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    Thanks for all the tips, labs are much harder to...

    Thanks for all the tips, labs are much harder to research than Shepherds, there is less pedigree info available on the older stock.
    I've only ever had chocolates and so have never researched...
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    LOL yes, never thought to specify!! I am using...

    LOL yes, never thought to specify!! I am using pedigree database but for that I have to get the names first and I used to use a lab site that seems to have vanished! Or I'm using the wrong link!
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    Oh that's given me hope, even though the idea of...

    Oh that's given me hope, even though the idea of my lunatic even calming down never mind being gentle with a baby is currently unimaginable!!
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    Got same problem myself about to happen - my...

    Got same problem myself about to happen - my youngest is a very brash,pushy, rough two year old dog, who doesn't know his own strength (or possibly he does but really doesn't care! lol) I'm having to...
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    Top Labs from the 90's and 2000's

    Can anybody give me a link or a site address (if there is one ) that has pics of the top winning labs from the 90's onwards - trying to do some pedigree research and I've got a gap in the 90's!
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    Thanks everyone for your input, especially...

    Thanks everyone for your input, especially piccadilly - six studs running together while bitches are in season - that's def not something I'd do with Shepherds!! Very interesting food for thought on...
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    Question for breeders.

    Having come into labs late in life after a lifetime with herding breeds, I'm intrigued that I am constantly told that lab stud dogs are much easier going with their rivals than the average herding...
  8. It's sad enough that there are people out there...

    It's sad enough that there are people out there calling themselves trainers who are incapable of teaching a dog to walk on a lead, but shocking that instead of admitting their own limitations they...
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    I'm very pleased that we haven't adopted that...

    I'm very pleased that we haven't adopted that dress code over here yet - I haven't worn a skirt since I stopped wearing one for school uniform!! I must say I had noticed that presentation standards...
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    Thanks everyone, I did get to watch it - I won't...

    Thanks everyone, I did get to watch it - I won't comment on differences in conformation etc because it's so hard to 'judge' without being there and getting your hands on the dogs, and anyway I don't...
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    Thanks Barry but actually I meant to say a link...

    Thanks Barry but actually I meant to say a link so I could watch the Westminster show judging of labs, I've sort of got the hang of it over here!! ;-)
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    Would anyone have any info about a way to watch...

    Would anyone have any info about a way to watch the breed judging that will work in the Uk? I'm intrigued by the whole weight argument and would like to look for myself - especially as I have very...
  13. Absolutely, even after interviewing puppy...

    Absolutely, even after interviewing puppy purchasers at length, they can still tell a breeder what they think he/she wants to hear, hence I insist on delivering puppies on the day they leave. On one ...
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    I'm past being surprised by most of what I read...

    I'm past being surprised by most of what I read on forums - but even so sometimes things really stand out and make me cringe. This really, really horrified me.
    I have owned/bred/worked/trained dogs...
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    Back to a herding breed for me - I miss the...

    Back to a herding breed for me - I miss the 'wanting to please' aspect of dogs that is so much part of the herding breeds. I have enjoyed learning about the differences between breeds by living with...
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    I was rather relieved to read this, as I'm...

    I was rather relieved to read this, as I'm currently struggling to the point of desperation with a young dog and his body slamming - and I was almost convinced that either I no longer had the ability...
  17. It's talked about a lot in books on the breed -...

    It's talked about a lot in books on the breed - such as those by Mary Roslin Williams - along with the crossbreeding that occurred in the early years and the addition of bloodhound to the show...
  18. I'm quite stunned by this, and can only think...

    I'm quite stunned by this, and can only think that there is a big difference between the bloodlines of labs in America and those in the UK - in all honestly I have never owned/handled/met a correctly...
  19. I have had my heart set on a Chesapeake ever...

    I have had my heart set on a Chesapeake ever since they were described to me as "labradors with brains and bonding" - sadly they are very rare and hard to come by here. One of the few breeds I have...
  20. I must admit I have been pleasantly surprised by...

    I must admit I have been pleasantly surprised by the level of agility and ability in my labs. They are correctly bred and by no means "lab headed greyhounds" - but the young dog especially is as fast...
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    I've got one that does that, annoyingly he even...

    I've got one that does that, annoyingly he even does it out walking, will sweep up pebbles mid run and continue with them in his mouth, I started rewarding him for dropping them, then realised he was...
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    I won't leave my dogs alone longer than five...

    I won't leave my dogs alone longer than five hours ever, and tbh at the moment have a ten month old who can only manage three hours (work in progress, lol) BUT I've found many weird and wonderful...
  23. OMG I have seen everything now! So the idea is...

    OMG I have seen everything now! So the idea is not to train your dog not to bark or be noisy, or to work incrementally at something that causes that in a dog, but just to strap their mouths shut!...
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    The one time I don't trust the dogs not to howl...

    The one time I don't trust the dogs not to howl is when the bitches are in season - though the puppy does it under his breath when he has been told not to whine - it sounds like someone trying to...
  25. Never heard of it but will look it up now. I did...

    Never heard of it but will look it up now. I did get a copy of Ben Fogle's book about labradors (he's just a TV presenter who had a pet lab so I wasn't that thrilled at the prospect of reading it as...
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