Block Head Chocolate Lab..Probably the smartest dog I've ever owned! He loves the water as much as I do and he doesn't even need a wet suit. He will jump right in with Ice in the water!
She's beautiful man, and a long and happy life is all we can ask for and provide for these wonderful pals.
Neeners. Was my sister's dog but when I got home from Pendelton she got divorced and Annie became a member of my family. She was the best.
Those inflatable collars look like a great idea.. much better than those "lampshade" cones the vet supplies .. my dog is pathetic when I have to put one of those on. Lately when the girl (70# retriever mix) gets itchy, I throw an old T shirt on her .. it seems to keep her off hot spots that are in her mid section area:
Yeah, your boy looks like he has some solid blood lines for sure. Beast mode. My dog is a "Black Lab", but his mother was a Golden Retriever, so he has a more slender nose but has all of the Lab features otherwise. We "adopted" Eddie when he was the side of a softball. Some toolbag left a refrigerator box filled with 12 Puppies in it in the middle of Long Branch Avenue. A regular at my wife's place came in after he found them. He put the puppies in his Truck along with the mother who was just guarding the box in the street when he found them. We had been talking about getting a dog. My wife called me at work and explained the situation and asked if we could adopt one. The answer was simple.... Half of the puppies had a little longer hair, but all black and the other 6 all had short hair, lab traits. At any rate, within a few hours, all 12 puppies were adopted to good homes, all in OB. It was awesome living in that neighborhood with him. Every time we would go to Dog Beach or the Park, he would bump into 2-3 of his siblings. Eddie turned out to be the biggest out of his litter. He is about 95 pounds. The biggest of his brothers or sisters I saw were about 65-70 pounds. But Eddie is the coolest, chillest, best dogs ever. I am sure we all feel that way.
Oh Man, that's an Awesome story.. Never understood why folks will just dump dogs like that, especially when there are Dog Pounds everywhere, that will take them and put them up for adoption. But hey, your gain. That's cool that his "sibs" are all in the same neighborhood so he can play with them. Just hard to beat a Lab. They have such great personalities. Bryson is the 3rd one I've owned and they all were/are Great!
Possibly, but not sure. She's a rescue. Raised her from a pup. Has big black spots on her tongue, so she may be some combo of lab/chow/golden. She looks like a black golden, and has a tail that curls up -- some what chow-ish. Acts like a retriever, but shows some protective instincts, such as barking when I fail to secure the front door at night.
cdog I like that t-shirt idea. My buddy was telling me about a new medicine for hot spots, like everything it has it's risks, but he's been using it with his dogs effectively w/ no problem. I will look into it and report back... As far as people who dump dogs like that(or any creature, humans included), I would personally like to test their breath holding limitations in the shorebreak.
Anyone have advice for Thunder? I mean, Eddie completely freaks out when there is thunder. I mean, panting, crying, he shreds things, tries to dig hole through the floor, will try and bury himself under blankets. He literally starts hyperventilating. He spent about 5 years in SoCal and never heard thunder in his life. Now, it litterally breaks him. I searched the net about it for a while, they make a "Thunder Fest" which applies compression to them and supposedly "helps" but most Dog owners said that if your dog suffers from this affliction, there is nothing you can do. I tried putting a tight tee shirt on him once. Didn't help..... Our next door neighbors are snow birds and spend about 3 weeks the entire year down here (They live in PA). A couple months ago, teir smoke detector in their front entry was was chirping. I could barely hear it, but Eddie was just freaking for days. It finally stopped. I just don't have their #. They have a lock box on their door. I was contemplating "letting myself into their house" give them a new battery and leave them a note, but I figured, I don't know them and I am not trying to get shot by five oh for trying to change a battery.... I feel bad for the dude though, he straight loses it when the thunder claps. Wifey calls him the walking vagina when it storms here.
zack, this looks a little gay, like a sports coat, but it works http://www.thundershirt.com Seldom, this could work a lil better than a tshirt, but then again, its another product to buy as opposed to something you have laying around the house
He was a pig hunter, then he was a watchdog for an old lady and went from fit beast to lazy barking fool now we have him on strict regimen of stfu, long hikes, and chondroiten for his old man bones he hates cats and chickens,maybe loves the taste, but they shouldn't be present and alive when he is around or he will fix to change that We were at a friends house who has a 200 lb pig and a few dogs on the property....buddy starting herding the pig, nipping barking....doing his job...and the other dogs were getting in his face barking and nipping...basically saying 'leave my pig friend alone!' oh dogs...we could all learn a lot from you
Dude I've heard great things about those thundershirts. Zach, definitely pick one up. I hope they make thunder pants, b/c the current hotspot of interest is on homies hind leg, and he gets real toothy when I look at it. Which is good, he keepd me on my toes.
