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Indi · 05-31-2005, 01:56 PM

I've had labs or lab crosses pretty much my entire life....labs are well known for thier very even keeled temperment, you rarely meet an angry lab. The hair thing, don't kid yourself, labs shed just as much as goldens, it's just that thier hair is shorter, not as noticeable. In the springtime, you could build another dog by what I brush out of my dogs coat. There are two things that labs live for......balls and swimming, not necessarily in that order. It's hard to keep a lab out of the water....oh yeah, they like to roll in things, the smellier the better. One thing that you have to be very careful with with all mature labs is thier weight...they all seem to pack it on very quickly when they get to about 5+ years.....my vet sometimes reccomends low cal food at around that age to prevent obesity

great dog, you cant go wrong...also, there is a lab rescue society in calgary, you should look them up, you cant go wrong saving a life...its good Karma!!

05-31-2005, 01:56 PM	#9
Indi Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Apr 2004 Exp:	I've had labs or lab crosses pretty much my entire life....labs are well known for thier very even keeled temperment, you rarely meet an angry lab. The hair thing, don't kid yourself, labs shed just as much as goldens, it's just that thier hair is shorter, not as noticeable. In the springtime, you could build another dog by what I brush out of my dogs coat. There are two things that labs live for......balls and swimming, not necessarily in that order. It's hard to keep a lab out of the water....oh yeah, they like to roll in things, the smellier the better. One thing that you have to be very careful with with all mature labs is thier weight...they all seem to pack it on very quickly when they get to about 5+ years.....my vet sometimes reccomends low cal food at around that age to prevent obesity great dog, you cant go wrong...also, there is a lab rescue society in calgary, you should look them up, you cant go wrong saving a life...its good Karma!!