I can't tell where you live. Are there no ponds or lakes fairly close? If your pup likes to retrieve tennis balls, you may be able to get him...
The kennel we take our dogs to has about 70 acres with a large pond. It is common for the dogs to pickup Giardia there, and the kennel owners...
Most pups and dogs do not play much by themselves. They may chew on Kongs, bones etc. We have a fabric dummy on a long elastic (bunge inside of...
Does the Black Lab dislike most other dogs, or just Ariel? If he is generally friendly to other dogs, I would think some extra training and...
+1 Just keep them away from things you don't want chewed. Ours outgrew the tendency to chew up things that weren't theirs, and now we don't...
One of our friends gave us a years subscription to Bark Box for our dogs. It was pretty expensive, but they were able to do it without pain and...
Cooper still has a crate in the kitchen, but it is never closed. She has not actually been crated for 2 years. We used a playpen in the kitchen...
I've seen several dogs that bark aggressively when they are separated by a fence, but get a long fine when there is no fence. I don't really know...
Our two pups were wading as soon as they could walk to the creek. I think they were both swiming by 10 or 12 weeks. Cooper was a little bit...
I don't think the dock diving is as big an issue as just a lot of swimming. Our first Lab got it a couple of times when she swam several hours....
If there is no actual biting, (blood or yelps, not just bitey face) it sounds pretty normal. Most, but not all, pups are submissive to older...
Remember what they were bred for. Originally helping fisherman retrieve nets and fish off Newfoundland and then retrieving water fowl from rivers...
I think the first indicator of how important Nature (genetics) is the general characteristics of the different breeds. We have had one Malamute,...
One nice thing about Oregon's bottle deposit laws. There is a lot less glass around. I hope Penny's foot heals quickly.
Ours went up last weekend. We took the dogs and a chainsaw, and went to a local Christmas Tree Farm with friends and relatives. We forgot to...
I'm starting to have a better opinion of Labradoodles. Two of our neighbors have them. One is Cooper's size and just a little younger. They...
Cooper is definitely an American or Field style Lab. She stands 24" at the withers (even taller at the butt) and has a decided tummy tuck....
Cooper really reacts to dogs on TV. We have nose prints on the TV screen. She obviously knows which are dogs, because she does not react to...
Ours don't usually bark at people or dogs when they are in the car, but they will when they are in the house. One of the mysteries of life is how...
Our dogs have always been suburban dogs, but also spent a lot of time in the woods one hikes and trails. They all have been to stores like Home...
