re: Am I expecting too much from my lab puppy?

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Ok thanks guys. I plan to send him to be trained professionally.

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im told they are like kids when young and can be stubborn but as they get a few years old they mellow and will listen and do everything you tell them.

my BIL has a golden retriever that absolutely will not poop or pee unless you tell him to. i dog sat for him once and saw this first hand. he would run around the yard and come back and whimper until i told him to go poop, then i had to tell him to go pee after

it was the damnest thing i ever saw. the could go somewhere and be gone for hours and the dog would sit at the door and wait but never once peed or pooped in the house ever