Stressmagnet

Hey. I've got a beautiful 6 month old lab boy. I adopted him at 6 months and it was pretty obvious he'd had little socialisation and training. I've been doing a lot of work with him and he now knows 'sit', 'come', 'stay' and 'shake'. We are working in 'place' (as in 'go to your'). One of the things I've been working on is to sit and wait for his food and to sit before the door opens or crate door opens. He's great at sitting before his meal and waiting for the 'okay'. At the door? Not so much. If he busting for a pee, he sits like lightening, but at any other time - he can stand there for up to 3 minutes before he complies. I don't endlessly repeat the command, and I DO reward with a 'good boy' and an open door. Is he just being stubborn or is there something I'm missing?

Thank you all. I'l be starting him gradually on the Canidae - he seems to have a typically cast iron lab tummy but from experience, labs can have skin itches so best to be careful. Thanks for making me feel welcome. He's just had the snip a week ago - I wish I'd waited and poked around these forums a bit more. I'm thinking 6 months was too young but I went by what I did in the Olden days LOL. I'll work out how to post a pic soon.

Hi I've got a 6 mos old lab pup who I've had for 2 weeks now. He was being fed Optimum Adult by the breeder. All my previous dogs have been on Canidae grain free. I read briefly somewhere that pups shouldn't be on this due to its high protein content. I was planning on switching him over next week. What do you think?