I’m looking after a friends 8yo girl Black Lab. Ive never had a dog, but we had a blast today battling the wind and rain on Hadrian’s Wall. She’s now chilling out listening to Kathryn Tickell.

True Northumbrian lass.

I can’t, obviously. They’re top secret.

Top dogs 😀 but you could stuff a life sized toy elephant with the hair they lose in a year..
This is Lucy, she’s nineteen years old and still going out every day..

Brilliant dogs I’d have another tomorrow.

How you finding Northumberland Alex?

Racist thread, excluding my choc lab 🙁

Jess 15 months old , mad as a box of frogs 😀

Kirkwood. A pal’s 3/4 black lab.

Pah, flatcoats rule!!!

He ain’t black but he’s my best bud.

Good to hear someone with a really old healthy lab , mine is 8 but Im planning the Priory when he goes. 🙁

Bart n Sophie after a hard day in The Lakes a couple of weeks ago

Not mine, my sisters new dog Megan

Megan by Simon Watling, on Flickr

That’s the coolest dog picture I’m likely to see today

Check out that puppy, aaaaahhh 😀

Great pics, gundogs rock. 8)

teamhurtmore – show us your flatcoat please!

This is Jinx

Then (at about 10weeks)

Now (at about 21months old)

Here’s the rest of the Megan set

Murphy

Murphy 5 Months in normal pose by Alex Leigh, on Flickr
Pup

Murphy by Alex Leigh, on Flickr
Waiting for food. Fairly default position

Murphy – August 09 by Alex Leigh, on Flickr
Flying attempt. Ended in a big splash

Snow! Malverns Feb 2009 by Alex Leigh, on Flickr
Sledging 😉

5 now. Still bonkers.

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oh boy, I love labs….

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This is Ollie, doing what Ollie does best 🙂

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This is Ben, 8 years old and still waiting for him to come out of his puppy phase. Poor thing had to have his tail docked recently because he wagged so hard it kept splitting on the end.

Some great looking dogs here!

Drac – I’m loving life up here thanks. Moved out of Rothbury due to idiotic landlady but found a good place much nearer work (Wallington) which is ace! Its not so convenient for bike blasts compared to Rothbury though!

Excellent. It’s a cracking county, yeah Rothbury is spot on for doorstep riding.

P20, I want a Megan!

Dagnabit that’s a cool dog.

Sister has one 😀 Jet is his name and he is a moocher of food of the highest order(he doesnt get)

Come on you black lab owners,admit to putting bumble bee wings on him/her at Halloween 😆

Ted – Big chunky lad, was bred for show but has two white marks on the backs of his paws so they didn’t want him. Their loss. Great lazy thing.

Some lovely looking labs, here’s Max, unfortunately had a stroke 6 months ago and had to be put down 🙁

Yorkshire89 , sorry to hear that . He was a cracking looking dog. My mates 4 year old black lab severed his spine with a disc and had to be put down. 🙁

Perrin the wonderdog;

Charlie half black lab half springer and full of beans

Ratadog

May appear if I can work out how to link to Flickr 😯

Edit – cracked it

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15 years old but still believes she is a puppy and still motivated by the prospect of food.

Lilly…. black lab Patterdale cross (as there are other crosses)…. mad as a box of frogs and very cool

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Looking regal

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Post landscape gardening

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My 2 favourite pics of our lab/collie x. Rescued from the local pound 8 years ago. Only went for a look round and didn’t want a puppy or a collie or a lab, but then saw a lab collie x pup. Then had the story of how she ended up there. Her mum had been tied to the gates one night, had a litter of pups the next day and died while having them. The other brothers and sisters were snapped up but one was left as she had a bad leg and nobody wanted a limping puppy. She couldn’t get to the front of the cage to see would-be families so just curled up at the back. As the wife wiped away a tear, I went to get the car (had a bit of dust or something in my eye) and she came home with us there and then.
Since then we’ve had 2 kids and she’s great with them – not jealous, loves playing with them – top dog!

Megan. Nearly four months old