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[quote=Anonymous]We got a lab puppy last fall. The not sleeping through the night phase was relatively short lived--maybe 6 weeks total, and we only had to take her out once per night. The puppy biting phase lasted until about 4/5 months old. The puppy high energy excitability phase is ongoing, though gets incrementally better as her training and focus improves, but really with a lab or golden temperament in the mix, it can be 2+ years before the puppy energy evens out. We got our previous dog, and first that was ours to be responsible for, a golden retriever, at 2.5 years old (was originally my ILs dog) and he was still really high energy and needed to be exercised a lot, but was great in the house and very sweet and easy going. I'd suggest you get an older dog for a first time dog honestly. We thought we were prepared for a puppy since we'd had a dog for 8 years already, but it was still and is still a lot more work to have this puppy than our previous dog was as an adult.[/quote]
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