help how do i calm a lab-do i tell the parents??
boy i never new how lucky i was to have my boys !! i will never complain again about them!!!!!! if you guys think your sheepies are wild i will give you this dog for the rest of the week!! she is suppose to be kennel trained --not just barks, so when my friends come home and ask how their sweet baby did what do i say?????????? sleepless in fla |
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You tell them she behaved like a perfectly NORMAL 10 mos old chocolate LAB.  
Actually, you're pretty much describing my foster dog who came to us over a year ago at ten months old because her owner couldn't handle her, has been through three foster homes, and was placed once with experienced OES people and returned after two months for excessive activity level. Maybe she belongs in a home with experienced lab people ?  I've pretty much given up finding her the right OES home.
I was thinking border collie owners, but this honestly sounds much closer to the mark. This to shall pass. At least you know you get to give her back 
I betcha her owners think she's perfect. Please ask them if they'd like another. Only gray and white this time... 
Kristine |
Yep, sounds like our Tater. He was the most obsessive, ADHD dog ever. He started out as the most normal, happy lab pup, and one day the switch flipped, never to turn off. 
He did great though, just managing the energy was a full time job. He could hunt all day, play fetch until your shoulder dislocated, do obedience as fast as you could manuever, ALL DAY LONG! A total sweet, kissy faced lab that drove us crazy. I miss him....  |
My sister's black lab, Jack, was the same way with the balls. TG she had four kids to throw the ball and work the energy out of him, if that was ever possible. He is an old dog now, but still has that ball forever in his mouth. He is a really sweety.  |
| I have been told that Labs take at least 3 years to "mature" & then they still are a pretty active dog. |
ChSheepdogs wrote: I have been told that Labs take at least 3 years to "mature" & then they still are a pretty active dog.
We have a friend who said that her yellow lab was non-stop till she was 6 years old. We used to dog sit her when she was 12, and she still had energy, but greatly diminished. She was an awesome dog. |
| well i tryed this morning to walk all 3 and yes the worse happend she stopped right in front of me never been on a gentle leader and i went down right on top of her and yes i think i broke my nose ! i am not as young as i use to be and it is showing |
| We puppysit for my niece's yellow lab, Luske, (now 3 years old)...and have been doing this since the dog was a puppy. Luske is Baxter's best friend and they will race around and play together for hours.
If we allowed it, Luske would have us throw the tennis ball constantly. However, we have set the rules and decide when, where and for how long we play "toss" the ball for him. NOTE: it wasn't easy to get Luske to follow the rules. Fortunately Luske, like most labs, is food oriented so that helped. When "playtime" is over, the balls get tucked away and are only brought out when we decide it's time to play again. As for pulling while on a walk - well after trying mulitple collars, we finally settled on a gentle leader. That seems to be the best tool for him. Good Luck - labs are wonderful dogs and great to have around.....once they figure out what the rules are. Jennifer, Baxter, Cassiopia and Abigail |
| That dog would be a perfect dog to train for police work etc..... The ball should only be given to the dog as a reward. It could also be that the dog found someone that is willing to play with it at 4:00 in the morning lol.......
I have had both breeds and would take a OES any day!! Labs are great for what they do. One of the best drug dogs I ever worked with was a lab. And it was also given up because it was HYPER!!! after it was trained and had a job to do all was great with the dog. Radar also was ball crazy. He was given that ball after work and as reward for looking for drugs. |
Lunderwood wrote: One of the best drug dogs I ever worked with was a lab.
And it was also given up because it was HYPER!!! after it was trained and had a job to do all was great with the dog. No different from why many of the younger OES - or young any working/herding/many sporting ect or mixes thereof breeds end up in rescue etc. People see cute widdle puppy, don't realize they're dealing with a dog that was bred to do work; dog grows up to be neurotic from lack of outlet and stimulation. It's a shame. If more people did their homework they, too, could live happily with an overachiever that wants up at 4 am to get to work Or, more to the point , probably, get themselves something more their speed instead.
Really sorry about the nose 
Kristine |
| Labs look so relaxed when we see them at the park, and we see hundreds I thought they were the most boring energy-lacking dogs possible!! Maybe they have been at the park since 4AM? |
Hint of Mischief wrote: 8O Labs look so relaxed when we see them at the park, and we see hundreds I thought they were the most boring energy-lacking dogs possible!! Maybe they have been at the park since 4AM?
maybe UK labs are all boring....??
I bet they have been there since 4am if they are like US labs. Where I live it's in prime hunting country, and everybody has labs. I have several in every class I teach. I had several myself until I had Tater and Macy PTS last winter. They should be very energetic dogs who can hunt all day and snuggle up all night. |
Hint of Mischief wrote: 8O Labs look so relaxed when we see them at the park, and we see hundreds I thought they were the most boring energy-lacking dogs possible!! Maybe they have been at the park since 4AM?
Actually, you kind of hit on something. The labs shown in conformation in this country, typically known as English labs, are as you describe. American labs, AKA fieldbred (in this country) are as Dawn et al describe. They tend to have a more slender build (considerably more so, in some cases, and no head to go with it, come to think of it - you'd probably think them mutts, and understandably so) and they also tend to have more leg and much. much more energy and drive. The English lines do tend to be pretty laid-back and placid. Especially in comparison. The fieldbred ones can be wound a wee bit too tight for some <?> people.
Dawn, does that sound about right? Kristine |
| "OK thats just not fair"......Mutt you say lol |
Mad Dog wrote: Hint of Mischief wrote: 8O Labs look so relaxed when we see them at the park, and we see hundreds I thought they were the most boring energy-lacking dogs possible!! Maybe they have been at the park since 4AM? Actually, you kind of hit on something. The labs shown in conformation in this country, typically known as English labs, are as you describe. American labs, AKA fieldbred (in this country) are as Dawn et al describe. They tend to have a more slender build (considerably more so, in some cases, and no head to go with it, come to think of it - you'd probably think them mutts, and understandably so) and they also tend to have more leg and much. much more energy and drive. The English lines do tend to be pretty laid-back and placid. Especially in comparison. The fieldbred ones can be wound a wee bit too tight for some <?> people. Dawn, does that sound about right? Kristine That does sound right. We tend to poke fun at the US show labs, as they are too extreme - heavy bodies, short legs and carrying way too much condition. They would keel over and die from a heart attack if they ever had to hunt.
The field labs here are a bit too much to the other extreme, they are slimmer, athletic and look like they could race more than hunt. And many are wound way too tight. Our Tater was that way (wound tight), but I don't know why - I knew the lines he came from, both parents, and he was a genetic fluke. He was a big solid dog and he was a hunting machine. Unfortunately not the easiest dog to live with. I'm sure if he was in a pet home he would have ended up in a shelter by the time he was a bit over a year old. Just WAY too much dog for most lifestyles. My Macy was out of Canadian lines, and she had the short stocky build and was a managable activity level. This is her in 2000 with Todd, hunting pheasants on our land.  |
| Very interesting! I hadn't thought of the difference in countries. Yes many of the labs here look overweight, they kind of waddle along looking... shall I say... very docile. And they smell funny.
Can't beat sheepies. |
this is a field lab and counting down the days 3 to go this morning it was 4;30 she woke me i let her out she wouldn't come back in so i said ok stay out.. when it got light out i came out to a 4x4 ft hole dug to china  with her eating rocks and sticks so now she has to come in dreamer is so funny he is hiding in the office from her !! |
lol I wonder how the owners handle the dog........  |
| i just got off the phone with them their day is morning play basll for over 1 hr in the pool afternoon play ball in the pool for one hour at nite play ball in the pool for a FEW hours!! NO WONDER MY HAIR IS TURNING GRAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Oh crumbs! I would let her loose in my garden, all the weeds need digging up. What do the owners do with her? No wonder they needed a holiday |
suzptcruise wrote: i just got off the phone with them their day is morning play basll for over 1 hr in the pool afternoon play ball in the pool for one hour at nite play ball in the pool for a FEW hours!! NO WONDER MY HAIR IS TURNING GRAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you need a bubble machine - or better yet a flyball machine |
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