Cafeoutdoors.com: Retriever Training at 5 months

Well Mocha is approaching 5 months and is just starting to get her adult teeth coming in . She's been retrieving fine and introduced to water , gun fire, kids, other dogs and swimming . Not too many problems so far ,she sits , heals ,comes and lays down on command, no hard forced training yet and her adult teeth are just starting to come in so will probally go get some pigeons and use softer bumpers (like paint roller and canvas bumpers)and wait till her adult teeth are fully in before any strict forced training and training collar are used. All I'm trying to do now is NOT cause future problems so I don't have to fix them . She still gets very excited when meeting new dogs and people and jumps on them sometimes . She was retrieving bumpers at the pond and one time instead of wading in slowly she jumped off dock and her head went under water , it kinda freak her out , but seems ok now , waiting for lake/pond water to warm up a little to get her swimming more. Any other Helpful suggestions for this time period of her training would be appreciated --Thank You in Advance --Stoneman--

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