Labs (aka the lesser St. Johns Dog) were used by the fishermen to retrieve nets and escaping fish. They came to Newfoundland on fishing boats....
Sound like he is getting too hot, and also needs to get a drink on the walk. When we go to one of our favorite off lead areas, Tilly will run...
Drugs:rolleyes: Both Tilly and Cooper jumped over the couch when they came back into the house after their spay. Tilly's spay (years ago) was...
My Malamute was an escape artist. We could not keep him in a fence unless it was chain link, with concrete under the fence. He liked to range...
All of our dogs have loved to swim, and would go out quite a ways, but they always came back well. Ginger and Cooper would swim alongside our...
Could well be a food allergy. You might try benadryl It works well for Tilly when she has itchy paws. You don't want to give it all the time,...
Tilly used to be known as "Chief Crazy Dog" when she was a pup. Cooper was about the same, and actually chewed up more stuff. Both are well...
We use vet ear cleaners for Tilly on a pretty regular basis. She is prone to yeast infections in her ears, and we normally use an ear cleaner...
I just found Pippa's article about Labs that don't like to be brushed. I'll give her suggestions a try. As I recall Cooper did not like being...
I've mentioned this before, but now I'm really trying to understand it, and also find a way to change the behavior. Cooper (2 yrs) is...
Be sure you do socialization with all ages, races and economic classes.
We still have a couple of the bowls that have a skirt on the outside that slopes out. It makes them hard to tip or pickup. We don't really need...
Cooper vomited bile a few times when she was young. It appeared to just due to an empty tummy.
Cooper had dissolving stitches because the vet did not want to have to remove them. The site was quite red but our vet said it looked pretty...
Cooper and Tilly when she was younger, will try to strip the tennis ball out of the chuck-it, if I am carrying it on a walk. They don't go after...
Tilly has droopy lower lids like a blood hound. She used to have goo in her eyes quite often, and we treated it with something from the vet, but...
Our first Lab, Ginger made it to 16 and was quite active until 15. Tilly is 11 and still doing well, but she doesn't run any more, only trots....
I got a lesson in how well Cooper knows her name the other day. I let her out of the house and needed to get her in the car to go somewhere, and...
That is pretty much the US view except more so. When we go to a dog park, we primarily go to let the dogs inter act with each other. Some like...
We prefer the Nylabone Sheds to the real ones. Real Sheds (antlers) are really hard, and also expensive. The Nylabone sheds have some ground...
