Re: Good morning


"Tallulah" <tallulahbankrupt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm having quite a chuckle picturing that. But I do believe it. I'm
> still amazed at the damage a lab's tail can do in a house (and the amount
> of energy they have). I know after about 2 to 3 years, she'll settle
> down, but mine is just full of explosive energy. There's not a mean bone
> in her body, but she gets in SO much trouble! It's hard to discipline her
> because she is SO loveable. If I yell at her she stands on her hind
> haunches, puts her paws on my shoulders like we're going to ballroom
> dance, and then she's giving me kisses while I try not to laugh. If I
> continue to speak sternly at her and just smirk I consider it a "win."
>

Hate to burst your bubble, but we have had labs my entire life (6 in total)
and are on lab #2 in our 20 year marriage. The lab does not settle down
until around age 8. Until then they are all full of puppy energy!!

And yes their tails are dangerously powerful. Our first lab together would
get so excited when we would come home from work that he would stand by the
door and wag and wag and wag from the time he heard our car coming down the
block until we came in. Unfortunately, there was a wall where he would wag
his tail and he kept hitting the corner of the wall. We came home one day
and it looked like a murder scene. He had split his tail open wagging it
against the corner and there were blood splatters everywhere!! The poor
thing. We had only been in the house a couple of months and needed to paint
because blood on flat white paint just doesnt come off ;)

The one we have now had her tail shut in an entry door by my youngest
daughter when they were both about 3. The dog always used the dog door, but
for some reason she decided to slip through the door with my daughter. My
daughter didn't realize that the dog was behind her and automatically
slammed the door shut!! Oh, the howls!! We came racing into the room only
to see the tip of the dogs tail visible with my daughter on the other end
trying to yank the poor dog's tail out the other end!! What a good dog too.
She had my daughter's hand in her mouth, I guess trying to get across to her
that she shouldn't pull any more and yet never left a mark on her hand.
I'll never have anything but a lab in this house after that.

Maureen


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