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In case you're wondering, my mom loved red! And...can you take a stab at how old the puupies are? My mom and I were thinking three months but we don't know.
Does all that dog stuff mean you are getting a puppy? Your mom looked like she was enjoying that sweety ;)
I loved the black and white border collie/gsd!
Well, there is a very good chance we are getting the puppy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unless, something happens to it (not probable, but possible) Yes my mom said "i think he likes me" because at the other place she really liked the tan bc/gsd but it squirmed when she held him.
This guy is SO calm though! He didn't fidget at all, he never even licked our hands or anything, he just sat there the whole time. I think he was kind of sad :(
I liked the black and white bc/gsd (there were 3, 1 tan) but my mom didn't. :P
Another question, along with how old they are is the dog seemed very calm. It never fidgeted at all. It seemed very sad or something.
Do you think if we got it, it would stay like that? Not retrieving, not having interests in walks, not having interests in treats, not very easy to train? I can imagine me putting it in the sit position, giving it a treat and saying sit, but it might be so calm and stuff. (not like the usual wanting the treat so much) Do you think he'll be more playful and stuff?
Okay well from my own experience, others may have different ones, but our female dog Wiggles, when we went to pick her out, she was the one who was really nervous and calm and kind of scared looking, my mom made me take her only because she came over to my mom and put her paw on my moms leg :p
But she is still like that, she does not play unless she gets in a weird mood or after a bath, she likes to just lay around, she likes walks, but you almost have to make her go:eek:
But she is not a lab lol labs are pretty high energy, the puppy could have been sleepy, or worried or scared because it didn't know what was going on, are they health checked?
Good luck:D
Also I think they look about 2-3 months, Ack I wish I took more puppy pictures of the black lab I had, then I could help more :p
Also about my old black lab lol, he never calmed down his entire life, and he was 8 :eek:
Well, I don't think they are health checked. They were just dropped off at the person's house, after all. They had them for one week today I believe.
We are going to take it to the vet though, ASAP from when we get it. We might get it today, but the vet doesn't work today. We might get it tomorrow, but I'm not sure if the vet works then either. I think that we are thinking about taking it in on Tuesday. That is, if we get the dog by then. I really hope we do though!
Oh another question! Ok, well, I know lots about dogs, but I don't know everything since I have never had the expierience of owning one.
Rawhides.
Ok. There are white strips of rawhides (at least I am pretty sure they are rawhides) and....do dogs EAT them? As in digesting and stuff? Or do they just chew on them? They seem awfully hard to eat, harder to digest.
And what about the rawhides in the picture that I bought? Do they EAT those? Can you give them to a dog and leave it unatteneded? Do you throw it away after 20 minutes?
I am just so confused about rawhides and bones and I don't know what they eat and what they just chew on :confused:
Anybody know about the rawhides/bones?
Well, none of ours get rawhides, but our vet told us dogs can chew them but when they shrivle up into like a small string type thing, to throw them away, I am not too sure, it makes our dogs sick anyway, well the smaller ones get sick, I've never gave them to Jasper.
Well I really don't think I can respond anymore to this.. I know your heart is in the right place but I simply don't think you are ready for the responsibility... not that you aren't willing, I just think you need to research more about THE dog and you and your family's commitment. This isn't a trial and this pup is not a goldfish. It's the pups life, from now on.
Why don't you think I'm ready for the responsibility??
Does anyone else think I'm not ready for the responsibility?:confused: I think I am. Could you give me reasons as to why you don't think I am?
We never got the puppy today. We were going to, but they were getting home too late so we had to go home. I was disappointed!!
Can I get any more opinions on rawhides? I know there are alot of kinds out there.
lbaker: I understand you don't think I'm ready for the dog, I just don't know why. You could comment on the rawhides, if not for me, then for the sake of the puppy. I'm sorry you feel this way but I don't understand :(
I am on lbakers side here.
How long have you been researching the Labrador Retriever? If you haven't been researching Labs for about a month or so, I guarantee you, you don't know that much about the breed. How much do you know about them?
You need to be EXTREMELY careful about where you get Labradors from, thanks to over-breeding they are prone to gazillions of health problems such as obesity, hip dysplasia, etc. If you go through a breeder, you have to make 100% sure the breeder is reputable, breeding to improve the breed, not to make money. You also need to make sure the parents of the puppies are CERF/OFA certified with a good grade- that is critical if you are getting a Lab from a breeder. You also have to check and see if the Labs are being bred more for hunting, show, or house pet. Their attitudes can vary based on what they are bred for.
Labradors require a HUGE amount of attention along with exercise- but you have to be careful if you over exercise a Lab it will increase their chance of joint/hip problems. If you cannot give a Labrador the attention it craves, you are going to be in deep trouble, they will develop bad manners to seek attention. They will turn destructive and destroy as much as possible. If you cannot give the Labrador the hour to hour and a half exercise they need, your Lab will get fat, fast- Labbies are known to become fat fast with improper diet and lack of exercise. Lab puppies LOVE to chew- that's all they do- chew, chew, chew, chew, chew, chew chew. Labrador Retrievers don't fully mature until they are about 3 or 4 years old, so you will be dealing with a "puppy" for quite sometime. Also, you cannot keep a Labrador housed outside year round either, they CRAVE human attention and will essentially die inside if they are housed away from their humans- it's torture for Labradors.
If you are still in school, there is no way you have enough time to give a Labrador puppy- it's impossible. If you got a puppy during summer vacation, that would be different because you most likely would be home to give it the proper attention, potty train it, leash train it, and start with basic commands/training.
As of right now, I do not think you are ready for the challenge a Labrador will bring upon you and your family.
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