LABRADOR RETRIEVER: TREATS AREN’T NECESSARY TO TRAIN DOG

When I tried to teach my puppy Labrador Retriever the basic obedience commands, but using treats is not that effective with him. How do I motivate him to do what I want?

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Trainers Say’s

Most trainers will tell you a puppy Labrador Retriever isn’t really ready for basic obedience until they’re 6 months old. The thinking here is that before that time, he’s too immature to focus. But about the only thing, you can get two dog trainers to agree on is that the third dog trainer doesn’t know what HE’s doing!

But I personally do not subscribe strictly to the 6-month rule, because quite simply, all dogs are different. For example, Labrador retrievers are notorious for remaining “puppy” for quite some time. Like up to 3 years in some cases.

It’s more commonly two, but I had a Lab puppy once who was only 4 months old and was one of the steadiest, most focused little dogs I’ve ever seen. A very serious little boy.

So even though: Labrador Retriever

There can’t be any hard and fast rules on this, the 6-month notion is a decent guideline. Your problem may well just be an issue of maturity. Often we want to teach our puppy basic obedience skills right now, but he’s just not ready.

Make sure your little guy has had enough time to be a puppy before you start requiring him to focus on more than he’s really ready for. He’ll be a mature dog in due time. First things first.

It’s more important to set the proper precedents with young dogs. In other words, you must treat him like another dog who outranks him would. Don’t worry about hurting his feelings. He won’t perceive an “injustice” behind your boundaries.

Dogs can Understand you

Instinctively, he will understand why you disallow him from putting his teeth on you for example or jumping on you. You will be either a leader or a follower to him, and this comes down to appropriate messages, like the above two.

Puppy leash work is less structured than what he’ll learn when he’s more mature as well. He still has to get used to the leash, but you don’t want to be jerking him around so that he hates it.

Basic puppy leash parameters include no sniffing the ground until released to do so, maintaining a nice, constant forward momentum, and not letting him lead you.

He doesn’t need a drill sergeant right now, but he does need some simple, consistent limits. And enforcing the proper leash boundaries as a puppy indoctrinates him to a properly oriented pack hierarchy.

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Conclusion: Labrador Retriever

I use treats for some things, but not all dogs are treat motivated especially Labrador Retriever. Love, affection, and praise are always our best rewards anyway. Treats should always basically “appear out of nowhere,” as opposed to being used as bait (with the exception of maybe to teach ‘sit’).

And all rewards should happen within 3 seconds of compliance. And if you’re going to use treats, they should always be used simultaneously with affection and praise.

Because it’s not a lifetime of rewarding with treats, but it is a lifetime of rewarding with at the very least praise.