Home Forums Birds & Dogs Hunting Dogs What Do You Expect From Your Lab?

I can't speak for training a lab as a gun dog and besides training them for narcotics detection, tracking and SAR I've only ever trained one, start to finish as a Mobility assistance service Dog for a Wounded Warrior.Besides all the obvious, that dog had 11 tasks he had to perform. Judging by his ability to learn almost all by the time he was 11 weeks old, I'd say we don't expect enough from our labs...or other dogs.The first pic is him pushing a Handicap Button to open a door. He was 11 weeks old at the time and I had to lift him to reach it....Second pic is him opening a regular door when he was able to reach it himself. He took a piece of my heart with him....