Don’t be fooled by the mincy jacket. I care not for his welfare; rather the ability to spot him chasing deer from a mile away. Bastard.
Toughest dog ever. Was cut open 6 weeks ago to remove a 9″ stick that had pierced his armpit at high speed, and lodged itself in his gut. In April. Vet still cannot believe he survived. Apparently he has e-coli in his gut too…
And Benson (2 years old – left) without the fancy dress with his best buddy Merlin (13 years old). Unfortunately Merlin passed away 5 weeks ago, but loads of piccies and memories
stoner…. the dogstrust centres usually have patterdales and patterdale crosses, dont think people realise that you can’t train the terrier out of a terrier and lots end up in rescues. they’re bloody gorgeous!
beautiful dogs everyone, hoping to add one to the list on friday providing we pass a homecheck tomorrow
phil – there’s a guy, a hedge layer, I drink with in the local who occasionally has one of his bitches with a litter. They’ve got a brilliant temperament. On the other hand my mum will more likely as not get another small field spaniel next spring and I might go for a bitch from the same litter.
no problem. nothing beats a chunky lab as an example of what a proper dog should look like.
can i enquire as to his size?
P’s father was HUGE. he is growing at a fantastic rate and currently is about 32kg at 10mo… interested to compare with other labs!
can i enquire as to his size?
P’s father was HUGE. he is growing at a fantastic rate and currently is about 32kg at 10mo… interested to compare with other labs!
His is 6 years old and 40kgs. Big for a lab but he’s not fat at all. He’ll get arthritis younger than normal too most likely. 🙁
His is 6 years old and 40kgs. Big for a lab but he’s not fat at all. He’ll get arthritis younger than normal too most likely.
a shame, but unavoidable i guess.
40kg isnt too unmanageable (i think). hopefully P will have calmed his growing down. just hoping he doesn’t have another growth spurt and double in weight!
@tracknicko, our Lab comes from show stock (we met the breeder at Crufts), her half brother (same father) is a super stocky and quite tall and has arthritis quite badly now at only 6 or 7 years.
Meet Brad – now 10 rescued from NESSR he had had 4 homes by 4 years old. We got him 6 years ago. He hasnt left yet but he has come close, we had to make a big life decision for him.
This was him yesterday sporting his new haircut. Looking a bit hard up.
He was ran over 3 years ago and has two titanium rods bracing his spine. He has 3 vertebrae that were reconstructed and braced together. Thankfully he regained full use of legs after 3 months of hell and tears. He had hydrotherapy to get his muscle mass back. He also has no hip ball joint on his right back leg. This seems to cause him the most discomfort. He is on Metacam and that seems to keep him happy enough. He can still chase a tennis ball but only once a day is now enough for him. His mind is still hyper just his body cant keep up which is such a shame for him.
In total it was about £5k which was insured thankfully. Otherwise he would have been a goner. We had the decision to make on him whether to get him put to sleep or give him a chance, we thought everyone else has given up on him in his life I wont. I was in tears like a baby.
Meet Murphy my mothers Working cocker. He also has a bit of a tale attached. He crashed into his brother Indy on the beach another working cocker. He ended up with a detatched retina and had to have his eye removed at only 11 months. Hes a lovely active dog and still does gundog training everyweek.
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@tracknicko, our Lab comes from show stock (we met the breeder at Crufts), her half brother (same father) is a super stocky and quite tall and has arthritis quite badly now at only 6 or 7 years.
that’s sad. P’s dad is show stock, mum is working lines.
hopefully end up somewhere in the middle. think his dad is the biggest lab i have ever seen in the flesh. absolute bear-faced monster of a dog.
Loving the spaniels here – not that other dogs aren’t nice, but I think Spangles are such good dogs!
Poor Murphy… won’t slow him down though. Pickle looks just like my Jasmine’s sister.
P’s father was HUGE. he is growing at a fantastic rate and currently is about 32kg at 10mo
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Indy is 22.5kg at 9 months! Then again – he is from full working stock and his mum was quite slight, so I’m not expecting him to be a monster of a dog even when he’s full grown.
Sharkbait – I love that photo of Jasmine on the table. I take it she’s not allowed up there? Indy has the same look when he knows he’s comfy and naughty in equal measure…
P’s father was HUGE. he is growing at a fantastic rate and currently is about 32kg at 10mo
Indy is 22.5kg at 9 months! Then again – he is from full working stock and his mum was quite slight, so I’m not expecting him to be a monster of a dog even when he’s full grown.
i know! i don’t have a good picture of his father (nothing in the pic for scale) but on his hind legs while propped up in his run he could quite easily look me in the eye (im 6,3)…
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as i said. no scale. but his head is the size of a football.
Perhaps P and our Lab are related, the big square head looks familiar ! Breeder in Alyesbury I think, although as it’s the Mrs dog she knows all the details
hmm i’ not sure. i have all P’s certificates which show his lineage if you want to compare!
breeders are near matlock. Barney (the dad) is something of a show poney with associated awards, stats and certificates. mother also certificated and what not, but sleeker working lines.
nice small breeders for those that are interested, would definitely recommend.