Kiddie pools are great also. Don't get the inflatable ones though.
Listen to your vet. Cooper could not swim for 10 to 14 days as I recall. Kind of the same for me after surgery for a broken hip last summer....
Google is your friend. We got Cooper from Country Fowl Retrievers in Ontario, OR. We actually never visited, we just looked at the photos and...
Both of our Labs enjoy destroying stuffed toys. Other than making a bit of a mess, it doesn't cause a problem, so we just let them do it. If it...
Our 12 year old lab Tilly has become a terrible counter surfer in her old age. Several loaves of bread and English muffins. Even though she is...
All of our dogs love water and swimming, but Tilly and Cooper really do not care much about kiddie pools, even when it is hot out. Any time they...
Tilly dislikes clippers, but we can restrain her enough to get the job done. Cooper Hates clippers and we are actually worried that we will...
Has Bonnie ever been around an elderly person? You may be surprised (hopefully) that she gets it and does not jump on them. All of our dogs...
I would also mention that a puppies size at 8 weeks is not a good predictor of how large the dog will be. Cooper was a tiny puppy, but is a large...
Because of our location, we normally have fresh water steams going into the ocean every 1/2 mile or so. We never took any thing special besides...
Our first Lab, Ginger had Laryngeal Paralysis when she was 14. She had the surgery and lived until 16. The surgery was less traumatic than we...
Cooper was about 34 Kg, but she was also 24" tall at 10 months. She is a very tall, fairly thin, Field Style Lab.
Some times they go with food allergies. It is something to talk to your vet about. Tilly has yeast and bacteria issues with her ears, which...
Cooper had a rougher surgery than most, and took several days to for the incision to quit weeping. She had to be sedated prior to doing the...
We have two Labs, but one is 12 and the other is 3. That is really more of an age spread than I would like. They do play some, but not as much...
We don't crate Cooper anymore, but she does use her crate as her quite place some times. It is a large wire crate in the kitchen, but it is...
Before we knew they were poisonous to dogs, our old Lab used to pick grapes off a vine near our house. She did not get a lot of them, and it...
I just got a shock about the current cost of insulin. When we had Ginger, I think it was about $20 a bottle. When I asked the pharmacist the...
I thought some of you might get a kick out of this. Cooper and our 11 month old granddaughter were on the floor together. Granddaughter...
They don't have to be opposite sex. Neutered or not, most Labs will get along with most other Labs. Really true of most dogs, not just Labs,...
