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poor pup. I would get some professional help ASAP before things get worse. The sooner you start counter conditioning the better. Find a qualified, experienced and educated professional that uses...

Since this is a dog forum I read Put to Sleep for the first three letters. Glad I was wrong.

I believe PTSD exists as well. Stig is just at the age where dogs tend to come into themselves,...

I completely believe that dog PTSD exists. Our house was broken into three times while our lab was home alone, and who knows what happened during that time. Afterwards she started to shake...

As you noticed, chasing after the dog is not effective, because you're playing the classic dog game of "I-have-the-toy-and-you-don't-and-I'm-faster-than-you. Oh, they love that game.

The...

That's what I found. It was the NOrth South that made the difference. Try that. The trainer we were working with only threw two balls as well but he threw them both south. N/S made all the...

I agree with Smartrock that if you really want to hunt, getting a good trainer is a good idea. The dog probably knows the retrieve, it's just not been handled correctly in one way or the other. As in...

Have you tried with two toys? You throw one and when he runs back you show him you have another one in your hand :) Then you throw the other one when he brings back the first one.

So as someone at our field training said, Stig will "trieve but not RE" :). We struggled with this too and had no success until we discovered North/South Fetch on a UK gundog site. Where FF and...

I suspect getting your dog to fetch for fun and fetch for hunting are 2 different kinds of activities. There are some hunters on this board who hunt with their dogs and others who have trained the...

Like AlexS said, try the hallway, doors closed. Do that for awhile, then move into a larger part of the house for a while, then the yard -- add a long-line so he cannot get away with it.

Also,...

Repetition in hallways worked for us when our girl didn't want to fetch. Don't keep playing of he doesn't bring it back.

If you want him to retrieve as a job (hunting, obedience, etc.) then you have to treat it less like a game and more like an exercise, much like you have taught sit or leave it. You can still have fun...

Yes he does!!!

Man's best friend...

That is the happiest, happy lab dance ever! Cutie patootie! They really love their daddies, don't they?

Oh boy is that a happy dog

You could JOKINGLY say "we rescued him from his reputable breeder". It will get a quizzical look as they try to figure it out!

So cute, he definitely LOVES his dad!

amen

I simply say that if people ONLY supported RESPONSIBLE breeders, there would be no need for rescues/shelters.

People are amazing with how nosy they can be. Pat and I were shopping for appliances the other day. I made a comment to Pat about how I preferred knobs beneath on a range top as opposed to on top....

Like everyone said its nobody's business. I have 2 shelties from a reputable breeder. I didn't want a shy skitzy sheltie as working with dogs I've seen from shelties from puppy mills and back yard...

I totally get that. I usually just answer because it shuts them up.

I completely agree, Bacon was worth every single penny! I just dont like disclosing stuff like that to complete strangers...but thats just how Jake and I are.

I always answer! People are usually surprised and I always say that she was worth every penny and I would pay twice what we did for a dog like Luna.