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Use 21 SmartPaws trait scores to understand household fit, energy, appetite, and the breed’s retrieving heritage.
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The SmartPaws Labrador Retriever Guide
How to Choose, Raise, Train, Feed, and Care for a Happy, Healthy Labrador Retriever
A practical guide to choosing, training, feeding, and caring for a Labrador Retriever, from the first days at home through the senior years.
Paperback release scheduled for September 25, 2026. Check Amazon for current availability.
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- Author
- John T. Choi
- Publisher
- Bluewell Publishing
- Edition
- First edition
- Paperback
- 114 pages · 6 × 9 inches
- Paperback ISBN
- 979-8-952548-03-9
About the book
Practical guidance, with the breed kept in view
The SmartPaws Labrador Retriever Guide connects this affectionate, energetic breed’s traits with practical decisions. Whether you are planning for a puppy, welcoming an adult rescue, or caring for a Labrador already at home, it helps you understand your dog and build habits that work for your household.
Explore 21 SmartPaws trait scores, responsible breeder and rescue selection, twelve essential training cues, and a flexible 12-week foundation plan. Guidance on feeding, body condition, grooming, ear care, enrichment, health concerns, and senior comfort keeps daily life with your individual Labrador in view.
What makes it useful
From breed traits to everyday decisions
Build a flexible training foundation
Work through twelve essential cues and a 12-week foundation plan, with checklists, schedules, and action plans.
Plan care across life stages
Bring together feeding, healthy body condition, grooming, ear care, enrichment, and questions to discuss with your veterinarian.
What the book covers
The book follows the ownership journey from choosing or adopting through training, everyday care, health planning, and the senior years.
- Household fit and responsible sourcing
- The first days at home
- Twelve essential training cues
- A flexible 12-week foundation plan
- Retrieving, scent games, and suitable water activities
- Feeding and healthy body condition
- Grooming, ear care, and common health concerns
- Senior comfort and daily routines
Continue with SmartPaws
The book is the foundation. The website stays current.
Use the companion breed profile, training guidance, food research, product comparisons, and printable resources as your dog’s needs change.