Labrador Retriever
Friendly, eager and famously food-motivated, the Labrador was developed to retrieve game, which is why so many love to carry things in their mouths.
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- Bred for
- Retrieving game for hunters
- Typical energy
- High
- Size
- Large
Where to start
Usually motivated by food and fetch. Use that in training and keep sessions short and rewarded.
First focus
Teach a polite greeting early: Labradors are enthusiastic and big enough for jumping to be a problem.
Next
Use their love of food in training, and practice waiting calmly before rewards.
Daily habit
Give them a job: fetch, carrying a toy on walks and scent games use what they were bred to do.
Breed notes describe tendencies in a group of dogs, not your dog. Every dog is an individual, and Dogify does not assess your dog. This is general training information and not a substitute for a qualified professional.
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