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I learned my lesson about a week ago - never trust a puppy off the leash! I took Murphy out quickly before lunch and a man was walking by with his dog. It must've set the "I really wanna play with...

And if he runs from you, don't chase him! If he's doing this now, then yes: keep him on the lead.

Good luck! Sounds like today has gone well.

If I remember back to a few months ago, Murphy wasn't "fully" trained until about 12-15wks, but even then he was having accidents. He will still have the occasional accident if I ignore his signals...

Keep him on a leash with your for potty breaks. No playing until he does potty. When he potties, get SUPER excited and play, play, play. Don't send him out alone and don't let him play outside before...

I would agree that the boys take longer than girls to house train. Sophie was solid by about 14 weeks, Bruce, about 20. A lot of good recommendations here, so I'm not going to re-hash. One thing I...

I'm not a fan of crating, certainly not of the way it is practiced many times. Not in a crate so small the dog can only stand up and turn around because, when you miss an outing, and you will, they...

I agree w/ others above—he's still so tiny, his body can't hold that much for that long, and he doesn't yet know what you want.

We were very very lucky w/ our girl. I think she peed inside maybe...

Don't think of crating as being mean. It's no different than putting a baby in a playpen or in a crib. It's management so you can set the puppy up for success, which is the opposite of mean. There is...

LOL, I guess the potty issue has been pretty well dealt with above. I'll just add, there's no sense in saying Go Potty until he actually IS peeing or pooping. At this stage anyway. You want to...

We took Mocha out on leash almost every time during potty training. TT poo poo first then lots of praise and then play time. He still had several accidents but I think we missed his queues. I think...

Comet's 7 months and he's still having accidents once in a while. Boys are slower than girls too, I think.

Just be patient! They catch on eventually ;-)

LOL, it can take awhile. My pups are 5 months, and they are still having accidents from time to time.

He is still very young and as long as he is being active, I would take him out every 10 minutes, try for a potty -- LEASHED -- and if you don't get one within a minute or so, come back in, rinse and...

He's a baby and just cannot hold it and hasn't caught on to what you want him to do. My boy I brought home at 9 weeks of age had a few accidents in the house, pooped in my car on the drive home from...

Potty training will take a while - it isn't a quick process (although we all wish it were!) I read somewhere that they aren't "officially" potty trained until they haven't had an accident for 3...

so cute!

Hello and welcome

I see a long and happy friendship in the making!

As others have said, labs are happiest (and, I think, best behaved) if they are with their people. And inside. With their people.

I thought we'd leave our lab at home sometimes when we got...

I second the crying LOL I remember one night specifically, he was out of control and I couldn't handle him. I sat down on the couch and sobbed. He came over, stared at me, and then bit my leg as I...

puppies are crazy. bring many adults to tears (even when they were expecting it). it's not easy.

I will note that it's important also to take a break when you need it. crate the dog (put them...

That's one cool lab no doubt

That is just way too cute

One thing that I could never learn was to not sit on the floor and play. Basically if you do that, you're asking for a play bite. I know that it's really hard to not get on the floor and play, but...

Yes, he's a little young to have been taken from his mother—she'd have been teaching him bite inhibition—but just be consistent with it, and he'll learn.

We would give an immediate and very...