Bought My First Lab Tonight

Minimum 15 minutes of exercise (running not walking) for the next two years... if you want to have any chance of the pup chewing through everything.

Knock on wood, that's the one thing my chocolate hasn't done. Aside from the occasional blanket/towel/rag that he's torn the corners off of. But that dude will sniff out a sock under a pile of other clothes and come out with it like he won it as a prize. Toilet paper rolls, rags, socks, and bras. Not torn up per se, but trophies he "retrieved". If the gf's bad is slightly unzipped, he will be ears deep in it rooting around. He's lucky he's a jam up blood and duck dog. Good luck OP, prepare to have your patience slightly tested...

Should have gotten a pit bull.

Begin kennel and place training from the beginning, puppies are like children if you let them do whatever they want they think they can have everything and are undisciplined. Also what they learn in first six months they will never forget.

First six months is really, really importante. Try to spend as much free time with him/her as you can. If you can't your wife/gf. After that its all about the training. Good luck and be patient. If you whip him, make the butt the whip zone, not the head. That's where you pet him when he's good. And your voice will be all the dog needs to know if he's doin good or bad.

have had labs all my life, best dogs a man can ever have. Loving, loyal, very smart, and great with kids. I've never had a chewer but have heard horror stories. If you exercise them daily and provide them toys to chew and play with they won't chew furniture and door frames. All of my previous labs were black or yellows but the last one we got was a chocolate. This little guy is the best I've ever had and has a great personality (he thinks he's human). Good luck with your new best friend.