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Yes, the dog was microchipped quite a while ago.

Thanks everyone. Yep, the elbows are now getting done. Although its not their responsilibity, I think that vets should have a fair idea which dogs require hip and elbow scoring for breeding purposes or have some sort of file they can look up for breeders. Since they are actually doing the x-rays for a reason.

Hi I just wanted to confirm that elbow scoring is mandatory in Labrador retrievers as well as hip scoring. A friend of mine who has just registered with the CCCQ has had his dog hip scored, but not elbows...he told the vets that he needed the scores done for breeding purposes, but the vet only did the hips. I told him to ring the CCCQ but they're closed after 4pm so I said I'd check on here. Thanks in advance

Thanks so much everyone for their responses. The dog obedience training we went to was conducted by a behaviourist, she recommended that we keep up the training and socialising but not to force her into scary/uncertain situations. She said that she'd grow out of it..which she did to a degree... After thinking about it, and everything I have seen in her behaviour compared to my other labs..I am leaning more towards the opinion that she has inherited this behaviour. She is not a puppy anymore and has been introduced to a wide range of environments (carefully and safely), animals, people etc. I dont think its normal for a dog to growl at the sight of a person 10 metres away while inside an aircon car?? Especially a labrador. We purchased our lab specifically to show and perhaps breed later on after receiving her title and health checks were done.. but now that idea has gone down the drain because we cant show her as she wont let strangers touch her and I definetely dont want this trait passed down to any pups if it is hereditary. Unfortunately we got burnt by the breeder, after the initial email from him saying that when the pup left she was fine and that the parents had good temperaments I never heard from him again It makes me mad when a breeder washes their hands from you as soon as there may be a problem. I have since learnt my lesson and will only ever be purchasing a pup from a breeder who has been around for many many years and is known to have a good reputation. Not old joe bloggs who is just out there trying to make a buck.

Hello I have a 3 year old labrador. Typically I thought labs were friendly, outgoing dogs however my girl is somewhat different. I had her flown up from a breeder down south when she was 8 wks old. Once she hopped off the plane she was very timid and scared and I thought this may have been because of the flight. During her first few months she was very wary and scared of strangers. If someone she had not met before went to pat her she would run off or if she didnt see their hand coming to pat her on the head for example, she'd get scared and try to bite them. This carried on for a little while and I contacted the breeder asking what the dam and sire's temperaments were like. He said that it was unusual for my pup to be displaying this kind of thing because she was outgoing and friendly before leaving their kennel. I took her to 2 lots of puppy preschool and Dog Obedience training as I thought she needed more socialisation with other dogs. She was very wary with other dogs at the start but by the end she wasn't too worried about them. Since then her temperament has improved however she still growls at strangers and is very wary around new people visiting the house. She doesn't like other dogs and even growls at them if we're visiting the vet or sometimes walking down the road. Another example is if we're going somewhere in the car and she see's someone walking past she growls at them..for no reason. Can anyone tell me why she is like this. Could this be carried down from her breeding or is she just an over protective labrador? She is a typical lab with people that are close to her and she knows. She licks, loves cuddles and all the rest. But when we're out its embarrassing when people ask to pat her because they think she's a friendly dog and she starts growling at them. Thank you edited for spelling mistakes