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Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: happygolucky on September 04, 2013, 03:50:24 pm
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Hi, just had to share this photo of one of the pups having its meal, they get so messy but this one has a funny face too, they are now over 3 weeks old and are lovely strong looking pups........
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That is too cute, HGL.
Typical lab. ::)
My 9 week pup eats faster than our old boy, pushes him out of his bowl given half a chance and takes biscuits out of his mouth. She eats as though she has been starved .... she can't be THAT hungry. ::)
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We have 3 adult labs who eat so fast I do not have time to nip to the toilet that's in the garage where I feed them.. :innocent:
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That is too cute, HGL.
Typical lab. ::)
My 9 week pup eats faster than our old boy, pushes him out of his bowl given half a chance and takes biscuits out of his mouth. She eats as though she has been starved .... she can't be THAT hungry. ::)
I take it your breeder gave you her worming regime? When and what with?
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OMG, I have never seen aching quite like that :roflanim:
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I think this is the same pup, a joker in the pack
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Rhum cleaning up her baby
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Oh Sandy, not only are your puppies hilariously funny but even your choice of dog toys has had me creased up here!! never, ever change - please!!! ;D
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Those toys wouldn't last 5 minutes with my breed. :roflanim:
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Yes Doganjo, wormed at 2 week intervals by breeder with Drontal in a liquid form and given appropriate wormer by our vet at 8 week vaccination and health check. To be wormed monthly now.
Parents have had all health checks .... didn't know there were so many now :o ..... thought it was just eyes, elbows and hips.
My fathers labs and most that he had in to train over the years have been VERY greedy. Must be a trait of the breed. ::) ;D
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Sandy, love the photo of mum and pup :love: :love: :love: :love:
Keep posting piccies they make us smile ;D :thumbsup:
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As I have registered in Curry names I saved our take away box from the weekend as I know how much pups love a box to play with
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Anne ours will destroy those toys too but now they do love to look after their soft toys, in fact, all they appear to do is take their eyes out :innocent: The plastic ones will get de squeaked
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Sandy, don't they eat the eyes?
I get really paranoid about pups swallowing things they shouldn't.
Children wanted to buy a toy for our pup but could only find a hard rubber bone thing that I thought suitable. Took it off her within 2 days because she managed to bite bits of rubber off :o .
Maybe I worry too much.
They love that box. I give our rabbit old boxes to play in .... bit like children and like the boxes more than the toys.
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No I take the soft toys off the pups if they start to get pulled to bits and like you, those rubber toys will be taken out too but at the moment they have no teeth, well they are on the way, the older dogs take the eyes out or I cut them out, I also take out the stuffing if they start to get ripped, the best fluffy our dogs had was the fur from around my coat, they left it out in the rain and I threw it away.....the pups will only get toys to play with when awake and I am around, otherwise they have loads of proper dog toys and some tiny nylon proper pup bones.....I always send them off with a puppy pack, including a blanket, a toy, some food and some treats and of course the certificates!!! I worry too!!
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now never buy the large chews as some give our dogs the runs and others break off into sharp bits, so, I give them bits of apples or carrots and they appear to last a lot longer.Most of the pups are now sold, in fact if every one who is coming for them comes, we should only have 2 males and 1 I have not bothered about adverts yet but done 3 rough ones, and 2 they are too young and most people who decided to buy a dog get one when they can take the pup home at 8 weeks and like our last litter, most people have already had dogs and mostly Labradors, that have recently passed away, so they will mend some broken hearts, that's the bit I so love, and already the new homes are connecting with my Facebook page, that's special!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Hee hee ... they look cheeky. ;D
A lady I was speaking to a few days ago , owns 2 Jack Russels. She bought them some dog treats from a local shop ..... apparently it was dried bulls willy (as she put it, looking a bit embarrassed) cut into pieces. They both managed to get them stuck in their throats within minutes of eating them. Although she was with the dogs, she was unable to retrieve them due to their small size as they had been gulped down. One dog managed to regurgitate the treat but the other terrier, aged 12, had to be taken to a referral centre to undergo surgery which was to complex for her vet to perform. I think there was a risk of damaging the heart due to where the treat had lodged. Bill to date is £2000. :o Expensive dog treat.
Makes you think. My Flattie is such a slow and fussy eater that never worried too much but this pup just gobbles everything down in 2 seconds flat and is obsessed by food so will have to be more careful. Our Flat won't even take most dog treats from your hands but walks off in disgust ::) ;D
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I think dogs are worse at being pigs when there is more than one in the pack as they are rivals for food......I had a panic when I gave ours some dried pig ears, one swallowed hers in a gulp and started to choke but brought it up, the rest of the pack got binned......I have asked many times what sort of chews are good as young dogs need something to chew on for teething and if you do not give them something they end up chewing stuff they shouldn't, I have heard bad things about the nylon bones too .......no way do I want to make a pup ill......although they can and do pick up sticks as pups, ours do not choose to pick up sticks but I know a lot of dogs that do......I usually throw dummies if anything!!
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You are definitely right Sandy about competition. A while ago I had my dad's old greedy lab here while my parents had a cottage renovated (too cold for the old lad to be kept in a kennel) and my flatties eating improved no end. Often beforehand he would just walk off from his dinner bowl uninterested. When the old lab passed away, Alf reverted to his offish eating ways. So much so that my neighbour offered to feed his lab with Alf to encourage him to eat. ::)
Did try Alf on piggy ears but he turned his nose up.
Vet told me to give him bones to clean his teeth but new vet has told me that it is a definite "no,no" .... can't win ::)
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My ex husband was a farmers son and he was one of 3 boys, so any food was snapped up quick before the others ate more than their share...so humans are the same......not me, I can be a piggy on my own!
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Yep.
My daughter sits forever with her food but friend down our lane has 9 children and the food just disappears off her table .... they need no hurrying up.
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The pups are all spoken for, although not all the deposits are in yet but I have had sooooo many phone calls as apparently Chocolate Labs are not that common up here in Scotland, I see loads when we go walking with them, anyway...nearly all have gone to people who either had or have other Labs and a few are now on my Facebook..here is a photo taken buy one of the new owners, there children are so excited!
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ment to add, they are 4 weeks old today and feeding very very well and are so good, no runs and no crying in the night thanks to mummy Rhum :wave: