Today I am seeking advice from all who may read this blog that knows anything about a lab puppy. The Davis house is at our wits end with the most loving, stubborn 8 month old half Black Lab, half Newfy dog. She refuses to be potty trained, she gets things she knows she is not suppose to have....just to get us to chase her. It is her game. She does chew everything in site and most things we couldn't even begin to find. She jumps up on us every time we come through the door and she is so big we have trouble making her mind. Help!!!
We would take any advice anybody has to give us. Someone told Doug today..."Chew til two, then shed til dead." I don't know if our house can stand another sixteen months of puppy. EERRGGG! We try to keep her on a schedule but that doesn't always work. She gets up at least one if not twice in the middle of the night to go outside. Yep.... I get to take her out in the wee hours of the morning. She won't do her business unless we go out with her and give her a treat after she finishes.
I have tried things like pepper sauce on things she has chewed and she just licks the pepper sauce off. When you spat her with the fly swatter she thinks it is a game. Everything in the trash can is fair game for her to get and chew up.
I thought when we got her that she would be more Newfy than Lab but obviously, she has turned out to be mostly Lab.
Delilah goes on point so very easily that if she were trained and not so stubborn she would make a great hunt dog but since we don't hunt that is a moot point at our house.
Tried and true plans of attack would be great and you might try this type of idea would also be appreciated.
Mama is getting close to the snapping point around here and when mama snaps everyone knows.
I keep thinking that one day all the do's and don'ts will click in. Nope , hasn't happened. Like I said, she is a sweetheart when she is asleep but when she in on the prowl, no rest for the weary.
Until next time,
A dog trainer I ain't,
Vera
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