“It’s not a huge issue because we very rarely have to travel by car; she’s been in it once since we got back here the week before Christmas.”...
I always de-crate at night first, they usually sleep and don’t get up to chewing at night, so long as they have had plenty of activity,...
The main site is full of good advice :) https://www.thelabradorsite.com/ I got my first Lab five years ago - they are definitely different (and...
Yes. We were doing this at puppy class this week, of course ours are bred for boldness and every pup, twelve of them, went straight for the...
I recommend a Lab (what else!?) I also recommend the book ‘Total Recall’ which you start from day 1 of getting the pup. It’s excellent. :)
Oooooooops! :p
Guide Dogs, as you can imagine, are very careful in introducing the harness. They start by putting food on the harness for the dog to find. This...
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Judged for having a well behaved dog. Ignore them, walk on by :)
Yes, most pups do. But I had one who only shouted after she’d weed :rolleyes:. So I just had plenty of fresh bedding to quickly change it. This...
I had one ‘swap’ - the young Lab was brilliant for her puppy walker, she was the opposite for me, I couldn’t get her to do a thing! A testiment...
We do that often at puppy class - it’s a real eye opener! We give subtle signals that we don’t realise, our pups attune to them and we think our...
Bless your husband :) The first few nights always have me on ‘high alert’ for every sound! But you soon settle and realise that if he really...
Welcome to you from Mags, Tatze and Keir from Manchester UK Tatze is my pet dog, a black Lab and she's four years old. Tatze means 'paw' in...
You’ll soon get into a pattern. Human babies are much easier - you wrap them in a nappy and pop them in a cot, job done ;) .
That’s a good strategy. Zaba (nearly 5) still gets a toy to greet people with :)
Fear not. I haven’t had a pup yet that hasn’t had lots of accidents. Puppy pads are great for mopping them up, I cut them into four - easy mop...
Little sweetheart :heart:
Sleepy boy. After a long free run with Tatze :) [ATTACH]
Exciting times! :doug:
