PUPPY!!!!!!!

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(not actually mine, but we are pals)

I am a fan of these dogs.

god i want a dog

new mexico pup style! love it

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meet charlie! he's 3 but looks (and acts) like an old man. was a stray in texas and on a kill list and then bounced through fosters and bad adoptions :(

but now he's home! he is extremely mellow and settling in. already has a favorite spot on the couch and spent last night curled up at my feet in bed.

my first dog, i love it so far

he looks gorgeous!

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this is my main doog Douglas, he's reaching his first birthday in 2 days!

handsome boy

he has some very unsavoury habits and is an obsessive scavenger, so I have to put a muzzle on him off the lead until we get into deep countryside. Because he will literally eat anything, including discarded socks, dog-shit, fox-shit literally anything... but he is slowly getting more sensible.

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just shamelessly reposting earlier pics of Douglas's development in the last year from this thread, including after he needed major surgery to have a sock removed from his small intestine after nearly dying, because I felt like it!

he practically collapses that settee when jumps on it now!

two extremely good boys imo

Doug is so beautiful. Black labs are my favourite. Does he like to greet people by putting their arms in his mouth? We had a black lab who did that. Not everyone likes that, we discovered.

And look at Charlie! I hope he'll turn out to be a total rascal when you've had him for a while and he settles in properly.

This is our pack (I don't know if this photo will work).
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Oh, hueg, sorry.

Love to see all the VGBs.

I am still VERY dog-broody.

Labs are such easy dogs to have if you are under stress. When I had anxiety my lab mix used to lie down next to me so I could feel how calm he was. Only problem with them is that they WILL eat anything, including - ick - a tray of pasta in the alley that has maggots. They're smart dogs so it just must be hard-wired into them to put any and all food into their mouths.

" Black labs are my favourite. Does he like to greet people by putting their arms in his mouth? We had a black lab who did that. Not everyone likes that, we discovered."

yep, not biting but excitedly getting hands, arms, sleeves of coats in his mouth in his excitement, and he repeatedly jumps up at people - which is not good when he is covered in mud or the unfortunate person has recently had a hip replacement or just doesn't like that type of thing! He is calming down a bit and getting more wary about strangers, but still often starts hyperventilating when he meets other dogs or people sometimes, get's crazy excited. He will literally eat anything hence the need for a muzzle off the lead. I've stopped going to to one local park because some twisted psychopath from the rugby has been putting poisoned food around the pitch again

mine is having separation anxiety, barking/whining after i leave. this was my first day heading out to my job so we'll be working on it. hopefully when things become more predictable and normal he'll relax a bit

I'd recommend getting some pressed rawhide bones, they can chew them for hours and it might help him chill if he's showing anxiety and prevent other things getting chewed.

xp to trish

just remembered the day my postman, who is a fan of Douglas came to say hello and ended up with his hand in a big cavernous labbie mouth, and when get got his hand back there was a huge globule of saliva dangling off his wrist..

No! Not rawhide! The rawhide doesn’t digest, is often made by bleaching said rawhide and comes from very unethical places. Plus I see a rawhide veterinary horror story just about every day online. You’re best off getting raw bones from a butcher (I get beef rib bones for Wilf when he stays).

shit I didn't realise there were so many blockages caused by rawhide bones. The ones I get are quite expensive and from a reputable online seller, and I thought they were just basically very chewy protein. oh well!

Douglas is such a beautiful dog ❤️❤️

NB: Bully Sticks have similar issues if you have a fast chewer though puppies go berzerk over them.
NB to NB: they smell real bad tho
NB to NB to NB: they are bull penises tho

xp

he's absolutely gorgeous, that much was evident the second I saw him as a pup - but he's maturing into a stunningly handsome dog. Does anyone know if those poundshop butcher's bones in cellophane wraps are good or bad? or what are the best doggy chewing treat options?

pretty doggos!

We used to do the king size kong with frozen food/peanut butter in it.

Yeah, Kongs here too.

xp to Calzino: Those things can splinter if the dog crunches too hard on them, so they're not great for very chompy dogs. We're fine because we've got two weak-mouthed dogs and one Jack Russell who is mighty and strong but small.

just remembered the day my postman, who is a fan of Douglas came to say hello and ended up with his hand in a big cavernous labbie mouth, and when get got his hand back there was a huge globule of saliva dangling off his wrist..

Yes, an old housemate of mine used to call our labrador Lord Crustynosebridge because he always had a big dried flob across his muzzle. So debonair!

I've just been reading that you should avoid white rawhide dog chews because they are the ones that are likely to have had extensive chemical treatment. The ones I get are a yellow ochre colour and don't stink like crap, so I feel a little bit better now. But the choke hazard is obv not good.

xp and when they shake that head - duck and cover!

I had a 70 lb boxer and he did pretty well on bully sticks, but he also had little dolphin teeth. He would just snap almost everything else in bits and then swallow them whole so never touched rawhide.

Bones from an actual butcher. If they’re not giving them away outright, they will cost pennies, and not be origin-suspect like those from Poundland (also: raw every time). Get a bunch and lob them in the freezer. That’ll do for any germs and your dog will be BUSY for at least three hours.

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crazy fool tried to jump over a barbed wire fence and his carpal pad god ripped!

get well soon buddy :(

Oh Douglas, you beautiful fool.

he's not happy about his second spell imprisoned in a buster collar.

Widget!

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AWWWW

widget fits in a small box!

very handsome little fellow!

little darling widget<3

"So I don't get what Maru thinks is so grand about boxes...." Seriously, though, Widget is a good and adorable dog.

I got my puppy 2 years ago, despite all the "not just for Christmas rhetoric" he has been brilliant distraction from Christmas and all the other depressing shit the rest of the year round. Here's to Widget!

very adorable wee dog

Ah calz, the breeder (who resisted the impulse to double the price of a puppy because: lockdown) wasn’t intending a Christmas litter but mumdog came in season earlier than expected.

Check out Josie, the mi-ki!

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One more

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A new Josie has appeared!!!

<3

she's the pride of the neighborhood

this little face!

omg i was not aware of the mi-ki until i opened this thread and i am IN LOVE

that blueberry nose needs a smooch pronto