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Hello. I just bought a chocolate lab and I am wanting to train it for waterfowl hunting. I dont want to just be a waterfowl hunter but a pet also and I need some advice. tthakns

Moose
 
Lots of good books on the subject. Get it around guns asap. get her use to the sight. Then Work on the loud noise. Try not to get it gun shy. Once they are. Your done. Retriving is a natural instinct for them. Still takes work. But if they don't like the guns. Your finished. But my knowledge on the subject is very limited. I'm sure there is far better advice on here than mine.

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Lab will be a family dog no matter what you train it to do. Keep him/ner in the house and a part of the family. "10 Minute Retriever" is probably the best bet for a rookie trainer. I didn't use is on this dog but will use it on the next.
 
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I have 2 chocolates,one is 71/2, and my old guy is ten.They are both huntin' fools,and can tell the difference between a deer rifle and a shotgun at 5 in the morning!Check your local retriever club,I had my dogs professionaly trained,although the trainer would be horrified now.They are spoiled rotten,sleep on the couches and even on the bed if they can get away with it.When it comes to huntinf tho' they are all business,and I have seen very few dogs work better.So don't worry,you can have a family pet and a serious hunter at the same time! Good Luck! Mur
 
Congrats on the new Chocolate. I'm not much for reading so I always recommend Fowl Dawgs 1 DVD. He details/demonstrates everything a person needs to teach to have one hell of a hunting dog easily capable of a Master Hunt title. Plus, it's force fetch segment (foundation of training) is excellent.
 
A few problems you might run into with labs is a hard mouth and being gun shy. There are products that work on promoting a soft mouth but one of the best tools I've found is a egg. Unbroken egg carried=reward, broken=discipline.

I worked on one dog that was gun shy and cured him by carrying a small ball peen hammer around with me and hitting any object I came across to make a loud noise, after a while he got used to bangs and wasn't gun shy at all.
 
I have a chocolate lab.....

He was supposed to be MY hunting buddy!

However.......we bought him just before we moved and my wife was a stay at home mom for a year. Kiss that idea goodbye. He is so dedicated to her it is silly!

Great dogs!

My hunting buddy has her sister and she just threw 11 yes ELEVEN pups last week!

My wife is arguing for a second one but I am a one dog sort of guy.

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You can start off with a cap pistol at a distance or a .22. Give her some dog biscuits or do it at feeding time , if you can. As she eats, fire the cap pistol. Move in a little closer each day.As time goes by you can up the noise level to a shotgun and she will associate a gun shot to her food. Ofcourse you can only do this if you live where it's possible to shoot. I've trained a few labs but mainly goldens.Hard mouth has never been a problem, so long as you don't do things like play tug of war with toys , socks or dummies. All my retrievers have been pets. Some have been a little on the sucky side.IMHO, with a retriever, a pet makes a better hunting dog and increases the "eagerness to please" instinct. A good book if you can find it, is James Lamb Free's "Training Your Retriever". Good Luck and enjoy.
 
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