This is about a chocalate labrador I feel really sad for his owners he seems to be really cold towards his owners with no interest in whatever they do he is 1 year old i have seen him all through his puppy hood and nothing wrong has been done to him I mean he is taken care off to the best he is very happy to be with the servants but no attachment towards his owners who love him very much. he does not even like their proximity and just moves away from them. he obeys sometimes but chooses to be left alone without any activity in play please help ?
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Ivan

Sounds like an over-spoiled dog to me. Attention and love is gushed over every time he is near the owners, so he doesn't feel any need to please them and only comes around when he wants this affection. The other people just treat him like a dog and he is fine with them. Does that sound like the situation? If it does then the owners might need to start a training program and what is known as the "you're grounded" program. The dog has to work for anything this way (sit for a pat on the head, lay down before a walk, etc.). It will take a while, but once the attention isn't free he will value it more.

It's also possible that the owners are punishing him for something that he doesn't understand, so he thinks they don't want him around. Impossible to say without seeing the dog, but hopefully you can help them figure it out.

Servants? Did you say “servants”?

Here’s what the owners should do: ship the dumb lab to the pound, or give him to the servants, whatever... Then they should adopt ME. I come with three lovable German Shepherds who will love them to death. If they don’t, I’ll train them to—no problem. And everyone will live happily ever after <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> .

If the servants are the primary caretakers of the dog, he'll bond to them and not to the owners...get the owners to be more involved with him, feeding him, playing with and walking him, training him. He can't be expected to know who he's supposed to bond with.

I dont know if this will make sense or not, but in human babies, in the study of them we have found that some babies by no fault of the parents at all they just are totally unattached to the parents, they push away from them when picked up and if left alone the baby could care less that the parent is gone. I dont really know what can be done about a dog who doesnt care about the owners, I would just get rid of it and find one that does like the owners. We have a neighbor with a yellow lab somewhat like you described, everyone on our block calls it the retarded dog.

Megan is exactly right.


The people that take care of a dog, raise him, feed him, who he spends most of his time with are his pack. . .no matter who owns him.

Well Thanks for the replies but after i have told them this they really donot drool over him but this dog does not really like to train with any kind of motivation he would just like to rush back home to his cozy corner but would go out anytime with the servants who he drags around any time but would not go out with anyone who he knows is capable to control him. he was a very chirpy pup but would pull like a bull on the leash has obedience training effected him he just wont react to anything any body faced this with a labrador is it a genetic trait or imprintation of anykind.
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Ivan

It's most likely the owners fault for not spending enough time with him when he was a pup. If they are willing to put in some time, I'm sure they could get him back. Labs are sweethearts, and I'm sure with a little work he'd come around. It doesn't look like these people really care about the dog. If they won't put in the time, they should find the dog a good home (maybe with the servant?) and NOT get another one, this isn't a problem with the dog, it's with the people.
Tell them to play with him constantly, find some toy he likes, I refuse to believe there is no toy he'll touch. Get them to take him out for walks, even if he doesn't want to. Let him have FUN, it shouldn't be work to spend time with his owners. Even bribe him with food if they need to.

I had a similar problem with my weimaraner. We got him when he was 18 months. He had had minimal if any human contact his whole life. He had no idea what a toy was, or how to interact with people or other dogs. With a lot of TLC he eventually came around. He was a lot worse off than your lab, first of all because the breed is so neurotic, and second because he didn't have any social skills whatsoever. He still doesn't act like a dog, but he is great in his own way and we respect that he's a little "different."

The lab will come around, if they are willing to give him some TLC!