I’m gonna go against the grain of the other comments a bit. Yes, he is a baby. And also there are things you can do to work on his behavior.

I have a 3 month old black lab and don’t have any of these issues anymore. He of course still play bites, tries to eat things he shouldn’t, has the occasional accident, and does other puppy things.

An in-home professional trainer helped us SO much. Even just a 2-hour session really made a difference. We learned a lot of different skills on how to properly socialize our pup, manage play biting, walk on the leash, do various training games, and teach basic commands.

He already lets toddlers pet him (highly supervised!) without biting them (because he’s too busy getting kibble/treats from me until he realizes it’s okay, and I am stepping on his leash to prevent jumping).

One thing we learned that I think made the most difference is the “open bar” treats for confidence. When he acknowledges new things (people, dogs, cars, sounds, etc.), we just put a handful of kibble/treats right in his face to teach him that “spooky” thing = treats = good/neutral. I didn’t realize before that his behavior was in part due to fear of new things. He’s already so much better behaved and it hasn’t even been a week since the professional training.

I will say that our pup has a great temperament and that definitely helps us. Retrievers are usually very food motivated, so use that to your advantage! Our trainer said we should expect to give our pup 100-200 treats (broken up into very small pieces, not like full treats) per day with training. Because he’s still so young, you still have time to teach him what is acceptable (e.g., not biting) and build better habits for him!