Anyone else here training an older dog? (lab, train, adopt)

[Townandcountrygal]

Just curious if anyone here is in the process of training an older dog basic obedience? How is it going?
We adopted Hobbs, our lab mix, about 3 years ago from a shelter. He's probably about 7 now. Taught him how to sit but resuming training on other basic commands and am very surprised how well it's going--of course, he'll probably do anything for food ! After his brief training sessions, he does the happy butt-tuck thing and races around the living room so he must be pleased with himself, too.

[young92]

I prefer to train older dogs vs puppies. Older dogs have better attention spans and love the interaction. They are sooooo much more fun to work with!

[scgali]

In my experience older dogs are just as easy to train. We usually adopt older dogs from shelters (5+ years) and take them all through basic and intermediate obedience. They have all done very well. We have trained younger ones too and I see no difference.