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    Sleeping in crate at night..

    We have not made our dog sleep in the crate at night up until last night and he cried like a baby for 20 mins or so. Is there anything that we can do to make him want to be in his crate to sleep... he has a nice comfy bed and some toys in there with him. we also leave the TV on for him. He...
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    Food for puppy, what's best!

    We have been feeding the puppy the food that the breeder was feeding it a long with a mix of some that we bought from the vet. Is there a specific brand of food that is better for lab puppies??
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    Training a pup with kids..

    We have two daughters in the house, ages 6 and 9. Tango our yellow lab puppy will be 12 weeks tomorrow. We were doing really good with him and he was learning that NO meant NO and so on. Well now that the kids are out of school and are at home more he isn't behaving as well. They constantly...
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    Chewing on everything... including me!

    Our yellow lab will be 12 weeks old tomorrow, this is our 3 week having him home with us. He has done very well with potty training and doing his business outdoors, has had a few accidents but not on a daily basis. Now he is into chewing on everything-shoes, couch, people's hands, anything he...
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    Whines while confined to crate... HELP!

    He is a full breed Yellow Lab, he was 9 weeks old on Friday. I know he is still a little one but we are working at training him and want to get things moving in a positive direction. He was confined in his crate all morning and we went home at lunch and let him outside and-no accidents and he...
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    Whines while confined to crate... HELP!

    We brought home are pup yesterday and he is doing pretty good. We had the crate set up in the living room and he roamed right in there and got comfortable, ate in there and rested throughout the evening. When we went to put him in there to sleep he whined and whined.. then again this morning as...
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    Bringing pup home on Sunday, new to this.. WE NEED HELP!

    Mom Of 7 as soon as we get some pics of the little man we will post.. for sure. thanks again for your help.
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    Bringing pup home on Sunday, new to this.. WE NEED HELP!

    AllyKat, When we asked if we should have two different places to keep him, one throughout the day and one in the evenings when we are home. What was intended was; we weren't sure if we were crate training him if we kept the crate in the garage and he wouldn't have access to it without us...
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    Bringing pup home on Sunday, new to this.. WE NEED HELP!

    thanks a bunch for the information. We appreciate it. We will do our best... with the suggestions that you've made. We want to make sure we do our best the first time around rather then messing up and the training stepping backwards. BTW the people who we are buying the pup from, they do...
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    Bringing pup home on Sunday, new to this.. WE NEED HELP!

    My fiance and I are bringing home our new puppy this Sunday. He will be nine weeks on Friday (the 19th), he is a full breed yellow lab. He is currently in a kennel at the breeders with his Mom, Dad and siblings, they do get out of the kennel throughout the day to roam and play. We, nor do they...
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