We have a 6-month-old chocolate Labrador, and I’m curious about other people’s experiences.

Our puppy gets overstimulated very easily. Whenever we give him attention, pet him, or try to cuddle him, it often turns into biting, jumping, or trying to initiate play. He’s not aggressive, just incredibly excitable and mouthy. Sometimes it feels like we have a little crocodile instead of a Labrador!

Meanwhile, I keep seeing videos of Labrador puppies on social media, like Woody the Chocolate Labrador, who seem unbelievably calm, gentle, and patient, even at just 5–6 months old. Their owners can cuddle them, kiss them, play with their paws, and they just lie there peacefully. If I tried that with ours, he’d probably start biting my hands or jumping all over me within seconds.

I know it doesn’t necessarily show reality, but it makes me wonder how much of this is normal puppy behavior and how much comes down to individual temperament.

Were your dogs also this wild, mouthy, and demanding at around 6 months old? Did they eventually grow into calm, affectionate dogs who could relax around the house without constant supervision? And if so, at what age did you start noticing a real change?
Or were your calmer adult Labradors already relatively calm as puppies?
I’m particularly interested in whether a very excitable puppy can genuinely grow into a laid-back adult, or whether we’re likely to have a high-energy dog for life. 😳

She will be 7 months old 10/20.

We had to put our 11-year-old lab recently. Our hearts were broken. We loved that beautiful girl. Well last week I called the place we got her from, just to say, if you IN THE FUTURE have any litters with our dogs bloodline in any way, let us know. Well she said, I just happen to have…..

And then Casey came into our lives. He is helping mend our hearts each day.

I think this derp wanted a cuddle

Meet Martha! (Aka Martha Moo 🐮 or Big Marfs)

When we rescued Martha at 9 weeks old she was around 4.5-5kg. I just weighed her at 5.5 months old this week and she is 15.3kg. Is she on the smaller side? I saw another lab at 6 months weighing in at 22kg and there's just 2 weeks difference.

For reference she is sitting next to her American Foxhound / beagle cross Harold who is about 32kg and very tall/lanky.

What did your female labs weigh at 6 months, and are they small or large fully grown?

Thanks! 🤎

She saw me add the glucosamine chews to her breakfast and refused to eat it. I added broth. Not good enough.

I tossed a little more kibble on top. Still no.

So I removed her bowl and now she has a big sad.

pic of the big baby

I wish I was kidding but this sweetie is scared of his new water bowl. He had an incident this week where he drank a bowl of water super fast and then immediately threw it all up. He’s always drank his water super fast like he’s parched. I decided to buy him a slow drinking water bowl to help him slow down and hopefully prevent another puke party. The problem is, he’s terrified of it. There’s a piece of it that floats on top of water and only allows him a small bit at a time, and he drank out of it once and skittered away when he saw the piece bobbing in the water.

I guess I’m looking for advice on how to get him to drink out of it? Not be afraid? This feels like such a stupid question but I know he’s thirsty, he keeps walking over there like he wants to drink but he won’t.

Hi guys! We found a puppy abandoned on the road, I'm not sure if he's a lab and I also don't know how to take care of him since I've never raised a pet before. I'm hoping u guys can help me out :) thanks in advance!

I get such a warm fuzzy feeling with labs. They are just adorable. There is nothing in the world wrong with them. I just can’t imagine someone with a poodle or a pug or whatever could ever get the feeling that I get with a lab. But they must do, right? I just don’t understand it. How could anything be cuter than this hanging under your desk whilst you work

If ball isn’t thrown expeditiously, rolls under couch, or is otherwise deemed inaccessible in her little puppy brain, she cries incessantly until ball is back with her.

Ball is life.

I know she’s not the only one… show me yours!

I know I post her a ton but she’s just so beautiful and I’m so in love!

She did get a lil puppy pancake for being a (mostly) good girl.

Went to vet to get a booster jab and a yearly checkup flee and worming tablets etc but this lump diced to jump on the chair next to me and wait like a human

The title kind of explains my whole post but I have gotten several comments on how its strange that I let the dogs on the bed. Does anyone else sleep with their dogs? I love my sweeties so much, I couldn’t be so heartless to deliberately make them sleep on the floor.

It's been a little weird getting used to dog energy after having mostly cats for the last decade. We love him so much though, he's respectful to his cat brothers, and they love watching him play fetch and be crazy. He's an excellent swimmer, is obsessed with his toys, and is learning a lot!! 💖 My BIL got puppy fever after meeting him, so Dio now has a cousin named Loki (one week difference)