Need advice on how to stop my young lab from running for the ditches.
Urgency:Need to know
Category: Behavior & Training
For: dogs
Asked by: jerri b. (jerracita) 1 year ago
How can I break my dog from running straight to the ditches when he gets out?? Hes a lab, a young, black, floppy lab. Im not sure this can really be done, but I need advice. Its too cold to take him to the river to swim, I do in the summer, but all he thinks about is hitting those yucky ditches.
Answers from Zootooers
Answered by: Tracy H. (Thudon) 1 year ago
Our Labs like to swim even when there is ice on the water. We just take them in after the polar dip and towel them off and put them by the fire. They know when it's too cold for them and they won't go in.
Answered by: ozy b. (ozy) 1 year ago
My lab does the exact same thing. Other than holding him back using a leash, I have not found any other method that works. Labs love water. It is in their genes. I think temperature has something to do with it too. There is a creek that runs alongside this trail I walk with my dog. He begs me to let him play in the water during Summer days, but not so much in the winter (even though the creek is not frozen).
Answered by: Barbara S. R. (barbararar) 1 year ago
Wish I could help but that's what dogs do. Good luck!
