active owner who loves outdoor activities such as jogging, swimming and playing fetch games, because by nature the labradors were bred to be very active as is exactly required when in the company of a hunter, thus running, swimming and retrieving foul, being a perfect task master at it.

It stands to reason therefore that if much outdoor activity is not your cup of tea, then you and the retriever have almost nothing in common, because if your preference is sitting down on the patio or tv watching, realize that the innate nature of a labrador is to run around and play. So by no means should you have the illusion that a retriever can stand laying around sedentary for very long.

You can see that the constant activity of this type of dog does not mean that it is overactive, it is being it’s normal self, perfectly in good health and naturally wired and itching to move about.

A mistake is often made when a prospective new dog owner chooses a labrador retriever without being aware of the amount of active time this type of dog requires in the company of the owner. It needs to be repeated, in the company of the owner, because leaving the labrador to entertain itself or run around on it’s own easily leads to possible destruction of property, even as puppies and more so as they get older. That includes digging up your yard, chewing up at anything and much unnecessary barking.

Interactive and strenous physical daily outdoor acitivities of at least two hours  is standard, shall we say, requirement for your Lab, such as running and fetching.

If you cannot afford that much time and the required physical activity, then do not get a Labrador Retriever dog.

What is in a name you may ask? More often than not there is plenty a clue in a name and the Labradors have a natural disposition or even a specific dog behavior to retrieve, hence the fitting name Labrador Retrievers.

Labrador Retriever Behavior.

Accordingly, these beautiful little dogs tend to put anything in their mouth if it fits, hence they routinely nip and bite at your hands and arms leading an uninformed dog owner to mistake such behavior as actual biting and thus unfairly punish this dog.

The rather obvious and best approach is to patiently train your labrador retriever puppy not to bite the furniture nor to mouth and bite at anyone’s limbs. You do get a much better perspective of the natural behavioral tendency of your Labrador puppy if you were to think of it as a piranha, who of course dash about with their mouths open, hunting for anything, it matters not what it is, just to put it in their mouths. It is as if they are vacuum cleaners of some sort.

Your best realistic expectations is not to completely stop the puppy from putting things in it’s mouth, but to train the animal to be selective with it’s dog behavior. You will need to start when the animal is still very young to discourage the tendency of it grabbing onto your clothes and arms, as you will see in your forthcoming articles on Retriever behavior dog training.

You ought to be aware that raising and training a Labrador requires dedication and lots of love. They can swallow small objects, whatever it happens to be, that can lead to serious health consequences and damage to your household items, therefore tremendous supervision is a must in the beginning and throughout the obedience training time-interval.

In the meantime, take a look at these lovely and simple Labrador performance commands from one who walks the talk of Labradors.
How labradors stop biting