ChocolateLabs
Training Your Lab
Training Your LabReward-based training plans, from first commands to field work.
All 6 training your lab guides
Basic Commands for Your Chocolate Lab
Step-by-step, reward-based instructions for teaching a Lab sit, down, stay, come, leave it and drop it, with a 4-week practice plan.
Intermediate Training for Labs
Take your Lab beyond basics: place/mat, heel, wait at doors, distance recall, settle, and preparing for the AKC Canine Good Citizen test.
Chocolate Lab Puppy Training: The First 12 Weeks
A week-by-week plan for Lab puppies: potty training, crate training, bite inhibition, socialization during the sensitive period, and first cues.
Specialized Training for Labs: Retrieving, Scent Work and Dog Sports
Put your Lab's instincts to work: retriever hunt tests, scent work, dock diving, therapy dog work and obedience, with where to start for each.
How to Stop Your Lab Pulling on the Leash
A 3-phase, reward-based plan for loose-leash walking with a strong Lab, plus the right harness and what to do when your Lab lunges at squirrels.
Online Dog Training Courses and Brain Games for Labs
Mental enrichment for Labs: why it matters, DIY brain games, and whether an online course like Brain Training for Dogs is worth it versus a local class.