It was kind of an assessment last night at class - next week is the last week of puppy school and the assessment concludes then. Monty did really...
Thanks LynnNoelle. On EDP's advice we enrolled Monty at Kennel Club classes and at 7 months he is about to finish puppy school. We did an...
Hi, we carried Monty around in our arms before he was vaccinated - I spent some time looking at slings but couldn't settle on one, and they...
Another puppy training class last night - partly went well, partly not. What went well: Monty did a sit/stay in a room with 3 other dogs and their...
Quick update - yesterday Monty was playing off-lead in the same field as a car boot sale, and this morning he was off-lead in the same park where...
Monty spent pretty much all of last night's class staring at me - it's a wonder he didn't get a sore neck as I was at his side. He got off the mat...
Hi Mollie, Monty is 6 months old and crate trained. We found that the following guidance worked for us - Crate Training Your Puppy in Easy Stages...
Third puppy class last night and there was lots of barking from the other dogs, but Monty didn't join in thankfully. He is getting a lot better at...
It was Monty's second puppy class last night and it was great. The trainers had noted how excitable he is and made sure we had a place in the hall...
Monty is now 6 months and 1 week old. He's 18.5kg.
Thank you Edp, the KC trainers are fabulous, and so helpful. Monty's new double ended lead arrived yesterday, which was recommended by the KC to...
Monty is a 6 month old working line puppy and is our first ever dog. I want to keep this log in the hope that it will show some improvements as we...
At 5 1/2 months Monty weighs 16.2 kg.
Hi, have you tried the steps in Pippa's Total Recall book? We're using that for our 20 week old lab and it's working well. Running away from him...
Thanks EDP - it's good to hear that others have boisterous labs too - everyone who lives by me seems to have had a very docile lab puppy - or...
Thanks for your response Katrin, it's really useful to hear the experience of others, especially as this is our first puppy/dog. I saw a guide dog...
Hi, I have a 4 month old working-line puppy and finding it quite overwhelming. We have just finished his weekly one hour puppy classes. He was...
Hi, I'm a first time lab owner - Monty is just over 15 weeks now. From my experience and reading other posts on this site I would expect a...
Hi, I have a 15 week old yellow lab named Monty. I'm a first time dog owner and had similar issues with a broom and vacuum cleaner. I got him used...
Monty is a working line dog, and weighed 4.6kg at 8 weeks and is 9.2kg now (14 weeks).
