So we're taking the plunge and becoming a two-dog family again. We have a 5-year-old black lab, and will be picking up a yellow lab pup in late March. Both girls. I've started HIIT training to keep up with her, at 51 will be interesting. I've trained 3 labs over the years, but am wide open to new ideas and suggestions for training if anyone has them. TIA.
I've had a dog for 2.5 years and if I were to change one thing it would not do puppy classes. Basic obedience can be done at home and hammered for repetitions and then imo the rest is desensitization/socializing naturally.
I'd also change the way I took my pup on walks to start where I'd let other dog walkers let their dogs say 'hi' to mine. He's really reactive to other dogs when we walk and I think me not just plowing forward to not hardly acknowledge other dogs was a factor.