My dog is soooo disobediant, what should I do?

get a crate ... clearly a puppy with too much unsupervised time ... and she did not chew up those items, she was ALLOWED to chew things cuz the owners were not watching a puppy ... and then you need to consider training classes to help YOU on how to train a dog ...

Your dog needs to learn you are in charge and then she will obey when you say no. If you just start saying no she will blow you off if she doesn't KNOW 100% YOU are in charge. Try these simple exercises to test if she respects you authority.

1. Lay her on er side and try to push her head to the ground with your hand. If she goes with you she is submissive if she fights she isn't.

2. Lay a treat on the ground about 4 feet from your dog point directly at it and look at your dog. Say "Roxi, No, Leave it!" Know take a step back. If she does not dart in and eat it take another step, then another,............... staring at her the whole time! If you can get about three steps away without her darting then she respects your authority to some extent and your training will be easy.

If your dog passed both the tests above you can progress to "No" training. If not practice both the tests 3 times every day until she passes both.

No training:

Dogs do not come knowing the meaning of "No" you need to train it to them. A puppy quickly begins to pick up the meaning from watching everyday life and seeing that after you say no something is removed or they are moved away. If the word is over used though a pup will quickly begin to ignore it. So you need to re-train it. When your pup is chewing something or ___________ (fill in space with one other thing you dislike) remove the puppy or the object and say "Roxi, No." by only using it for two things at the beggining you are teaching the pup it has a meaning. When the puppy beggings to stop every time you say no you can add one more thing you diislike and continue adding things one by one when she masters the before.

6 or 7- about 18 months is a puppies "teenage" years. Do not get discouraged! This time will pass. Now is a good time to build your relationship with your pup and work on simple training. When the teenage years are pass you can do more training and you will have a firm foundation.

Labs and lab mixes love to chew!! A few things to try:

1. Training, if you haven't done that yet. Get her into a good program so the two of you can learn together.

2. Put bitter spray on objects you don't want chewed. If you're lucky, your dog will dislike the flavor so much, she'll stop. We use bitter lime spray, because the bitter apple spray didn't stop anything.

3. Give your puppy a bully stick. They are safer than rawhide, and dogs LOVE them. They are a bit expensive, but you can buy them at bulk food stores or online for cheaper than you would get at a pet store. There are days when it's the only thing that will stop my lab mix from chewing.

4. If your puppy is having pain from teeth coming in, use ice cubes. For a special treat, freeze chicken broth. They love it!

5. Give her LOTS of exercise. A tired lab is a non-chewy lab.

Hope this helps... labs were bred for using their mouths (they are retrievers, after all), so it takes some time. But she will learn with time/maturity.

You have a puppy. Labs are great dogs and live to play. Enjoy this time as it will pass all too soon. Step one, is to get your girl in a puppy safe environment. Either outside in a safe yard or inside with all your stuff OPR (out of puppy reach). Step two, start a little training game with her. Every morning and night you will put a leash on her and walk her around the house inside or out and stop and talk to her about what you are stopping at. i.e. "Here we are stopping at the door. OK lets walk" "OK here we are stopping at the table" , Ok lets walk, Ok her we are stopping at the tree. etc etc. Have her sit each time you stop. This puts you & her on a good leash walking and who is in command relationship. Make your walks real short at first. 1 minute. If you find she is tugging at the leash get a pinch collar,They don't hurt the dog like so many believe. Put it on your wrist before you buy it so you will know that it is harmless. Never leave them alone with a pinch collar on. Then after a few days of this you will see a little change in her and she will start to pay more attention to you when you want her to mind you. Dogs are pack animals so a good way to train a dog not to do something is to shun them i.e. When they start to chew on something they should not be chewing on,GENTLY push them away from you and say "go away" Don't let anyone else in the family play with them either. They will not like it and will give you the saddest face you will ever see. BE STRONG make them go to their bed or a corner. It will be great, Have fun.

PS she is a member of your family now so you can't abandon her, the price of being a Mom.

This dog needs to be trained. You also need to put your shoes, hats, wallets etc., where she can't get to them. All puppies chew and Labs are renowned chewers. If you leave stuff around she will find it and chew it.

If she is left outside unsupervised she will find something to amuse herself, hence the chewing of the foam around the trampoline poles.

Take her to obedience training classes so you learn how to train her. She's a puppy and all pups are full of mischief.

ADD: Spraying her with water may stop her in her tracks but it's hardly training her. Training is teaching the dog how to behave and teaching her to obey commands.

First - remember she's a puppy and puppies chew! Be sure you have lots of approved toys that she CAN chew; no rawhide, but nylabone products, large raw knuckle bones from the butcher and bully sticks.

Then, keep your clothes, shoes, wallets, etc. picked up and put away. If those things are left out then it's YOUR fault if they get chewed up.

Last, it doesn't sound like this dog is getting nearly enough exercise. Large puppies need LOTS of exercise. Take her for LONG walks or runs - play frisbee or fetch with her, but give her lots of exercise. A good dog is a tired dog. Also, she WILL outgrow this phase so just be patient.

Two things. One, your dog is teething and that whole process has ebbs and flows of real discomfort which can drive a dog buggy in an effort to find relief (chewing anything). Giving the dog appropriate toys and things to chew on are really helpful. Give the dog a chance to be successful by putting obviously attractive items out of reach.

Two, you can help alleviate these mouth issues through TTouch. Get your hands on Linda's revised book, "Getting in TTouch With Your Dog" and check out working with the mouth through various touches. It helps TONS! The mouth is a storehouse of emotion as it's closely connected to the limbic system and is the terminus of several meridians governing different systems within the body.

TTouch also increases the bond.... which is a really nice perk.

Well, obedience class will help, for starters. Whenever a puppy can not be supervised, it should be crated to prevent these things (and worse) from happening. If you're supervising it, and it chews something up -- you weren't supervising very closely. Make sure she has her own "stuff" to chew on. Anything you value, keep out of her reach -- just like toddlers. If she chews up the TV remote (or, whatever), it's actually your own fault, because: 1) you weren't supervising her, 2) you didn't crate her if you weren't supervising her, 3) you didn't put the remote out of her reach. She's a puppy, and is going to chew -- she's not necessarily "disobedient".

Gee...Have you thought about actually training the dog. Puppies, much like human babies, need to be taught stuff. Puppies don't come trained.

Find a good obedience training class and enroll. Don't blame the dog for the bad behavior. How your dog behaves is actually a reflection of yourself.

This is a lab's teen years where they do stupid things, eventually they will grow out of it.