Is your Labrador from field trial lines, by any chance?

She's not exclusively field as there has been some cross breeding in her line. My other lab I mentioned that I've bred is a titled field dog, amongst other titles I've called on occasion, but she is really mellow by comparison. I think the people who answered this are right from what they've described. My pup is just high energy and the trainer mistook her for hyper and she'll outgrow it. I shouldn't trust that all trainers know everything just coz they train dogs <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> GSD: Just to clear a point: for whatever reason the breeder saw fit at the time, the contract doesn't state the GSD isn't to be bred, or isn't of breeding quality, (which doesn't make her a breeder in the absence of the breeder failing to stipulate this, I know). The vet used to breed and train his own GSDs (German). He's bred more dogs over the years than the breeder who bred mine, so I kinda listened to what he said since he appears to have a serious reputation locally. Then I read Ed's comments in the training pages somewhere that "soft" dogs don't make bad GSDs. From comments I've had when taken her to dog events, she gets alot of approval from the GSD section. So that's alot of people and made me wonder if I should be doing more with her in some way. So I guess I should just sit tight and learn more about the breed and what activities to do with her. Breeding her is not a necessity (and would cost me more money than I would make I suspect, in answer to somebody's point on this) I just needed some discussion/feedback/right track comments since I couldn't get her spayed when I took her! Footnote: I just bought a no-bark collar from this website, while unpacking it, my high energy little darling kangarood up as she passed on a leash being held by someone else, snatched it and chomped through to the wires. I had to smile. It was for her.

My Lab has a few Field Champions in his pedigree, but is more bench-type in his conformation, and has a functional "off switch". But I understand that the FT types tend to be more "high energy". I guess some people like that.