Tell me about puppies - particularly Labrador puppies...

[wangle99]

Never had a puppy before... tell me all the good and bad bits... don't spare anything lol

Sarah

Labs are very hard work,much harder than kids.My Black puppy is a pain and chews kitchen towels,shoes,sofas etc(even when he has a selection of toys in front of him) he also climbed on top of the cooker yesterday and ate most of a huge Shepherds pie and the bit he didnt manage to finish had a paw print in it
My advice...get a cat, or an adult dog.

I agree with others - please do not even think about getting one if you work full time. Its just not fair on the dog.

lol @ get a cat

and just in case anyone was wondering, my choc was from a kc registered breeder, and pedigree-wise is from top notch stock lol. (i still get e-mails from the breeder keen to let me know the latest successes of her daddy lol) but she's still bats

...but point noted about not all chocs being tarred with the same brush...

i love watching mine together, they are just the best of friends.

Kid and Romanarama, hang in there with the jumping, it does improve. I thought she'd never stop but she is definitely a lot better and can manage to keep her paws on the ground if a stranger strokes her, which a couple of months ago seemed like an impossible dream. She does still jump but it is definitely less.

Bella, my dog is on her second lot of 7 day Panacur for lungworm and without doubt it is making her very hyper. There was a gap in the middle when she was off it and she was so much calmer. We give it in the morning as the two times she had it at night she was in a right state until about 1am, fretting, whining , barking and generally not knowing what to do with herself. I did mention this to the vets but they said the Panacur shouldn't have this effect but it definitely does, have you come across any dogs with a similar reaction before?

Wynken - no, I haven't come across that. How odd. Could it be anything to do with her stomach being emptier when you gave it to her at night, do you think? Sometimes an irritated stomach can cause animals to become a bit hyper.

SDTG - I have yet to see conclusive evidence that crating dc does them any harm

My pup loves to jump onto the kitchen table. He can only do that if we forget to push the chair right up to the table.

This morning, he nicked DH's glasses off the side, I had to chase him.

The other issue we are having with him still is the eating poop. I know its perfectly normal but SO GROSS!
Lets hope it stops soon.

He is more or less housetrained during the night and sleeps really well. Just got to tackle the housetraining during the day now.

Thanks Bella, it was in her evening meal, I guess it could well have messed around with her digestion. She does seemed to have calmed down a little the last couple of day (touch wood , cross fingers and toes) - DD has done some training with her this morning and she's been playing Tug a Jug and is now flakes on the floor. Only two sachets left now so am hoping that will be the end of two rather long months of coughs, antibiotics and panacur.

Kid, we've had the kitchen table thing, there's a bit of bench that she can climb on. She's stopped it now and if caught on something she knows she's not supposed to be on such as sofa, does now immediately scuttle off when she sees us.

Ooh Minimu, that timetable is handy. I'm going to do 4x 5min walks with mine and work up.

We went to puppy training yesterday and 3 of his litter were there (it's goldens only). I think they knew! They ignored all the others and went nuts playing with each other when there was free time. So cute!

Labrador Puppies are cute. You can choose from the three registered color chocolate, yellow and black and from two categories English and American Labs.

Know the difference between English and American labradors: www.thelabradordog.com/the-difference-between-english-and-american-labradors/

Detailed Information about Puppies: www.thelabradordog.com/labrador-puppies/

Zombie thread I suspect after 8 years the OP has made their decision.