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[quote=Anonymous]I somehow missed that it was a lab in the first post.  The dog should get a minimum 30 minute walk in the morning -- ideally more like an hour.  Initially dog should then go out about once per hour for a pee break, with another decent walk at lunch and then another after school and another after dinner.  Once the dog is maybe 12 weeks, dog should be fully house trained and you can start doing just the morning, lunch, afterschool and before bed walks.  Labs need a lot of exercise to be good dogs.  An under-exercised lab is just a demolition machine.  If you have a fenced in yard, you can sub in a vigorous game of fetch/soccer/chase-me for one or two of the walks.   Your nine year old should be able to handle at least that.  (Never play a game in which you or the kids chase the dog -- the dog should always be chasing you or the kids.  Also never play a game in which the puppy jumps up on you -- that will get old fast when he is big and strong and knocking you over.  Puppies that jump get "no jump!" and you turn your back to ignore them, or put up your knee in their chest.) [/quote]

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