r/LabradorRetrievers

Hello Labrador community. I’m writing as I have a question that maybe you all could answer. I’m perplexed here.
I have a 14 year old chocolate lab that I’ve had since she was a puppy. She’s a full breed American lab. As she’s become a senior she’s had some personality changes. Mainly, of the not gonna do it, I’m retired sort of attitude. Which is fine as she deserves it for giving me so many great years.
But she did something to me the other day that had completely perplexed me. I had to do some work in the front of my house and she wanted to be there with me. As you all know that’s all they really care about is to be with their family. But I didn’t want her outside with me in the front of the house as I would have had to tie her up and I was vacuuming my car. I really wasn’t into having all the cords tangled up.
Anyway, I left her in the house with her normal treat, which she didn’t care about, and she barked constantly. I figured she’d finally get over it and go chill out somewhere. That’s not what happened.
She surprisingly jumped her 14 year old ass up on my bed and proceeded to pee on it. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy about it. So I spent the rest of the day cleaning the linens.
At bedtime, the job wasn’t done, so I went sleep in the spare bedroom. Basically, I hopped in bed to 8 hour old pee in the bed. That didn’t make me happy either. She didn’t just pee in my bed, but all available beds. It seems to pass the separation anxiety point and cross over into spite.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? She’s never done ANYTHING like this before. Ever. Thank you in advance.

I'm looking for some youtube/training resources for an adult dog. She's 4. She's a great girl at home, but in public she sometimes struggles with excitement and wants to jump on people. The biggest issue though is that she also drags me on the leash because she smells everything. If I walk to the house and let her out, she'll trail my smell all the way back to where I started--pulling me the whole time. If she finds a good smell, she'll pull my arm off to trail it. I'm not sure how to deal with it anymore. I've tried walking with treats -- she's very food motivated. But as soon as I try to wean off the treats, she goes back to smelling everything. We always joke that if I ever went missing, she'd be able to track me down, but also I need to be able to walk her and not dislocate my shoulder if she catches a whiff of something.

Most of what I'm finding is for puppies, but that ship has sailed and we obviously let bad habits set in. I need some help correcting this now.

I was hoping to get some advice or suggestions on leash pulling. My 72 pound lab kicks my ass when I take her on walks. She’s 1 1/2 years old and has the power of a horse. I tried a harness and it helped, but she is still able to pull a lot. I tried a prong collar and it helped, but I didn’t feel like it was a good permanent solution. She also still pulled when she saw other dogs or cats. I tried a slip lead and that just makes her almost choke herself. I’ve tried shock collars but unless I really turn it up, it doesn’t change her behavior. And I don’t want to always be shocking her as the solution. I’ve also tried the vibration option on the shock collar as well and that helped but she’d pull as soon as she saw another dog or cat. She’s such a good dog and is so great at listening when SHE feels like it. But I’m at a loss on what to do for leash pulling 😭😭