Fatsofatsoman

a bit like their " brindle" pugs and their "blue" Weimaraners and their 'silver' labs

whereabouts in QLD are you deltoid?

edited for not reading that you realise people can get in - duh

Fattening a dog has been a traditional method of dealing with energy levels for a long time Fatso.. and its not just Lab owners using it. Its the dog that pays though. No doubt. I reckon my mum and dad used it on me - nah jokes, beer did it for me.

coz they got more energy and are hypo - my big boy is a couch potato ;) you get my drift?

I was going to say that - it looks as if the show ring has interpreted 'substance' in the standard as fat.

my wife has fever and allergies - uses it as an excuse to make me dust.

I can see how it happens though - our friend's lab got out to 40kgs and was piling on the kgs. They were told by the vet to get him on a diet (we had mentioned what ours ate and asked what he was on - asking so as not to point the finger). The thing is they were over feeding him at each meal - believing 3 cups in the am the 3 cups in the pm was good for a big boy - then also feeding him scraps at dinner. Boon has never been fed off our plate so has given up sitting there staring at you eat - he knows he's not getting it so goes away - not so their boy, they give in so he'll sit staring and drooling until fed. thankfully the vet advice has been a wake up call and he's cutting weight - they are in contact with us as well to see what is right.

True - I should've specified healthy. Boonie is a lump at 30kgs, looked pretty heavy at 32kgs - wouldn't be able to walk at 60kgs. Unless old mates dog is a freak of nature i'd say a diet is on the cards.

Everyone has heard stories. But have you seen it? I haven't. I've never even seen a muzzled dog except a friend's grey. Yep seen it - been there. happened to my dad's grey on one occasion I was with him and numerous when I wasn't.

I think you'd find most get around at 30 - 34kgs I can't even comprehend a 60kg lab.

Holy moly - your lab is the same as TWO average male labs.

This.. I've been with my dad walking his greyhound (muzzled) when two GSDs ran at us and were biting and hitting the greyhound from behind - first thing dad did was remover the muzzle then try and kick the GSDs, at least give your dog a chance when being attacked.

ah I knew it sounded wrong - but remember it end in 'x' either way that quicksand was a hell of a way to go - too much me at the time.

No Shadowfax!!!!! I lost some tears over that horse too.

The leg thing I suggested doesn't include any pulling away - just lifting their hind legs up quite high. Otherwise like you say your just dragging them and tearing the other dog.

Same happened to me yesterday with a SWF - ran straight across a main road in front of my car into a side street. I went downt the side street looking for it to see if it had a tag and I could ring the owner. Someone saw me looking for this dog and asked if I was alright. "Yep just looking for this dog that ran across the road" "that would be mine" "Oh - you know it was on the main road playing chicken with traffic" "He always gets away - my daughter was walking him, must be why he was off" and she turned and went inside - no panic, not upset at all, and no daughter in site who was meant to be walking him. Some people.

To get his greyhounds to release anything (large or small) unwanted Dad would always lift their hind legs as high as possible - without fail they would release - whether it was a lure, next doors cat or each other. not sure how this works in other dogs - although I have done it to a dobe x GSD that had Boonie pinned and it worked.

I thought you were going to say "What happens in the show ring stays in the show ring"

It looks a lot like a type of pigeon.

We had a bandog in our puppy class - the most placid girl.

I'll have to look in to the Petrie one. Boonie is too interested in the water at Nudgee so ignores all the other dogs and swims the whole time we're there.

I live in Wooloowin - so there's a few around me, or we'll go to Nudgee Beach. Tried Kroll Gardens at Redcliffe once - wasn't impressed so haven't been back.

I feel asleep once and my mates put them in my nostrils ears and mouth - i woke up feeling like I'd been in a fight with a chilli.

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