As the owner of a brown lab and a yellow lab, this is hysterical.
TJF
September 8, 2015 12:47 pm
I LOLed.
Pirate Jo
September 8, 2015 1:04 pm
Dogs are so much cooler than humans.
I. C.
September 8, 2015 1:04 pm
Dont turn me away from those black labs with that hashtag shit…
robert h siddell jr
September 8, 2015 1:50 pm
Because Man’s Best Friend will never vote to take his Rights and Property away like the Useful Idiots do (dead or alive).
TPC
September 8, 2015 2:58 pm
Had a chocolate lab growing up, dude had a chest like an ox, and was so gentle he adopted a kitten out of the 6ft sapling in his yard.
Damn I miss that dog.
Now I keep stupid hours and really don’t have the time/room to properly take care of a dog. He’d just sit at home waiting for me while I was gone all day long.
🙁
Overthecliff
September 8, 2015 3:38 pm
Labs, damn good. I miss Charlie and George.
SSS
September 8, 2015 6:44 pm
My heart filled up with sadness looking at those two pictures. The lab on the right looks just like my son’s dog, Jessie, who recently passed away. You can read about my connection to Jess here.
“Had a chocolate lab growing up, dude had a chest like an ox, and was so gentle he adopted a kitten out of the 6ft sapling in his yard. Damn I miss that dog.”
—-TPC
For good reason, TPC. Nana and I drove to Boulder CO last fall to babysit a chocolate lab (long story with which I will not bore you). Spencer. Priceless family dog. Gentle and playful. Totally fun and worthwhile trip.
phoolish
September 8, 2015 7:35 pm
I have a chocolate. She’s the greatest.
geo3
September 8, 2015 7:42 pm
A tribute to my past Black Labs, Kobie and Lacey. Both owner give-ups who enriched my life. I trust they await on the other side. Black Labs do matter!!
geo3
September 8, 2015 8:07 pm
Years past I would host poker night when the wife was away. Friends who arrived early would mistakenly sit in my wife’s easy chair only to have my male lab with a full tooth grin telling them that they did not belong in that seat. About midnight the same lab would growl from the other room that cards needed to wind up was he was tired. Loved that boy dearly.
He used to leap at Canadian Geese honking overhead. Too short a life for too much spirit
Donna
September 8, 2015 8:32 pm
.My black lab Bosco bear was a block head and weighed in at one twenty. Needless to say,he walked me He died of vaccination associated sarcoma -v a s,at eleven. Tumor where vaccines given every year in same spot.One morning he was paralyzed and dragging his hind quarters.Just like that.The vet said he could do radiation,and give him wheels so he could get around.We said no,and put him down.That was one of the worst days of my life.
geo3
September 8, 2015 8:40 pm
Bless you Donna, my Kobie also tipped the scales at 120 and died young from a strange and aggressive cancer. He passed away with his head in my lap.
Anonymous
September 8, 2015 9:12 pm
Labs are the canine equivalent of the FSA. If allowed, they will eat themselves into the pachyderm realm. Really nice dogs. But boy howdy are they ever part pig.
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llpoh
September 8, 2015 9:24 pm
That was me above.
Donna/Geo – no way in hell a lab should ever weigh that much. This is what a healthy lab looks like. It should not have a chest like an ox.
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Seriously, 120 pounds is not what you want. Labs are medium large dogs, not giants. They are naturally working dogs, and are not meant to be giants. Labs that heavy are prone to a range of health issues, including hip and elbow dysplasia, etc.
“Labradors like to eat, and without proper exercise can become obese. Laziness also contributes to this. Obesity is a serious condition and can be considered the number one nutritional problem with dogs. A study shows that at least 25% of dogs in the United States are overweight.Therefore, Labradors must be properly exercised and stimulated. A healthy Labrador can do swimming wind sprints for two hours, and should keep a very slight hourglass waist and be fit and light, rather than fat or heavy-set. Obesity can exacerbate conditions such as hip dysplasia and joint problems, and can lead to secondary diseases, including diabetes. Osteoarthritis is common in older, especially overweight, Labradors. A 14-year study covering 48 dogs by food manufacturer Purina showed that Labradors fed to maintain a lean body shape outlived those fed freely by around two years, emphasising the importance of not over-feeding. Labradors should be walked twice a day for at least half an hour.”
EL Coyote
September 8, 2015 9:34 pm
Labs were the in thing back in the 70’s, they ate like pigs and shit like geese. Now they are trying to promote themselves here and maybe filed their own candidate for America’s canine. Actually, America’s pet is Top Cat not Scooby Do.
SSS
September 8, 2015 10:48 pm
Llpoh
You are correct about overweight labs. Labs are food whores, as Nana used to say about Jessie, who was a bit “chunky.” She got into the 60 pound weight class, but Nana and her family gave her plenty of exercise. She lived for 13 years.
Not bad for a rescue dog who was days away from being put down by the county animal shelter. Bless my daughter-in-law and granddaughter for saving this wonderful friend.
Mad Mel
September 9, 2015 9:20 am
I loved my blacks ! I have owned 2,Sadie a slight 60 lb girl and a mammoth male named Remnar. He ran about 90 in his prime. Sadly we had to put him down this last winter at 14 yrs.will miss running the pheasant fields and duck blinds of the Dakotas!
Everybody should own a black-they do matter!
TPC
September 9, 2015 9:45 am
@LLPOH – He wasn’t overweight my friend, he was just a big boy. He looked like the picture you showed, but just had this great big chest and neck on him.
He came in at 85 pounds on his heaviest. Vet told us to restrict his diet just to be on the safe side, and he hovered in the upper 70s for most of his life.
We weren’t sure if he had more Chesepeake in him or what, but he was straight up the biggest (height) chocolate lab I’ve ever seen.
Supposedly he was purebred, and other than the size he looked purebred. Had papers, though I suppose they may have been faked.
/shrug
He lived 12-13 years, not bad for a lab.
Mad Mel
September 9, 2015 11:39 am
TPC Pure bred labs routinely make the century mark weight wise. Just depends on the genetics . For awhile in the nineties a big boned lab was all the rage in some breeder circles. Mine had papers and I kept him trim and fit in the mid nineties. He had papers and was from a respected breeder .the tides have turned and the big boned lab seems to be losing favor.
Sure miss mine, hurts to think of him.
TE
September 9, 2015 12:37 pm
Keep coming back to this thread.
Man I miss my Syd.
Such precious, short-lived, gifts.
TPC
September 9, 2015 4:54 pm
@TE – In highschool we had a “shop dog” for a few months. All the guys loved that dog. We fed him, took him on walks, picked up after him….great for the spirit of the Ag program at my school.
Unfortunately we had to get rid of him for liability reasons….a good dog is a mobile sack of happy, just plain good for the spirit, ya know?
geo3
September 9, 2015 9:19 pm
Although my Kobie was a hulk, he enjoyed 3 walks a day and was a champion Frisbee athlete. He was trusted off leash and used to give me butt nudges as a sign of appreciation. After he passed we would still hear his tags rattling late at night.
Its been 6 years since we parted, but he is still a fresh and recurring memory
As the owner of a brown lab and a yellow lab, this is hysterical.
I LOLed.
Dogs are so much cooler than humans.
Dont turn me away from those black labs with that hashtag shit…
Because Man’s Best Friend will never vote to take his Rights and Property away like the Useful Idiots do (dead or alive).
Had a chocolate lab growing up, dude had a chest like an ox, and was so gentle he adopted a kitten out of the 6ft sapling in his yard.
Damn I miss that dog.
Now I keep stupid hours and really don’t have the time/room to properly take care of a dog. He’d just sit at home waiting for me while I was gone all day long.
🙁
Labs, damn good. I miss Charlie and George.
My heart filled up with sadness looking at those two pictures. The lab on the right looks just like my son’s dog, Jessie, who recently passed away. You can read about my connection to Jess here.
“Had a chocolate lab growing up, dude had a chest like an ox, and was so gentle he adopted a kitten out of the 6ft sapling in his yard. Damn I miss that dog.”
—-TPC
For good reason, TPC. Nana and I drove to Boulder CO last fall to babysit a chocolate lab (long story with which I will not bore you). Spencer. Priceless family dog. Gentle and playful. Totally fun and worthwhile trip.
I have a chocolate. She’s the greatest.
A tribute to my past Black Labs, Kobie and Lacey. Both owner give-ups who enriched my life. I trust they await on the other side. Black Labs do matter!!
Years past I would host poker night when the wife was away. Friends who arrived early would mistakenly sit in my wife’s easy chair only to have my male lab with a full tooth grin telling them that they did not belong in that seat. About midnight the same lab would growl from the other room that cards needed to wind up was he was tired. Loved that boy dearly.
He used to leap at Canadian Geese honking overhead. Too short a life for too much spirit
.My black lab Bosco bear was a block head and weighed in at one twenty. Needless to say,he walked me He died of vaccination associated sarcoma -v a s,at eleven. Tumor where vaccines given every year in same spot.One morning he was paralyzed and dragging his hind quarters.Just like that.The vet said he could do radiation,and give him wheels so he could get around.We said no,and put him down.That was one of the worst days of my life.
Bless you Donna, my Kobie also tipped the scales at 120 and died young from a strange and aggressive cancer. He passed away with his head in my lap.
Labs are the canine equivalent of the FSA. If allowed, they will eat themselves into the pachyderm realm. Really nice dogs. But boy howdy are they ever part pig.
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That was me above.
Donna/Geo – no way in hell a lab should ever weigh that much. This is what a healthy lab looks like. It should not have a chest like an ox.
[img
[/img]
Seriously, 120 pounds is not what you want. Labs are medium large dogs, not giants. They are naturally working dogs, and are not meant to be giants. Labs that heavy are prone to a range of health issues, including hip and elbow dysplasia, etc.
“Labradors like to eat, and without proper exercise can become obese. Laziness also contributes to this. Obesity is a serious condition and can be considered the number one nutritional problem with dogs. A study shows that at least 25% of dogs in the United States are overweight.Therefore, Labradors must be properly exercised and stimulated. A healthy Labrador can do swimming wind sprints for two hours, and should keep a very slight hourglass waist and be fit and light, rather than fat or heavy-set. Obesity can exacerbate conditions such as hip dysplasia and joint problems, and can lead to secondary diseases, including diabetes. Osteoarthritis is common in older, especially overweight, Labradors. A 14-year study covering 48 dogs by food manufacturer Purina showed that Labradors fed to maintain a lean body shape outlived those fed freely by around two years, emphasising the importance of not over-feeding. Labradors should be walked twice a day for at least half an hour.”
Labs were the in thing back in the 70’s, they ate like pigs and shit like geese. Now they are trying to promote themselves here and maybe filed their own candidate for America’s canine. Actually, America’s pet is Top Cat not Scooby Do.
Llpoh
You are correct about overweight labs. Labs are food whores, as Nana used to say about Jessie, who was a bit “chunky.” She got into the 60 pound weight class, but Nana and her family gave her plenty of exercise. She lived for 13 years.
Not bad for a rescue dog who was days away from being put down by the county animal shelter. Bless my daughter-in-law and granddaughter for saving this wonderful friend.
I loved my blacks ! I have owned 2,Sadie a slight 60 lb girl and a mammoth male named Remnar. He ran about 90 in his prime. Sadly we had to put him down this last winter at 14 yrs.will miss running the pheasant fields and duck blinds of the Dakotas!
Everybody should own a black-they do matter!
@LLPOH – He wasn’t overweight my friend, he was just a big boy. He looked like the picture you showed, but just had this great big chest and neck on him.
He came in at 85 pounds on his heaviest. Vet told us to restrict his diet just to be on the safe side, and he hovered in the upper 70s for most of his life.
We weren’t sure if he had more Chesepeake in him or what, but he was straight up the biggest (height) chocolate lab I’ve ever seen.
Supposedly he was purebred, and other than the size he looked purebred. Had papers, though I suppose they may have been faked.
/shrug
He lived 12-13 years, not bad for a lab.
TPC Pure bred labs routinely make the century mark weight wise. Just depends on the genetics . For awhile in the nineties a big boned lab was all the rage in some breeder circles. Mine had papers and I kept him trim and fit in the mid nineties. He had papers and was from a respected breeder .the tides have turned and the big boned lab seems to be losing favor.
Sure miss mine, hurts to think of him.
Keep coming back to this thread.
Man I miss my Syd.
Such precious, short-lived, gifts.
@TE – In highschool we had a “shop dog” for a few months. All the guys loved that dog. We fed him, took him on walks, picked up after him….great for the spirit of the Ag program at my school.
Unfortunately we had to get rid of him for liability reasons….a good dog is a mobile sack of happy, just plain good for the spirit, ya know?
Although my Kobie was a hulk, he enjoyed 3 walks a day and was a champion Frisbee athlete. He was trusted off leash and used to give me butt nudges as a sign of appreciation. After he passed we would still hear his tags rattling late at night.
Its been 6 years since we parted, but he is still a fresh and recurring memory