Labs are pretty much natural swimmers, but you could start out in a a shallow pond or creek. It wouldn't hurt to start out with a dog PDF (aka...
Good article. I don't think Tilly is deaf, but she is definitely quite hard of hearing now compared to how she was when she was younger....
I just did the Survey for Tilly. While she is often a little itchy, she was much worse last night. We are trying to figure out if she ate...
Check out the thread in the Labrador Chat section. This was just discussed a week or so ago. We had a 14 yr old lab that we did have the surgery...
We have 3 dog beds that both dogs share plus our own bed and furniture which they also share. Cooper also has her crate (never closed) which she...
Cooper was tiny when she was a pup. We think Cooper was the runt of the litter, although we did not see all of the pups together. She weighed 6.5...
It has been about 14 years, so I may not remember everything but I don't recall the recovery being too long or involved. Because she was...
I think all of our dogs have had "cold tail" once or twice. For ours, it seems to be from too much swimming. They seem to get over it in a few...
Cooper sits just like that most of the time. She is 25" tall at the rear, and has back legs like a kangaroo. She only does a proper sit when she...
Our first Lab, Ginger, had Laryngeal paralysis, when she was about 14. We had the surgery done and she recovered pretty quickly. My wife had...
Our dogs have a dog door, and free access to our fenced back yard. They spend most of their time in the house, but they will spend quite a bit of...
Labs shed 2x per year, but each time lasts 6 months.:rolleyes: Cooper does not like (really does not like) being brushed, so it is even worse...
My understanding is that the original Labradoodles were developed in Australia by a breeder that was trying to get a very low allergenic dog breed...
My sister-in-law has had two Standards. Both were nice dogs, and pretty calm, though I think the second one was in the back of the room when...
We find that the feeding recommendations are for considerably more food than our dogs need. Maybe the recommendations assume that the dog runs 12...
We de-crated both Tilly and Cooper much earlier. We did use a play pen but did not confine them to the play pen or kitchen after about 5 months....
Our first Lab, Ginger lived to 16. By that time she had so much white that she looked like a Hereford. Face, Chest and Paws were all white....
Tilly needs to have her ears cleaned pretty regularly, or she gets yeast and sometimes bacteria infections. So far Cooper has not had any...
Our first Chocolate was a 4 yr old rescue, and she was a great dog. Actually very well trained and socialized. She was our only dog for the next...
I don't think that is the case in the US. It seems like most of our Guide Dogs are Labs and I would guess that GSDs are second.
