Hi Im a newbie and have a 7mnth old black lab called Hugo. He is my first dog but not my husbands. Anyhow he seems to be permanently hungry!! is this normal for labs? he has been weighed and checked at the vets wormed etc and he's getting the correct amount of food for his weight but still seems to be hungry all the time!. Weird thing is he wont always eat all his breakfast!! alway gobbles tea but not bothered about brekie!!. I do use food as a reward for his training and recall etc and it works well for him and he does have 'treats' but not excessively! Are labs just gutsy dogs? His weight is fine and he is not losing weight so I'm really unsure if those big brown eyes are being greedyor what??? Advice please!
Re: Hungry Lab? ;D ;D ;D Its greed ;D Its a Lab thing I`m afraid , I was the same when my lad was a youngster, convinced that he must have some mystery illness or a gigantic tapeworm, but no , he was, and still is, a very greedy boy
Re: Hungry Lab? Definately greed, welcome to the world of labs ;D They will eat their dinner, their kennel mates dinner, your dinner and still look at you with those big brown eyes, don't be fooled though
Re: Hungry Lab? Hugo sounds the same as Riley.....sometimes leaves breakfast particularly if there's a change in routine but always wolfs down his dinner and would eat treats until the cupboards were bare !
Re: Hungry Lab? Labradors are simple creatures. Essentially they comprise a mouth, a stomach and a butt with a few ancillaries. They have eyes, ears and a nose for finding food. The eyes and tail are for looking cute when there's food about. The legs are for taking it to food. Everything else is stomach.
Re: Hungry Lab? [quote author=bbrown link=topic=3026.msg32047#msg32047 date=1382641044] .....sometimes leaves breakfast [/quote] WHAT? Sometimes leaves breakfast? No! Unheard of in our house.... ;D ;D ;D unusual labradors, those....
Re: Hungry Lab? [quote author=hebegb link=topic=3026.msg31992#msg31992 date=1382629734] Anyhow he seems to be permanently hungry!! [/quote] ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D sounds very very familiar!!!! I guess my little buddy Odin would eat till his tummy would burst if i would let him! : :
Re: Hungry Lab? Never need to train a Lab on an empty stomach either. My trainer says don’t feed his evening meal as he will have it all in treats during the session. Yeh, and some : Good luck.
Re: Hungry Lab? Hi there. Had labs for the last 25 years. They are greedy dogs. I slow my dogs' eating down at feeding times by putting a large, rubber ball (tennis ball size) in their dishes with their food and this slows their eating down considerably. They are kept outed our dining room at eating times and this does stop them being quite as greedy and have been taught to lie at a distance if out on a walk and we are eating sandwiches etc. and get their biscuit or treat after we have finished - they know they always get this. The youngest does rummage on her walks but usually comes for a treat and 'good girl' and we even do this if it takes her a while to come. This approach has worked with the older lab (she's 7 and youngest 2). Good luck - it just takes time and patience - lots if it!
Re: Hungry Lab? [quote author=Hollysdad link=topic=3026.msg32057#msg32057 date=1382642339] Labradors are simple creatures. Essentially they comprise a mouth, a stomach and a butt with a few ancillaries. They have eyes, ears and a nose for finding food. The eyes and tail are for looking cute when there's food about. The legs are for taking it to food. Everything else is stomach. [/quote] Beautifully said ;D
Re: Hungry Lab? [quote author=Hollysdad link=topic=3026.msg32057#msg32057 date=1382642339] Labradors are simple creatures. Essentially they comprise a mouth, a stomach and a butt with a few ancillaries. They have eyes, ears and a nose for finding food. The eyes and tail are for looking cute when there's food about. The legs are for taking it to food. Everything else is stomach. [/quote] Too right ;D If they are not eating then they are thinking about eating.
