Cool Tricks To Teach Your Pet During Labrador Retriever Training

If there's only one thing labrador owners want to accomplish, that's effective labrador retriever training. Through training, a dog learns how to respond in ways acceptable by his human companions thus in turn can strengthen the pet-owner relationship. Socialization, basic obedience training and housebreaking are best taught in early stages to prevent undesirable behaviors from developing. While these things are deemed as the most important one can teach his beloved pet, owners may also teach extra tricks that will definitely amuse everyone.

Here are some tricks you may want to teach your pet:

Fetch.

Training a labrador to master fetch should not be so difficult since this breed is hard-wired for retrieving. They can carry objects in their mouths very gently and their webbed paws make it easy for them to retrieve stuff from the water.

Some labradors can figure out the command by themselves but if your pet needs training, you have to begin teaching the command "take it". To do so, hold a treat in front of your dog's mouth and issue the command "take it". If he has associated the command with the action, you will soon notice him opening his mouth as soon as he hears you give the command. Take this opportunity to slip a dumbbell inside his mouth and let it stay there for a few seconds. Praise and reward him with a treat. As soon as he is used with having the dumbbell in his mouth, carry on with "hold it". After he picks up the dumbbell, gently hold his mouth and command him to "hold it". After a few seconds, command him to "give" the dumbbell and allow him to spit it out. Continue working with each command and later on with the take it-hold it-give sequence. Increase the distance between your dog and the dumbbell little by little and don't forget to reward him with praise or treat for every good behavior shown.

Speak.

Another trick you can teach during labrador retriever training is speak. To begin with, you will need to pick a hand signal; twisting your closed fist, snapping your fingers or whatever is convenient for you. Give the hand signal and reward him with praise or treat if he barks. If your dog doesn't bark, keep on giving the hand sign until he barks. Regular practice of the command will eventually allow him to understand the trick.

Kiss me.

In fact, there is no need to teach your pet to kiss considering that dogs naturally love to kiss humans especially their owners. The only thing you need to teach him is to carry out the trick only after the verbal command is given. Give the command "kiss me" and lower your cheek in front of his mouth. Reward him with praise or treat when he licks your face on command.

These three tricks are just a few of the many things you can train your precious labrador retriever. Although labrador retrievers are recognized for being obedient and greatly trainable, be aware that training a specific command normally takes time. Just enjoy the training sessions instead of forcing your pet to learn things too early.