Thread: I need another Lab

Three dog tragedies in nine months - we are just about over Labs and having broken hearts - but we have to try again
We lost our Lab - Cruz last July - 9.5 years old and his heart blew out with a cancer
We then found a 14 month old Lab with similar background to Cruz - within a month he was limping - early signs of elbow failure so after two months he went back to the owner - she didn’t accept that he had a serious elbow fault - despite our reports from a top Vet Pathologist and a top Vet Radiologist who took one look at the x-rays that were taken of him for breeding at 12 months old - our Vets told us to get rid of him - our local council rang me a week or so later to say he had been picked up on the streets in Wellington and was in the pound - so the owner/breeder moved him on real quick to some other poor buggar - they don’t seem to realize the heart ache that it can cause - but it’s all about money - but we got a full refund
We then found a 16 month old Lab who was still with his breeder - he was their pick of a litter but was slightly short at the shoulder for breeding - they waited for him to grow a bit higher but he didn’t - he was such a lovely dog they couldn’t bring themselves to part with him - they vetted us and decided we would be suitable owners - so we have had him for six months - within a month he had skin problems - feet, ears, chin and anal - our Vets told us he was an allergy dog - we thought we might be able to manage it with steroids but we let him go back to his breeder last Monday to be re-homed somewhere safer - we are gutted, broken hearted and lost without him - the most wonderful dog I have ever trained - but he just couldn’t cope with the environment that I took him through while trapping
We are too old to train another puppy so we are looking for an adult dog - one year plus - we have always had male dogs but we would also look at a bitch and have her spayed
My Vet mate has always told me to stay away from pedigree Labs - but we can’t do it - we had four beautiful Labs and except for Cruz they all lived to old age - it has to look like a real Lab and have that wonderful Lab temperament - I wonder what is out there?

Shit mate, you've had enough bad luck for us all, hope next time is A1.

That thread on needing a girls name got me thinking the same thing been many years since my last lab and that black bitch broke my heart when I had to put her down. Those puppy photos are close to breaking my resolve. I must not look at them again!!!!!

@duckdog

Still looking for a Lab - we had a 12 month old girl on trial for three weeks - cost $2.3k from a top Lab breeder and show judge - but she had missed vaccinating for kennel cough - after a week with us she got KC - coughing, dry retching and vomiting - two trips to the vets - another $200 in vet fees and drugs - the vet said KC could cause other problems later in life - so we returned her. Never take any risks with KC - it is awful!

Its pain full as . Theres lots of folks I d readily help to bury before another dog.

Got lucky got this little girl and shes awesome. Never more that 3 or 4 feet behind me.

Started off being a wanderer but we trained that out of her by just keeping her on lead ,in kennel or in sight .

2.5 Years old re homed as owners "couldn't " spare time for her.

My gain for sure clever as this ratbag.. Pedigree dog Spayed

Keep trying mate !

awful news you lost them, most issues are caused by inbreeding so if its not an issue a bit of mongrel in the mix isnt a bad thing. my mutt is a bull terrier x dogo.
11 years old and can still chase out and kill a bunny, theres a lot to be said about a bit of a mix