Our dogs tend to be weekend warriors. They probably don't get 1-1/2 hrs per day on most week days, but often more on the weekend. Also they...
We have a large off leash area near us that has large creek through it, and a small river on the edge. If we play Frisbee with Tilly, she will...
Where do you live? I'm trying to picture the nasty weather. Pulling on a lead, definitely makes it more challenging. Using ski poles or...
If it is blowing roof tiles off, I'll stay inside too! We mostly have metal roofs, but I start to worry about trees coming down. We have lost...
Dog Paddle takes on a whole new meaning when you go swimming with a Lab. All of ours could/can swim faster than I can, and they can do it for a...
Starting out on small ponds or creeks may help also. We started our pups playing in water between 2 and 3 months. Started in little creeks that...
While your pup may get some exercise on a treadmill it will be a lot less interesting to him/her than going outside or playing with you in the...
Check out www.tuffietoys.com/ They are available in the US, don't know about the UK.. We have had good luck with the Ultimate rings and...
Pups can be a challenge, but they are also a lot of fun. They grow up so fast, that it is almost over before you know it. I would not miss it...
When she was a couple of months old, my wife allowed Cooper on the bed after we took her out about 6:00am. Might have been a big mistake, since...
Not sure what you read on the WWW but a: Crate A portable pen A child/pet gate A fenced back yard My personal favorite a dog door to the yard....
After reading more about Single Coats, I wonder if people who knew would say Tilly has a single coat. She definitely has two kinds of hair,...
Unfortunately that breeder is out of business, and their website is gone. I wish I had copied it when I first saw it. Tilly's guard coat is...
I don't think I have ever seen a Lab without a double coat. Are you just suggesting less noticeable, or not at all. All of the labs I've seen...
Subaru Outbacks and Foresters both have flat rear floors. We have always trained our dogs to put their paws up and let us lift them in, if they...
The US Labrador Club, is one of the organizations that says you can't use the CH before a dogs name, if they don't also have a field or hunting...
We shopped the internet for our last two dogs, but we were looking for breeders, who raised and trained gun dogs. and had dogs with hunting or...
Our first Lab, Ginger, was bitten by a rather mean GSD and she was actively aggressive towards GSD from that point on. She never actually got...
I know Labs have a great sense of smell. Avalanche dogs can locate someone 100 yard away if they are downwind, and they can differentiate...
There was an interesting article on NPR (National Public Radio for those on the other side of the pond) The Boston police have trained Labs to...
