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Glad I'm not the only one :D . I have done the same with a piece of rope toy hanging out of Ben's bum (twice actually). The poor little bugger just wanted to keep sitting down

Jaybeece, what a handsome boy you have there . He looks trim, fit and muscley to me Our vet has always told us to keep Ben skinny. At his best, he's about 34kg's (he's quite a big boy), but I think he has put on a little weight over the last few months - the new year is diet time for all of us . We've had a couple of people say "oh look, it's a skinny Labrador" like they have never seen one before. I always feel sorry for those fat dogs I see at the dog beach. They just look so uncomfy. My friend who has cattle dogs has a few chubbas, I always refer to them as coffee tables, cos you could put a cup on their back and it would stay there :D .

He sounds like a little greedy guts like mine. It used to take Ben ages to eat a chicken neck or a pigs ear. Now they are down the hatch in one gulp and are lucky to be chewed. Sounds like Louie has just started early

The first time we bathed Ben was hilarious. He was just a little puppy back then. We had an outside laundry with an old concrete tub. One held him while the other washed him. He was very sad ;) . We then took him out onto the grass to towel dry him and the little bugger took off with the towel. He ran and ran around the backyard having a great old time playing chaseys, and then went and rolled in the dirt. We had to laugh Bath no. 2 was a very different story. We took him to a hydrobath and had someone else wash him. He carried on a bit, but was pretty good and got lots of treats. After that we washed him ourselves at the hyrdobath. He has regular baths and is great now (except he always wedges himself in the corner and you can't wash his back end). I'd go the hydrobath option, might be an easier way to get him used to it, and you can get some tips on how to go about it yourself.

He looks so proud of himself

Ben was pretty big by 6 months, but definitely grew more between 6-12 months. By 12 months he had basically stopped growing 'up' and started growing 'out'. The vet's words were "Ben has a bit of a spare tyre!" Poor little fella went on a bit of a diet after that. I'd say she has a fair bit more growing left to do at only 6 months. She is still a baby

Don't know if this will help, but when we took our Lab puppy to puppy pre-school they taught us to use the 'off' command. If he tried to bite or jump we used it, but it really worked wonders with food. We started off with a treat on our hand and would not let him take it until he was told to (we would say 'off'). When he was allowed to eat it, we'd say 'take it'. Ben caught on pretty quickly, because he is food obsessed and would do whatever it took to get a treat! We used it at breakfast and dinner time too and would make him sit and wait before he dove into his bowl. He is fantastic now. He knows the food rules and wouldn't dare to take anything off a plate, even if we tell him to, as he knows it's off limits. We can sit food right in front of his nose and he won't touch it until he is told to. Don't know whether it is too late to try this at 10 months, but it would be worth a go. Maybe if you establish some boundaries like this with food first and keep him out of the kitchen at the same time, then once he's got the hang of it, let him back in and start again from there.