Annoying dog

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My lab does this thing where he wants to chew his toys on my lap. I don't like it because he inevitably catches me with his teeth plus he's heavy. I keep moving him away and saying no but he thinks it's a game. I also get up and walk away. He just waits till I'm sat again. He's 18m any ideas?

how can he get on your lap if you don’t let him?
Either way I’d stop letting him on the sofa and keep him on a lead so he stays on the floor

sorry my message sounds really short I didn’t mean it to be

Yeah probably easiest just to keep him off the sofa.

Take away all chews. Teach him to go to his dog bed with the command "bed" every single time you sit down on the sofa. That will keep him at a respectful distance to start.
Re introduce chews once he is reliably going in to his bed without you needing to tell him every time you sit down. And he only gets to chew chews in his own bed from now on.

The bed command is very useful to use when people come to the front door too.

Once that is established teach him to "leave" chews and do this training outside only. Use the chews as rewards to get him to sit and stay at a distance from you. (That will reinforce the personal space issue inside too.) Once well established do the leave training and the sit and stay training inside too.

The you can transfer the leave and sit and stay training to when you sit down on the sofa, and then interchange it with "bed" too. So you sit down, you tell him sit and stay a short distance from you or "bed".

If you eventually want him to join you on the sofa, I would reintroduce that part of training when he is older and less chewy. But make sure he has to ask permission each time before jumping up.

Hope that all makes sense.

He’s bored and wants you to interact/play.
Get a tug toy and when he does it, play with him for 5/10minutes. Then allow him to settle down with his chew toy.

Every time he does it take the toy away somewhere he can't get
Until he eventually runs out of toys?

Meant to add that "leave" command essential for labs when out walking in case they go to eat someone's picnic in the park or some unsuitable rubbish in the street.

The solution to your problem is establishing very key basic training and reinforcing it every day 2 or 3 x 10 mins or so. Always end on a positive note and make it a fun and positive experience each time.

Every time he comes onto your lap with a chew or toy, remove him. Every single time. It may be easier to have a lead on him for now so you can gently encourage him off using the lead. You have to be really persistent because as soon as you give him once, he'll think he can do it all the time.

Thank you really helpful comments. I sometimes get lost and forget the basic training techniques

That's not very nice. Poor dog. He only wants to play

So eventually, you end up with a bored unhappy dog that's left wondering where all the fun has gone?

Not the way I trained my dog.

No I don't mean every time. I assume OP doesn't ignore the dog and never play with it. But like us, not all day is playtime. I mean when it's time to stop that particular activity? Surely you teach them to self soothe as well because they are probably not going to have company 24 hours a day and need to feel content alone too.