Labrador Retriever Dogs Blog

Newspapers: If you have to go to the bathroom while playing in the front yard, always use the newspaper that's placed in the driveway every morning for that purpose.

Visitors: Quickly determine which guest is afraid of dogs. Charge across the room, barking loudly and leap playfully on this person. If the human falls down on the floor and starts crying, lick its face and growl gently to show your concern.

Barking: Because you are a dog, you are expected to bark. So bark–a lot. Your owners will be very happy to hear you protecting their house. Especially late at night while they are sleeping safely in their beds. There is no more secure feeling for a human than to keep waking up in the middle of the night and hearing your protective bark, bark, bark…

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It can be a devastating and disgusting diagnosis when a Veterinarian tells you that your dog has Worms. Even worse, you may actually see the Worms coming out of your dog or in their stool, if they have Roundworms or Tapeworms. Trust me when I say that that can be a nearly traumatic experience. Also disturbing, some of these Worms can even be transmitted from your dog to you, which is called zoonosis. These include Roundworms and Hookworms, so you should take extra precautions and follow your veterinarians advice to the letter, if you dog has one of these parasites.

Each type of wormy parasite requires a different treatment or medication, and will display different symptoms. Every dog owner should at least have a working knowledge about the warning signs of a Worm infestation and the treatments involved. Here are the five types of Worms that may infect your dog.

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Life At The Doghouse – Dog Adoption

We have had three dogs for the 15 years. These three dogs all basically behaved the same way, and they got along fabulously. When our 14 year old Dukie (a Black Lab) left us we got Shorty, a 3 year old Black Lab from the Humane Society. Dukie was 100 pound male and Shorty is a 55 pound female.

An adopted dog was a new experience for me. I always believed that all Black Labs behave the same way. Wrong! Shorty did everything different from my previous three black labs. Shorty's owner died, that's why she was at the Humane Society.

We believe Shorty was owned by a more senior, apartment/condo living person. Shorty knew how to behave perfectly in the house. She was totally lost with our other dog, Nikki, a Golden Retriever. She was totally bewildered outside the home. (She was run down by a car after her owner died). She acted like she had never seen another dog or an outside life.

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Vic (Spartsmom) has chosen an apt theme for February with Valentine's Day coming up: Best Kiss Ever!

The winner of the February contest will choose the theme for February and also receive a collar with a heavy duty black, plastic buckle from our photo contest sponsor, www.3dirtydawgz.com The kissing dog does not have to be a Lab — it can be any of your own dogs. See the Labrador Retriever Chatboard Forums for more information about the monthly labrador retriever photo contest.

Congratulations to Vic (Spartsmom) for her winning photo of TC, aka Sophie!! :party:

It certainly fit the theme of "Smiling Labs" perfectly!

Vic is thinking of a theme for February that I will announce as soon as I hear from here, and she's also mulling over her choice of a collar from our sponsor: www.3dirtydawgz.com.

Thanks to all of the fantastic entries and to all of you who voted!! If you want a chance to win a dog collar or just share your labrador retriever photos join us at the Labrador Retriever Chatboard and Forums.