Clover at the beach :)

[Freedom]

*giggle* these photos really tell a story!

Photo1: ready? Yup, ready!
2: Hmm, never sniffed this smell before (butt up, play bow) Wanna play wiff me?
3: I am Clover, on a mission!
4: (right rear leg kicking outwards) O that is COLD!
5: Yup, too cold, I'll run out now
6: Yum, I could wait here for a treat!
7: Look, ma, I'm all WET!
8: Beach days are tiring, ahhhh, love my bed.

He he heee, I really enjoyed those pictures. She is so full of life, fun, adventure!

I can only repeat what others said: this is PT, you can't post too many pet photos here!

[k9krazee]

You need to stop posting pictures. It's making my puppy fever unbearable!!! She is just waaaaay too cute and I want to steal her.

She looks perfect weight wise to me too, and it's always better to be on the thin side than not.

[Sowa]

Thanks everyone Unfortunately she's not a huge water fan yet. She went in ok, splashed around, then didn't go back in again. She just whined and wanted to go. I hope she'll grow out of it. I love having a dog to swim with me!

[dab_20]

Sick of Clover?? Certainly not! She's such an adorable puppy, I know she'll grow into a beautiful dog! LOOOVE those upside down sleeping pictures. I can't get enough of her.

[happylabs]

Love the pics! She is growing so fast already! I don't think she is too skinny but you can ask the vet what a good weight is for her as she is growing. Always end with a puppy belly pic.

[Karen]

Where in Canada do you live? I've never seen a beach that color brown! Tan sand, pink sand, white sand - but not chocolate brown! And there's no such thing as too many puppy pictures!

[Sowa]

Where in Canada do you live? I've never seen a beach that color brown! Tan sand, pink sand, white sand - but not chocolate brown! And there's no such thing as too many puppy pictures!

East coast. Red soil here.

[kaycountrygal]

No, You dont post too often or too many pics. I like seeing pics of Clover. She is just beautiful. No, I dont think she is too skinny. She looks "just right" to me. She sure is a sweet pretty puppy.

[luvofallhorses]

She is so cute! Never too many pics of puppies! I do not think she is skinny, she looks like she's in good shape for a pup a lab at that! Just keep her the way she is, most labs even pups I have seen are overweight for their age and it saddens me but your girl looks great! Make sure you don't do any heavy exercise though until she is atleast a year-1 year and a half old.

[Sowa]

What would be considered heavy exercise? She goes to the beach but she doesn't do much. Mostly she runs around.

I try to run her off leash a little bit everyday. She listens well right now but we don't take any chances and is only allowed off in fields where no cars are (my cottage for ex. huge fields with really no where to go) or if its fenced in. She seems to get really hyper if I don't run her a little in the morning and in the afternoon.

How long should I be walking her a day at this age? I'd say we go for maybe 2-3 20 min walks a day. Maybe a little more or less depending on how much time I have. I find if I do this, she's not getting into trouble in the house (like chewing etc)

Maybe she's not old enough yet, but my last Lab chewed EVERYTHING. Even the legs on the kitchen table/chairs. I have a lot more toys and chewy bones for Clover though. That might help. I hope! I hate having to leave her locked up every time I go out.

[HoochsMommiee]

can i smooch ur baby tooo adoreable

[luvofallhorses]

Well jogging with her making her run is heavy exercise and is hard on their growing joints. I would say what you're doing now isn't heavy exercise. As long as you exercise her good, she won't want to shred everything in sight up.

It's for her own good to crate her when you're gone, I wouldn't feel bad about it and if you give her like a kong filled with peanut butter while you are gone, she will be fine. I would put peanut butter in the kong, freeze it overnight and give it to her before you leave. My dogs LOVE that.

It keeps her safe and your house from getting torn up, too or having her getting into something toxic or eating something that can cause obstruction and a very expensive vet bill.. so I wouldn't worry too much she is safe in her crate.

[CountryWolf07]

No! Don't quit posting pictures of Clover! I LOVE her. She's a unique girl. I love Labs, so, obviously, keep doing it. If you want to encourage her to like water, get a kiddie pool. My boyfriend has one for his Lab, Dozer. He loves it, otherwise, he hates the hose! Silly boy.

[IRescue452]

Looks like she had fun .

She's definately not too skinny. Free running exercise is better than forced leash exercise. This way if she gets tired she can stop. She can choose what speed she's able to go at any moment as opposed to leash exercise where a dog has no choice but to push on until the human decides to stop. Some leash walking is good too though, it helps with obedience and learning control in situations where a dog may need it. 20 minutes is a good sized walk in addition to off-leash stuff.

As far as crating goes, I have 2 dogs who hate the crate, one is rescued. They will at least listen to the command to go in the crate though. I believe it is very important to try and get your dog to take to the crate as comfortably as possible. You never know when an emergency is going to happen and the dog will need to be confined safely. Also, what if something happened to you? What if somebody needed to care for your dog but was unwilling or unable to leave them out at all times? It would be best for the dog to be ok with being crated at times.