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@piemonster oooo a HWV owner! We're on a breeders list to get a pup in April/May. Do you love him/her?
I would have loved a vizsla, wirehaired or smooth but decided they might have been too much for a first dog
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Meet Joe, the Lab who finds the biggest sticks he can to lug through the woods… As his human, part of the job is to help him fit down narrow paths and between trees 🙄😂
I think it must be a lab thing as the one I watch on a Tuesday and when her owners are away does exactly the same thing, it's flippin' hilarious!
It is, for a while, then starts to mess up a walk as it takes ages! I find myself questioning my life as I yet again help him fit through a gap or through a gate with a 6 foot stick! Numpty! But I love him!!
Yes, absolutely, he’s an amazing companion. The first 8-12 months were hard graft but nothing unexpected. Very much my best friend. I don’t think he’s been further than 10 feet away for some time now.
He is “needier” than other dogs I’ve had, but they’ve been in different setting (family dogs) so that might be a bit more focused with just two of us here. Not really ridden with him much, generally it’s Fell/Trail Running.
Yeah they're known to be quite 'needy' dogs, the wirehaired supposedly a little less so as the GWP which was added to the mix eased this a little. It'll certainly be something I'll be paying attention to from day one as I've had a boxer with separation anxiety before and it wasn't pleasant for all involved.
I reckon he’s good for 2hrs left alone, that’s based on a webcam and the manner of greeting we get, less than that and he’ll just be asleep, more than that an he’s grabbed my arm and doesn’t want to let go generally being a bit too enthusiastic/worried. That assumes he’s had an activity beforehand.
We do get longer windows than that, but only in the evenings when he’s normally asleep post meal time anyway. Most of the time he’s pretty relaxed, but then, I ran him for 10 miles XC yesterday, 11 on the hills today. He’s usually gets two full days out a week, loads of time with other dogs (the cat is crap company).
Collection day, nervous Pup
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Pre-collection
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Attempting to train
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Most pictures not of him asleep are blurry
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Teenager….
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Bit of a spin up Bredon Hill today with doggo.
Ebygomm - you've got a gorgeous looking but defective lab there !
Left food = not a proper lab.
Holly is a defective lab as well, when she was dropped off this morning she had half her breakfast dropped off too that she hadn't yet finished! Having said that she's fed crappy bakers rubbish so that's probably why!
Blimey - definitely something defective there! My Joe wouldn’t leave a crumb, even if it was disgusting! Pre programmed food machine…
Decided to go away for a couple nights in the van with the furry one 🐶🙂
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This is Ivy. We've had her nearly 2 years now, so that would make her about 4-5 ish we think.
She's a Romanian rescue and quite possibly the best thing to happen to our family for quite some time.
We lost our old lab/collie cross a coupe of years before down to long term effects from an injury from another dog. He lost motor function in his back legs, couldn't walk properly and couldn't poop properly. We were advised to put him to sleep before he starts getting fly strikes and infection. it broke our hearts and I didn't think about having another dog after that.
However, some time after, wife and daughter were looking at smaller dogs, daughter wanted a sheeboo, but I said if we were parting money we'd get a rescue and save a life rather than sustain puppy business, and I wasn't sure anyway.
Couple of messages with rescue charity and they paired us with Ivy. We visited her at her fosterers, she came to visit us at our house and seemed to settle OK so stayed. then slept for what seems like a month. she couldn't jump onto the sofa, or go upstairs to start with, but we saw her physically change over time. she got very strong and now bounces all over the place.
They say that a rescue doesn't really show their personality for about 6 months. I'd say that about right and was marked by Ivy independently playing with her squeaky toys. we were so happy she was settled enough to do that! anyway, I'm rambling....
We didn't know what she was to start with, maybe some corgi cross. Then after a bit of searching (and google lens) we stumbled across Kokoni's, and she's definitely one of those! Although most small children think she's a fox. Kokoni's are small mountain dogs, good climbers and have a thick double coat.
She loves jumping on rocks and wandering along beaches as much as she likes sleeping and watching things. Very attentive and also very independent. A little protective over her family and territory, but warms to people quickly if reassured.
Realised she was a watcher of things when we went to a clifftop apartment and she spent hours at the fence watching the sea, seabirds, everything, just fascinated by it. She loves coming out in the microcamper for overnighters at the coast.
However, she really doesn't like being in water.
Dogs really are game changers !!
Man’s best friend indeed 🙂
Meet Lulu.
All other dogs are competing for 2nd place because I already have the best one 😀
Loves to go out with me when I'm on the bike but won't sit still for a photo even after 10 miles of running
On this morning's walk.
awesome pic.
Great photos Bregante, am loving these cold crisp winter mornings
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Barkley on the left, 12 years old
Huey on the right, 4 years old.
We're very lucky, there's never any trouble between the pair of them
Here's one from our dog walker!
We get regular updates on his crazy antic when he's out with them.
I think they captured a classic today
Go Barney!!
2 of ours enjoying a frozen stick , they did check for sausages ..
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@piemonster @GolfChick - wrong jacket on but probably about the same attitude to life 🙂
Still a youngster (9 months) so the bike trips are short and lots of breaks. She loves every second of it though and wonders why I'm so slow.
@bregante Great photos, looks very much like the river Mersey.
I'd like to share photos of Murphy, but they're all on Google photos and not sure how to link them here properly.
Starting to be more fun than hard work now, although at 8 months that could still all change
Colin
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That’s a beautiful lab.
Joe was in full flight today, beautiful day for it too… 😎
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Playing with some new phone camera lenses. Doug as enamoured as ever with the idea of having his photo taken.
In season at the moment so really missing our off lead adventures. Now weighing in at 26kg at 9 months old. Not sure how much growing she has left.
If I had the faintest idea how to post photos I'd post some of our new German Wirehaired Pointer, Randal.....A 9ish year old rescued from Cyprus. Been with us a week and a day and settling in well. He's a lovely boy....so affectionate
Fins had her eighth birthday this week.
Dosent seem two minutes since she was a puppy
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Shortly before her first rolling incident!
We did well to get to 9 months without having to get the tomato sauce out to be fair.
Oh the rolling in crap - one of the delights of dog ownership!
Frank...
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