OT Labrador retriever

Lala said:
He will do !

I’m looking forward to the morning walks.

I’ve got lazy with all this hybrid home working and I need to up my game.

We’ve had a walk early afternoon and he’s a little pully on the lead but not too bad at all really. Big long walk later after he’s had his tea.
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If he carries on pulling then Halti head harnesses are good (there’s less muscle in a dogs head than in your arm 😉) or ask a good pet shop if they can get you a Happy to heel harness 👍🏼
 
Lala said:
He will do !

I’m looking forward to the morning walks.

I’ve got lazy with all this hybrid home working and I need to up my game.

We’ve had a walk early afternoon and he’s a little pully on the lead but not too bad at all really. Big long walk later after he’s had his tea.
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If he does start pulling a lot try a figure 8 lead, works great. Doesnt need to be anything fancy, literally a rope lead where you make another loop to go over his nose. Plenty to look online.
 
Lala, the best tip I can give is only reward the dog for doing the right thing.
As a rescue dog it is very likely he will have some issues which is generally the reason people get shut.
You will get out of it what you put in so you have to set your stall out from now. If he is allowed to do things that you don’t like and you don’t correct it then it is your fault, not his.
Dogs are a pack animal and there is a pecking order so in your household he is bottom of the list but you have to maintain that. If you give him an inch, he will take a mile.
A good book to read is called Dogwise, by John Fisher. HIs training technique is based solely on reward and the dog never hears the word NO!
It will take a lot of patience Lala but if you do it right your patience will be rewarded 10 fold.
Good luck with it.
 
Stony Hill said:
We’ve got two little terriers (actually my daughter’s) but muggins does all the walking! My ex daughter-in-law has kept the Labrador (Otis as in Redding). Brilliantly intelligent, tricks galore, miss him. Son’s new partner has two British bulldogs: more slobber than a breaking wave.
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Oops. Forgot to mention: all our dogs love…………..carrots!
 
Eternaloptimist said:
Lala, the best tip I can give is only reward the dog for doing the right thing.
As a rescue dog it is very likely he will have some issues which is generally the reason people get shut.
You will get out of it what you put in so you have to set your stall out from now. If he is allowed to do things that you don’t like and you don’t correct it then it is your fault, not his.
Dogs are a pack animal and there is a pecking order so in your household he is bottom of the list but you have to maintain that. If you give him an inch, he will take a mile.
A good book to read is called Dogwise, by John Fisher. HIs training technique is based solely on reward and the dog never hears the word NO!
It will take a lot of patience Lala but if you do it right your patience will be rewarded 10 fold.
Good luck with it.
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Thanks for that, all taken onboard 👌
 
todayistheday said:
Make sure the lead is matching the collar, maybe matching earings. 😂 Is the dog male, female or just curious at the moment.
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It’s male, the collar is black and white wool ! It just looks diamanté in certain lights !
 
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Lala said:
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That brings back some memories, had a black lab for 15 yrs. She was the best, brought my kids up with her. My only advice would be get him off the lead for at least one good walk a day, get a ball thrower thingy.
Watch out taking him near water he will jump straight in labs absolutely love to swim they were originally bred to bring fishing nets in.
Enjoy
Just to add he will also love rolling around in dead seagulls and fox shit so be prepared for that 😱
 
Kurtan said:
That brings back some memories, had a black lab for 15 yrs. She was the best, brought my kids up with her. My only advice would be get him off the lead for at least one good walk a day, get a ball thrower thingy.
Watch out taking him near water he will jump straight in labs absolutely love to swim they were originally bred to bring fishing nets in.
Enjoy
Just to add he will also love rolling around in dead seagulls and fox shit so be prepared for that 😱
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My daughter and granddaughter have just taken him for a walk around De Verres 👍 with a ball.

They said his recall was pretty good so fingers crossed we can build on that soon.

I’ve just ordered him a lovely hooded yellow raincoat 🥹
 
Lala said:
Only gone and got one 🥹

I‘ve posted before about considering getting a dog, then spent loads of time looking for one, and now I’ve gone and got a 9 month old Labrador that needed rehoming.

Picked him up this morning and its all quite scary.

He is adorable, friendly, fun, loving and lively 🤭 I think I’m in for some very long walks and a lot of heavy petting 😲

Amy tips greatly appreciated.

Yours, nervous from Blackpool 🥹
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Applause for getting a rescue👏
 
Get some decent waterproofs. I love walking in all weathers and when its blowing a gale and chucking down its ace, if I didn't have a dog I wouldn't go out. Don't overfeed it though lab's don't have an off switch for food and notorious for piling weight on. I'd also get a good grooming brush and get into the habit of brushing them down to avoid a mass of dog hair in the house.
Also learn the basics of dog training, too many dog owners just let them run riot without recall.
Have fun.
 
the BELLFLOWER pub near garstang has won the best dog friendly pub award . has three doggy menus . there is an article on my newsfeed . woth a look .
 
Get the vacuum cleaner out
Trust me And very sad eyes at every meal snack nibble
Lots of black bags on walks
Then enjoy my lab is queen of the house 👍
 
Lala said:
Only gone and got one 🥹

I‘ve posted before about considering getting a dog, then spent loads of time looking for one, and now I’ve gone and got a 9 month old Labrador that needed rehoming.

Picked him up this morning and its all quite scary.

He is adorable, friendly, fun, loving and lively 🤭 I think I’m in for some very long walks and a lot of heavy petting 😲

Amy tips greatly appreciated.

Yours, nervous from Blackpool 🥹
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If it's your first dog or some time since you had one I would recommend you take him to a dog training class, there are a few places locally. We took ours & even though I'd had a dog some years ago It was very helpful. Basically they train you in how to train your dog.
 
Delighted fir you and the family, it’s a game changer for exercise and MH.

Enjoy every minute, my lovely girl is now a senior with a few issues, but I d do anything for her.

You’ve had kids and having a dog is the same. Be consistent, praise 10 times for each reprimand. One word commands, sit, stay, no , they can’t understand lots. My wife tells our cocker great long things, he sits there very attentively but hasn’t a clue what she s on about

Being a lab, training with tiny training treats should be straightforward as they tend to be food focused.

Dog owners generally are the friendliest people ever, even in the south, but be aware some are muppets and their dogs are uncontrolled. Our cocker is wary of others after a few attacks, gets his barking in first.
 
Tangerinemoss said:
Delighted fir you and the family, it’s a game changer for exercise and MH.

Enjoy every minute, my lovely girl is now a senior with a few issues, but I d do anything for her.

You’ve had kids and having a dog is the same. Be consistent, praise 10 times for each reprimand. One word commands, sit, stay, no , they can’t understand lots. My wife tells our cocker great long things, he sits there very attentively but hasn’t a clue what she s on about

Being a lab, training with tiny training treats should be straightforward as they tend to be food focused.

Dog owners generally are the friendliest people ever, even in the south, but be aware some are muppets and their dogs are uncontrolled. Our cocker is wary of others after a few attacks, gets his barking in first.
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Thanks Mossy 🥰
 
Lala said:
Only gone and got one 🥹

I‘ve posted before about considering getting a dog, then spent loads of time looking for one, and now I’ve gone and got a 9 month old Labrador that needed rehoming.

Picked him up this morning and its all quite scary.

He is adorable, friendly, fun, loving and lively 🤭 I think I’m in for some very long walks and a lot of heavy petting 😲

Amy tips greatly appreciated.

Yours, nervous from Blackpool 🥹
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feed him on technical dried dog food my bull mastiffs were perfect on it and never ailed and tend not to over eat
 
Please look up my thread about dog poo swingers. It’s from a few years ago but contains lots of useful information and advice.
 
When we were growing up we used to have a golden Labrador. It was called Sandy.
We came home from school one day to be told it had run away and was lost. At the time, Grease was the big movie of the day. Whenever we heard the song ‘Sandy’, it would make us upset. (Not because of the lyrics, but cos John Travolta was a really bad singer😉).
Anyways, we never did see Sandy again. Thanks for bringing this all back to me, and making me wonder what terrible fate Sandy had.
I’ve got chills. They’re multiplying.
 
Tangerinemoss said:
Delighted fir you and the family, it’s a game changer for exercise and MH.

Enjoy every minute, my lovely girl is now a senior with a few issues, but I d do anything for her.

You’ve had kids and having a dog is the same. Be consistent, praise 10 times for each reprimand. One word commands, sit, stay, no , they can’t understand lots. My wife tells our cocker great long things, he sits there very attentively but hasn’t a clue what she s on about

Being a lab, training with tiny training treats should be straightforward as they tend to be food focused.

Dog owners generally are the friendliest people ever, even in the south, but be aware some are muppets and their dogs are uncontrolled. Our cocker is wary of others after a few attacks, gets his barking in first.
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I'm with your wife moss. If I'm going out & get the eyes 👀 I'll explain at great length where I'm going, who with & discuss rough timescales. I'm now fully trained by her & do as I'm told. We're a great team.
 
20togo said:
have a great time with him, They are really your best friend.

An amusing analogy. You take your dog out for walks but never say hello to strangers who don't have a dog. If they've got a dog, you'll always say hello and soon start to stop and say hello to each other whilst the dogs get to know each other.
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It’s a form of discrimination. I am often walking down the street and I see dog walkers approach each other and stop to have a conversation.
But when I’m approaching a dog walker, they don’t give me the time of day because I’m dogless.

If I tried to engage them in conversation, especially a female dog walker, they would think I was a weirdo or a predator.

But if I had a dog on a lead, then the other dog walker would be at ease, and happy to converse with me. They’d be at ease because they would see me as one of them. In their club. Someone with similar traits. Someone who’s a mirror image or has similarities. The absence of which, is the basic underlying factor that drives all discrimination.

It’s the unconscious bias. When I used to do job interviewing, and when I went to job interviews, I was all too aware of it. We were trained to be aware, and to not to let the absence of similarities sway our judgement.
But it’s human nature.
We see someone who’s the same age, ethnicity, gender, has the same hobbies, is a parent, maybe has kids of the same age - and we start to relax and feel comfortable. It’s a natural unconscious response.


I remember going for a job, and one of the interviewers had a tie with a golf theme. At the end of the interview I had a chance to ask a few questions so I asked them if they played and what their handicap was. I asked if they’d played a course near where I lived. I gave the impression I was interested in golf. And I managed to flatter them about their handicap. Needless to say, I got the job. Maybe that extra connection I established helped. I don’t know, but I suspect it did. We like people that like the same things.

It’s apparent when I’m in my taxi. The customer often engages in conversation. Between us we steer the discussion onto common territory. I might be asked ‘do you have children?’, or ‘do you follow a team?’ Or ‘are you going away this year?’

Once an area of mutual interest or commonality is established the customer relaxes more and feels more at ease.

I’m not criticising dog walkers, cos it’s human nature. They’re at ease with each other. It’s a bit like when you’re hiking in the Lakes. You’ll often come across other walkers, and they’ll acknowledge you and say hello. Maybe even stop for a quick chat. That’s because by virtue of how they’re dressed, and the fact that they’re in the same location, it means you already know you’ve something in common. You both love the the Lakes and you’re both out hiking. So you’re instantly friendly to each other, and your guard is down. You’ve got the similarity, you’re in the same club.

But - take the same people, in different clothes, in a different setting e.g., a high street, and you’ve lost that similarity. There’s too many unknowns. You’re just a randomer. If you stopped the person, and said hello, they’d likely look at you like you’re a freak, and walk hurriedly away. Same people. Different setting. No obvious commonality. Therefore they’re not at ease, and see you as an oddball at best, and perhaps a threat.

Anyways, I thought I’d share this with you dog walkers. Maybe now you’ll look on the dogless with care and compassion, rather than as freaks and threats.

The dogless have feelings too. There you are having your dog walker to dog walker tete a tete, whilst us dogless are left out in the cold. Shut out. Shunned. Snubbed. Not deemed worthy of acknowledging, never mind a conversation.

If only one or two of you would speak to me. I have loads of useful information about what you can do with your dog excrement. You don’t know what you’re missing. And there’s you thinking I’m a weirdo cos I’m dogless. How wrong can you be?
 
Malced said:
It’s a form of discrimination. I am often walking down the street and I see dog walkers approach each other and stop to have a conversation.
But when I’m approaching a dog walker, they don’t give me the time of day because I’m dogless.

If I tried to engage them in conversation, especially a female dog walker, they would think I was a weirdo or a predator.

But if I had a dog on a lead, then the other dog walker would be at ease, and happy to converse with me. They’d be at ease because they would see me as one of them. In their club. Someone with similar traits. Someone who’s a mirror image or has similarities. The absence of which, is the basic underlying factor that drives all discrimination.

It’s the unconscious bias. When I used to do job interviewing, and when I went to job interviews, I was all too aware of it. We were trained to be aware, and to not to let the absence of similarities sway our judgement.
But it’s human nature.
We see someone who’s the same age, ethnicity, gender, has the same hobbies, is a parent, maybe has kids of the same age - and we start to relax and feel comfortable. It’s a natural unconscious response.


I remember going for a job, and one of the interviewers had a tie with a golf theme. At the end of the interview I had a chance to ask a few questions so I asked them if they played and what their handicap was. I asked if they’d played a course near where I lived. I gave the impression I was interested in golf. And I managed to flatter them about their handicap. Needless to say, I got the job. Maybe that extra connection I established helped. I don’t know, but I suspect it did. We like people that like the same things.

It’s apparent when I’m in my taxi. The customer often engages in conversation. Between us we steer the discussion onto common territory. I might be asked ‘do you have children?’, or ‘do you follow a team?’ Or ‘are you going away this year?’

Once an area of mutual interest or commonality is established the customer relaxes more and feels more at ease.

I’m not criticising dog walkers, cos it’s human nature. They’re at ease with each other. It’s a bit like when you’re hiking in the Lakes. You’ll often come across other walkers, and they’ll acknowledge you and say hello. Maybe even stop for a quick chat. That’s because by virtue of how they’re dressed, and the fact that they’re in the same location, it means you already know you’ve something in common. You both love the the Lakes and you’re both out hiking. So you’re instantly friendly to each other, and your guard is down. You’ve got the similarity, you’re in the same club.

But - take the same people, in different clothes, in a different setting e.g., a high street, and you’ve lost that similarity. There’s too many unknowns. You’re just a randomer. If you stopped the person, and said hello, they’d likely look at you like you’re a freak, and walk hurriedly away. Same people. Different setting. No obvious commonality. Therefore they’re not at ease, and see you as an oddball at best, and perhaps a threat.

Anyways, I thought I’d share this with you dog walkers. Maybe now you’ll look on the dogless with care and compassion, rather than as freaks and threats.

The dogless have feelings too. There you are having your dog walker to dog walker tete a tete, whilst us dogless are left out in the cold. Shut out. Shunned. Snubbed. Not deemed worthy of acknowledging, never mind a conversation.

If only one or two of you would speak to me. I have loads of useful information about what you can do with your dog excrement. You don’t know what you’re missing. And there’s you thinking I’m a weirdo cos I’m dogless. How wrong can you be?
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But that would mean the dog was left out as the humans chatted. People out walking without a dog could be a cat lover. Fuck 'em 😀
 
Malced said:
When we were growing up we used to have a golden Labrador. It was called Sandy.
We came home from school one day to be told it had run away and was lost. At the time, Grease was the big movie of the day. Whenever we heard the song ‘Sandy’, it would make us upset. (Not because of the lyrics, but cos John Travolta was a really bad singer😉).
Anyways, we never did see Sandy again. Thanks for bringing this all back to me, and making me wonder what terrible fate Sandy had.
I’ve got chills. They’re multiplying.
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Oh gosh, well please don’t lose control…at least not when you’re driving anyway 😀
 
I've had a bitch for 10 years or so.

A few things.

I never wanted one.

The King Charles Spaniel has though been the perfect family pet as she is so submissive - never a hint of bother apart from trying to swallow a wood pigeon whole. And more recently the new kitten; same thing. It's meant that 3 youngish kids have enjoyed the fun bit of owning a dog as they have grown into adulthood.

However

Dog breath is horrible.
I hate the fact other dog owners think that every dog owner likes every other dog - I don't, so please don't stop me and talk about them.
Don't get me started on fur babies 🤮
They create restrictions on your life which mean you have to think of the dog before you can do anything remotely spontaneous.

And worst of all, whilst taking it for a walk, I mused on the fact that in the Bible, The Torah and The Qur'an I'm made in God's image, In Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism I've reached peak reincarnation. The atheists and agnostics would say that we are the apex of evolution - so why, in all that is Holy and not, am I walking behind a dog picking up its shit.

I've enjoyed having her on the whole, but when she is ready for the kennel in the sky, I won't be renewing.

Enjoy your time with Denzil; I hope you get whatever you're looking from it. I'll make an exception and watch your time with him on here - but that's about you not the dog!!
 
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I have a chocolate lab that is crazy, he hates carrots. My main tip is that you have one dedicated person that is responsible for feeding
your lab, otherwise, they will try and convince other members of your household that they are starving. Labs can quite easily eat 2 or
3 dinners in a night.
As for training a lab, underfeed it slightly at meal times and reward it with very small pieces of cheese or sausage. Cheddar or Lancashire
for example but no blue cheese.
 
Lala said:
Only gone and got one 🥹

I‘ve posted before about considering getting a dog, then spent loads of time looking for one, and now I’ve gone and got a 9 month old Labrador that needed rehoming.

Picked him up this morning and its all quite scary.

He is adorable, friendly, fun, loving and lively 🤭 I think I’m in for some very long walks and a lot of heavy petting 😲

Amy tips greatly appreciated.

Yours, nervous from Blackpool 🥹
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Only just seen this. Just wow K.

You'll never look back. You've just got a new best buddy!
 
Macseasider said:
100% agree. And they are always really odd. And a bit smelly looking. Avoid.
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They are smelly dirty gits, the smell gets embedded in everything. Most are flea ridden and will need house fumigated every few months if owner can be arsed, most cant. Whatever floats your boat I suppose.
 
Wizaard said:
You know if you dropped down dead, your dog would be visibly upset and guard the body.

Your cat would start eating you while still warm.

😉🤣🤣
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Sadly, the families of Glen Pattinson and Bethany Lynn Stephens (to name but two 😔) might disagree with you but I have shown Henry 😸 where we keep the pouches and kibble JUST in case…..
 
TSSeasider said:
I've had a bitch for 10 years or so.

A few things.

I never wanted one.

The King Charles Spaniel has though been the perfect family pet as she is so submissive - never a hint of bother apart from trying to swallow a wood pigeon whole. And more recently the new kitten; same thing. It's meant that 3 youngish kids have enjoyed the fun bit of owning a dog as they have grown into adulthood.

However

Dog breath is horrible.
I hate the fact other dog owners think that every dog owner likes every other dog - I don't, so please don't stop me and talk about them.
Don't get me started on fur babies 🤮
They create restrictions on your life which mean you have to think of the dog before you can do anything remotely spontaneous.

And worst of all, whilst taking it for a walk, I mused on the fact that in the Bible, The Torah and The Qur'an I'm made in God's image, In Sikhism, Buddhism and Hinduism I've reached peak reincarnation. The atheists and agnostics would say that we are the apex of evolution - so why, in all that is Holy and not, am I walking behind a dog picking up it's shit.

I've enjoyed having her on the whole, but when she is ready for the kennel in the sky, I won't be renewing.

Enjoy your time with Denzil; I hope you get whatever you're looking from it. I'll make an exception and watch your time with him on here - but that's about you not the dog!!
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We clean our dog's teeth every day. No dog breath.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
If you want my advice… Avoid other dog owners like the plague…I cross the road with my dog just to avoid them.. Worse thing about owning a dog is that random weirdos think you want to talk to them.
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Most do unless they are miserable buggers. We’ve ended up chatting to loads of people outside or in somewhere & generally that’s a good sociable thing. Without the dog breaking the ice we wouldn’t have spoken to them more than likely. Personally I like to speak to different people as it’s surprising what you can learn.
 
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