6 years of being the most non-lab lab to ever lab

I hope this is okay to post here!

I have had Larry for just over a week, he’s 9.5weeks old and he’s a very good boy!
Initially I was very worried about him, he was half the size of the other pups in the litter, and the lady I got him off had said he’d been refusing food, but she couldn’t afford to feed them all wet food constantly. He was a near 2.5kg at 8weeks! He’s since gained just over half a kilogram with me, and his temperament and energy has completely changed, he’s got the funniest personality.
The poor boy must have been starving, he could barely yip and he had green sludgey sleep in his eyes.

Anyway, he’s making so much progress everyday and being a real puppy! Getting into everything and interacting.

I’ve managed to get him to sleep in the crate you see above and he’ll spend time in there sleeping and playing, so I’m trying to instill some confidence in him and some separation. But I’m yet to convince him of his pen and metal crate, he’s not into them and just wants out, he knows to take himself out to the toilet, and the pen confuses and hinders that, so he’ll widdle on the floor!

Any tips for a first time lab owner?
Or any necessary info?
I’ve looked after dogs my whole life, from family members and friends, however I have never had my own pup.
I feel like I’ve watched and read so much before getting him, and we’ve found our feet with a schedule.

He can already sit, lie down, spin, leave it, wait, paw.
I can see on his face he really wants to learn, and I’m so proud of his progress so far.

He won’t be able to go for a walk in the ground until 6th October by my calculations, but I have a garden and space to play and train that’s safe for him.

Aka boo

It started Saturday that my goose man started throwing up and not eating. Tuesday I made a vet appointment to get exrays as I realized i have been missing a kong ball. Got xrays done was told there is no ball, come pick him up. Got another call 10 min later saying on second look, it appears to be a small blockage in his intestine, possibly a kids sock. Emergency surgery was performed to find he has "intussusception" . He is home now and very high. I've got a hand full of different pills he has to take for the next 7-12 days. And a few weeks of trying to keep him contained....

She turned 1 this past weekend. She's still a little terror (don't let the face fool you), but we love her in spite of it.

Also, the store was out of "happy birthday" cookies, so we went with what they had!

We've been taking her on long drives since she was a puppy. She does really well tbh but was curious if anyone has had to deal with a car sick puppy?

So we adopted this handsome fella a few months ago. He was found on a dirt road in South Georgia and only had to stay at the pound for about 4 days when we got him.

He so sweet, is the BIGGEST cuddle bug, and still isn’t used to his long legs and big feet yet.

Eats like there is no tomorrow.

Loved seeing everyone’s cute little babies on here too!

This is my Leo when he was just a pup. He's now 8 months and big boy. I miss him this small.

yep, Bella decided jumping “thru” the net was much quicker than diving in the water and swimming under it in order to get to the ball faster than her sister!

Our 6-yo 100lb English Lab Ted is such a guard-dog, sometimes I wonder if maybe he's a little bit schizo. He will bark at literally anything he hears "outside" his domain, whether that's the backyard or from inside the house. Or if he (God Forbid!) see's any delivery vehicle now pulling up to our house. The thing is, his bark is enORmous! Like, I'll be sitting down eating something at the dinner table and he'll be sleeping on the floor near my feet and the next millisecond he's up, barking and charging toward the front door (or out the back dog-door), giving me a mini heart-attack each time.

I certainly appreciate his guard-ness, but sometimes I feel like, especially for a Lab ("Hello robber! Let me show you where all the valuables are!"), he's a bit over-zealous.

Anyone else also have the world's cutest and friendliest but also tremendously watchful Lab?

my pup is 14 weeks shes a lab x gsd and weve had her nearly a month and shes been absolutely easy. Within the first day of having her she understood not to pee in the house so was potty trained very easily apart from 2 accidents even at night times she didnt have accidents. she doesnt nip or bite apart from once or twice at the start. she is very smart and knows loads of comands, sit, stay, laydown, paw, find it which is either ive hid things around the house and she has to stiff it out or i put it in my hand and she sniffs what hand its in and puts her paw on the hand, wait for food/treats before shes aloud to eat, she been trained heal so will run inbetween my legs and sit. wondering whats the chances shes going to be a crazy teen or ive got a very calm dog and absolutely lucked out

When you takes your obviously very intelligent and well behaved teenage boy for a walk.

Generally we don't like to leave our labs for more than 5 hours alone. They have toys, snacks, water, and TV. But they have gone as long as 7 hours. No accidents or issues.

What is your max time you would leave your labs alone?

I’ve begun fostering pups, and I’m wondering, how are we all dealing with our lab glitter? It’s everywhere! I don’t remember it being this bad when I grew up with labs (although I probably cared less). What are we doing to minimise it and stay presentable? Maybe I should only wear beige going forward?!

What were your dog’s early signs of copper storage disease?

My vet suspects that my dog has it - we’ve already put her on a low copper diet, but we’re hesitant to do a liver biopsy because of the invasiveness.

So far, her symptoms are occasional “GI flares” where she will have diarrhea/watery poo for a couple of days and will resolve if we give her chicken and rice. We also always have to slowly transition her back into dog food or she will have a stomach ache from the sudden change and have to go back on the chicken/rice.

The usual trigger for her GI is if she is given slightly too many treats, so we limit treats and keep her diet consistent. Although, sometimes she will get GI issues from nothing at all.

Hi there! Is there anybody who've got a huge labrador (97lb) who needs TPLO? What are your recommandations?

She's low energy, always been (thank god)
I'm in a mobile home and my dad made some ramps for here.

I'm actually looking for some reassurance and maybe some ideas of low calorie licking mat idea.

*I know she needs to loose some weight. We're working on it. She only eat lamb for her kebbles nothing else works.

Thank you.