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sweet jesus, i love it when women talk like that.

i also love it when they say, "It's too big, it won't fit."

have heard both phrases before, brings a tear to my eye...

-tom

All dogs rock..

Some say God quit experimenting with dog breeds after he came up with the lab. I'd have to agree. I've had many over the years and I'm hopeful there will be more in the future. Life just wouldn't be right without one, 2, 3....

My and my yellow,Hunter, finishing a morning of goose hunting out of our Oxford Md, eastern shore blind. That dog loved running down birds,even doves. Many,many fond hunting memories with that dog,my son, Mike V and all who joined us in the goose and pheasant fields. He's been gone for almost a year now but not a month goes by without something occurring which sparks a memory of that Yellow.IMO, they are the "perfect dog"

Thats funny!

MY yellow lab is named "Hunter" too. I'll take a pic and post it later.

This guy says it pretty well.

"Without dogs, our houses are cold receptacles for things. Dogs make a fire warmer with their curled presence. They wake us, greet us, protect us and ultimately carve a place in our hearts and our history. On reflection, our lives are often referenced in parts, these parts defined by the all too short lives of our dogs."

Paul Fersen "A Peach Tree in an Apple Orchard"

While my "Mabel" can do a helluva lot, here's her most favorite thing to do ...



She's actually 1/2 yellow lab, 1/2 golden retriever ... pretty amazing dog if you ask me ...

Max doin' what Max does best.

Gotta love labs! Nice trout too! Ya think that would count towards his daily limit?

Always do a dog pic for the photo X-Mas card. This year's, with Happy Holidays and a red background...

Lost 3 to seizures. For Lab owners something to watch for. Sucks to lose a best friend that way.

Made me feel so helpless...so much pain. Especially, for the harder workers.

Its one of the curses of being Americas #1 breed....some congenital difficulties....
A good lab is as good as the best...

Ingwe

Had a Lab with seizures...frequent and bad. It was totally controlled with phenobarbitol with no side effects despite vet misgivings. He had a long and productive life up to around 15. I miss him so.

FWIW for anyone that needs to know.

Yeah the PNBBL helped. Sometimes I wanted to take it myself. 15 years is a good life. No regrets here but have been reluctant to get another until I know we may go at or around the same time.

I'm a total lab fan. Here is Toby w/ his first duck. I've got video of him inside putting up with a pesterying 2yo boy that proves that labs are one of the most good-natured dogs on the planet.
My FIL has a yellow that he has worked with quite a bit. It's pretty amazing to see her diving for her "kong" in the middle of a moving stream. She dives better than I could ever hope to...not that that is saying much..(=

My five-year old yellow lab, Ruby, was given to me by the rancher whose property I turkey hunted on a couple of seasons in West Texas. Her Mom had just had the litter and she was still blind, I came back 8 weeks later to pick her up (4 hour drive). She is not a hunting dog, but she's awesome. Her Dad was the largest lab I've seen ever. He weighed ~130 lbs, and was not overweight, just huge. He looked like a lion with a big mane. If there were a "Giant Lab" breed, he would be one. Her black lab Mom was 65 lbs. Ruby is right in the middle at 85 lbs. Most people think she's a male b/c of her size.

Loves everybody. Although she treed the neighbors cat 10 days ago, which disappeared. I think an owl got him.

We got a new cat for the kids for Christmas yesterday. She's already scared it half to death, but she has never been around a kitty with claws.

I lost 2 chocolate labs this year. The first was Petey was had a AKC master hunter title and loved the pheasant fields of Nebraska. If you placed his food bowl on the floor and then threw a training bumper he would drop his ffod and retrieve the bumper.

My second Lab loss was Ranger who earned 3 AKC field trial "Derby Jams and was sired by( National field champion/Amateur field champion) NFC/AFC Storms Riptide Star MH left me to early in life.

Lab-less now and not liking it.

Doc

I didn't know that about you Greg. I know what it costs to get a lab to the status of your chocolates. I'm sorry you suffered those losses and I truly hope their passings weren't too premature.