Sunshine, my black gal, is just at 4 years old, 25" tall. She is a lap busting 90#. She has a great waist and you can easily feel ribs. She is just a big, thick, muscular gal.
When she gets on...
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Sunshine, my black gal, is just at 4 years old, 25" tall. She is a lap busting 90#. She has a great waist and you can easily feel ribs. She is just a big, thick, muscular gal.
When she gets on...
I forgot about the simple pleasures in puppy life!!!
ICE!
A couple plastic cups of ice should always be in the freezer, I have 9 oz cups. For added fun, throw it in the pool!! They can run with...
Brain games. Try tying two favorite toys together. I found a piece of 1/2" hard yellow nylon rope at the beach. a loose half hitch around Mr. Bunny and a foot or so away another on the stupid squeaky...
Guess I'm the odd man out here! I live w/out AC and love it. The house gets morning then all afternoon sun but by using windows and a fan I can keep it pretty comfortable most days. I do have a small...
Labs grow in spurts, sometimes leaving them not really looking like the lab they will turn into. One day you look at them and their legs are way too long and the body way too short. Next day the ears...
I feel your pain. Sunshine was... not really the bad puppy... but... she just had too much energy to be in an enclosed area with other puppies. They were all terrified of her.
I did take her to...
Yet another endearing quality of being a lab owner! Epicurean delights we sometimes witness and would rather just not know about.
Being off leash country gals, all my labs have gone through at...
100% agree.
I have her confront the scary thing. In the box example, I would have asked "What was that?!!!??" And we would immediately approach it to investigate. Be confident in the approach, no...
One of the endearing reasons we love labs.
Sunshine gets Special Surprise TREATS ALL DAY!!!
I shop the day before and buy all sorts of vegetables that we do not have in the garden, broccoli, strawberries, peas... I'll cut and prepare...
Howdy and welcome pianomom!!!
Sebastian sounds a lot like my Sunshine was until she was around two years old. Energy wise that is. She was taught manners at the local off leash park. I have always...
LOL! There is that too! Once a place is no longer "Off Limits" a lab can form a mighty fuzzy 'what rules apply' there. Instead of not being allowed on the table, they start to think that there may be...
Labradorks is correct!
EVERYTHING in the house needs a name and she needs to know them. "This is the Dining Room, This is the Big Table." The coffee table can be the little table or Coffee table....
Must be a male thing, none of my gals has ever been a crotch sniffer.
I would start by nipping it in the bud. For my gals, in any social situation, when I clear my throat they stop and look. I...
Not an issue in our place, EVERYTHING is a possible "toy"! The rules are: If it is new, she brings it to me. I give it a 'name' and label it praise worthy, treat worth or hand it back and label it a...
Sunshine has more of a 'Thunk, Thunk, Thunk, is short secession. I always figures she is taking many very short sniffs, to narrow down where what she is looking for has been.
Head goes down, flag...
I'm up at 4:00 every day. Sunshine's feeding times are 4:00 and 4:00, food has become VERY important to her. Sometimes she will start at 2:00 but by 3:30 it HAS to be breakfast time, isn't it? If it...
Howdy and welcome from just a bit West of ya!
We can only do it on one day??? That really sucks, now I'll have to by gardening clothes.
Howdy Billybob and welcome!!!
I can sympathize as I was there not that long ago with my over energetic little black gal. She needed several hours a day of off leash exercise time.
A couple...
I use NexGuard, the once a month pill. No issues with pests or reactions in two years now.
I tried the topicals, but Sunshine is a water creature and they never seemed to last. The vet suggested...
Be happy to give examples!
Sunshine is field bred and has a strong retrieve drive. Her 'job' is to find whatever I ask for and bring it to me. Outside, she is always off leash, she thrives on...
Shoot, lost my post!!!
At one year old, he has a lot of energy and needs a job to do. Sounds like he needs some one on one time for training. I would think he is running away because he is bored...
Howdy and welcome!!!
What are her regular go-to toys? Is there a selection that is always out and she keeps herself occupied with? Are there some you rotate through, and hide for a few weeks to...
I think it is difficult to access if a lab is over or underweight by just looking at them. Even using the how easy can you feel their ribs thing. Sunshine, my field bred black gal, has always weighed...
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