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How to test my lab mix's soft mouth for retrieving? Can it be trained?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 year and 7 months old | 50 lbs

I want to try Training Sarah to retrieve Birds. How can I test if Sarah has an instinctive soft mouth? (50 lbs lab mix) if she doesn't have it can I train it?

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 19th, 2019

Please refer to this article about soft vs hard mouths in Retrievers. I hate to keep sending to you articles but the questions you are asking are in depth and we don't have a lot of space here to write. ( https://dogdiscoveries.com/retrievers-soft-mouth/ )

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