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Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:41 pm to tigereye1988
Sure, get a Lab...if you want to be like every other Louisiana baw.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:42 pm to djangochained
People who hunt want a black or brown.
Labs are great friends... I mean dogs. Socialize them. Play with them. Train them (they are smart). They tend to be real retrivery/mouthy. Give them toys to play with....or they will find toys/furniture to play with.
Labs are great friends... I mean dogs. Socialize them. Play with them. Train them (they are smart). They tend to be real retrivery/mouthy. Give them toys to play with....or they will find toys/furniture to play with.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:42 pm to tigereye1988
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:44 pm to tigereye1988
My brother in training a guide dog black lab. She's awesome but already is mouthing, chewing, nipping, anything she can get her mouth on. he's not allowed to have her outside off a leash so yard or no yard isn't an option for her. However she's still am awesome pup.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:50 pm to Tiger Stadium 11
Great dogs. Will also be good if you get married and have kids.
Be careful with the apartment thing. Some places limit the size on dogs.
Be careful with the apartment thing. Some places limit the size on dogs.
This post was edited on 1/16/21 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:51 pm to tigereye1988
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Single guy that lives alone. Check.
Never had a dog as a child and not very knowledgeable on the subject. Check.
I live in an apartment. Check.
A big back yard. No fence though. Check.
You couldn't have created a better case NOT to get a dog, much less a lab.
In general, if you're going to end up making the dog stay home all day by itself day in, day out, reconsider. The isolation tends to make them a little nuts, and labs are known to eat or dig up whatever environment you confine them in. If you can come home for lunch, or have someone look in, or even take him to doggy daycare, that would be OK.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:52 pm to tigereye1988
Meh. My lab is 3 years old and she grew out of the chewing phase in her first year. Basically a big teddy bear now. As long as you train her and keep a bunch of toys around you'll probably be ok in my opinion.
Labs are hands down my favorite breed
Edit: she was raised in an apt her first 2 years.
Labs are hands down my favorite breed
Edit: she was raised in an apt her first 2 years.
This post was edited on 12/29/15 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:53 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
All good points. I live right down the road from work and in outside sales so im usually home for an hour or so everyday for lunch.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:57 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Never having owned a dog before shouldn't be much of a case for not getting a dog as long as you realize that you need to do your research before getting the dog.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:57 pm to tigereye1988
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I live right down the road from work and in outside sales so im usually home for an hour or so everyday for lunch.
As far as that goes, it would be a luckier dog than many I've known.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:59 pm to djangochained
Not Milli Vanilli
My last one was a British and they have great noses. And yes I hunt but they are just great companions. But I have land for them to roam with plenty of water too.
My last one was a British and they have great noses. And yes I hunt but they are just great companions. But I have land for them to roam with plenty of water too.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:01 pm to Peazey
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Never having owned a dog before shouldn't be much of a case for not getting a dog as long as you realize that you need to do your research before getting the dog.
I agree, but as someone who has owned dogs, the other factors I listed would give me pause.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:04 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
I agree. Lots of people aren't able to get home for lunch, which makes a big difference IMO.
If you want a dog, lab or otherwise, do your research. Learn what to do to keep you and your dog happy, which generally means lots of exercise and attention.
And I know I keep harping on this, but please rescue. I have a rescue that is loyal to a fault, and I think me taking him in after he had been in the shelter for 3 months is the reason.
If you want a dog, lab or otherwise, do your research. Learn what to do to keep you and your dog happy, which generally means lots of exercise and attention.
And I know I keep harping on this, but please rescue. I have a rescue that is loyal to a fault, and I think me taking him in after he had been in the shelter for 3 months is the reason.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:05 pm to tigereye1988
You might as well start chewing on everything you own now. Get to it before the lab does.
eta: if you really want an adventure, get a Chesapeake Retriever. They'll alpha the frick out of your whole block.
eta: if you really want an adventure, get a Chesapeake Retriever. They'll alpha the frick out of your whole block.
This post was edited on 12/29/15 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:08 pm to tigereye1988
A lab puppy will be very high maintenance for a couple years.
Not really a good apartment dog, but they are great in a yard or on a farm.
They will chew things that you wouldn't believe they'd chew.
Not really a good apartment dog, but they are great in a yard or on a farm.
They will chew things that you wouldn't believe they'd chew.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:08 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Rescue is definitely an option.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:11 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
My choco lab is about 4 years old and he just chewed up the handle on a hammer I forgot to put up and went back to get it 45 minutes later. a-hole dog.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:15 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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You couldn't have created a better case NOT to get a dog, much less a lab.
In general, if you're going to end up making the dog stay home all day by itself day in, day out, reconsider. The isolation tends to make them a little nuts, and labs are known to eat or dig up whatever environment you confine them in. If you can come home for lunch, or have someone look in, or even take him to doggy daycare, that would be OK.
this is the most perfect post in this thread!!!!!
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:17 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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They will chew things that you wouldn't believe they'd chew.
...and destroy the things they are supposed to chew, too. Mine rendered a so-called indestructible kong chew toy to bits in minutes, and then looked at me like "what's next homie?".
This post was edited on 12/29/15 at 11:23 pm
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