I am going to get a 5 month old yellow lab puppy and was wondering if there is anything I should know. I am gonna train her myself with a buddies help which has a chessie that he trained and she is excellent. If there is any tips or tricks y'all could help me with I would really appreciate it!

Well just what was said to me in the above post get the book (waterdog) I have now read the book and wish that I could have done it all over again from the beginning, well my pup is the same age as your is and I feel that im am starting all over again now that I've read waterdog , the book is very easy to understand with lots of pic's.

Yeah I seen everyone recommended that book I will have to get it and read it. Hopefully it won't be to hard to train him! Thanks for info.

I read water dog and I just liked the wildrose kennel and the duck dog basics DVD a lot better, I'm not much of a book reader and I skipped a lot of the book cause he rambled on a bunch it seemed to me. Just my .02

Yeah I'm not to much of a reader either but thought about trying to read it. I appreciate it.

Yellow labs get ear infections alot.Thats what my vet said. Dont know if its all of em mines 7 years old.Been fighting those dam ears hes whole life.Great dog.Cute as shit when there a pup.X 2 on the Water dog book i read it when he was a pup.Helped alot

I picked him up today and he is 4 months old. When I put him on the leash he don't wanna walk with me I don't know what to do about it everything else is good though if y'all could give me some tips that would be great!

Try a Harness more control with out choking the sh-- out of him. Walk fast and in control keep him tight at heel postion. With in a few weeks you can go back to a collar. Good luck.

Alright I appreciate that, I'm trying to work with him a little on obedience but he just don't want to pay me no attention I'm not to sure whats rong. But thanks for that advise.

4 months old she's just getting started. Buy Smartworks, the whole series and start with the puppy dvd. Waterdog is pretty outdated and there easier and faster ways.

I just put mine on a regular collar, not a choke cooler, and she did that the first 2 or 3 times.. But I just kept saying heel and when she got where I wanted, removed the pressure and told her good girl.. Worked good for me.

I ordered water dogs the other day and started reading it and got tired of reading about random crap that had nothing to do with training my dog. I don't care about all the crapy dogs he's hunted with or how many times he says this books not for field trials or how many times he compares different dogs, I just want some pointers on better ways not a bunch of blah blah blah. So like usual I just ordered a DVD instead.