07-27-2013, 08:16 PM
I recently had to put down my 14 year old golden. She was riddled with cancer and going down fast in the last little while. My black lab who is 10 was beside herself, but she took care of my kids and wife when she sensed they were feeling down too. my golden shed like crazy, vet said she was 5 or 10% Samoid though. My lab sheds very little, and what she does shed isnt fine sticky hair, its thick lab hair that cleans up easily.
that said, we just got a new pup 6 weeks old that is half lab, half coon hound. she is a great looking pup and already using that nose of hers in combo with the lab point and freeze when she gets visual on what she is smelling. she is a little lover and hardly makes noise unless she needs something or is playing. My lab instantly became the momma dog and began training up the pup by just doing what I was saying right next to the pup to "spread the word" of how its done when the two leggers say something.
I have gone through the shelter dog scenario, while I really appreciate those that help out by "saving" an animal from a place like that, alot of those dogs are there for issues it seems and the good ones are few and far between. I am at the point in my life that I dont think i would do anything but raise a pup now and teach them to be one of my family members. I dont have a pic of the pup loaded up yet, but I will show you my other girls. I always have females so i dont have to deal with male territory stuff and the marking of every blade of grass we go by.
I have loved, labs and goldens my whole life. I would suggest a mix breed as the pure breds can be prone to alot of ailments as they age. mixes seem to be a bit more healthy over time. my lab is half golden also. but she appears and acts all lab. they get along with my cat, my wife(the other cat sometimes) and my daughters, as well as 5 chickens and 2 rabbits and all my friends dogs just fine. except for the occasional pecking order bark or nip with other dogs, I have never had a dog fight outright with any of my critters. i have lost a couple plants out of the garden when they dig for cool ground.. or a mouse... they are hunting dogs afterall.
I was looking at german short hairs also and they are pretty much a lab with a different coat from what i could tell and they come in black, liver, and ticked in either color also. I took it to myself to talk to some german owners and they love them, great family dogs, hunting skills for upland game mostly i think, but you get em swimming and gettin the ducks i am sure if you wanted to.
good luck in the search. in my case the pup kind of found us and it was a green light all the way, she ended up being the best of what all of us wanted. talk with your wife, kids everyone to see what they want in a dog and make the choice so everyone will be happy.
I hear poodles are smart as hell too... as Si on duck dynasty. LOL.
tight lines.
Bad Fish
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that said, we just got a new pup 6 weeks old that is half lab, half coon hound. she is a great looking pup and already using that nose of hers in combo with the lab point and freeze when she gets visual on what she is smelling. she is a little lover and hardly makes noise unless she needs something or is playing. My lab instantly became the momma dog and began training up the pup by just doing what I was saying right next to the pup to "spread the word" of how its done when the two leggers say something.
I have gone through the shelter dog scenario, while I really appreciate those that help out by "saving" an animal from a place like that, alot of those dogs are there for issues it seems and the good ones are few and far between. I am at the point in my life that I dont think i would do anything but raise a pup now and teach them to be one of my family members. I dont have a pic of the pup loaded up yet, but I will show you my other girls. I always have females so i dont have to deal with male territory stuff and the marking of every blade of grass we go by.
I have loved, labs and goldens my whole life. I would suggest a mix breed as the pure breds can be prone to alot of ailments as they age. mixes seem to be a bit more healthy over time. my lab is half golden also. but she appears and acts all lab. they get along with my cat, my wife(the other cat sometimes) and my daughters, as well as 5 chickens and 2 rabbits and all my friends dogs just fine. except for the occasional pecking order bark or nip with other dogs, I have never had a dog fight outright with any of my critters. i have lost a couple plants out of the garden when they dig for cool ground.. or a mouse... they are hunting dogs afterall.
I was looking at german short hairs also and they are pretty much a lab with a different coat from what i could tell and they come in black, liver, and ticked in either color also. I took it to myself to talk to some german owners and they love them, great family dogs, hunting skills for upland game mostly i think, but you get em swimming and gettin the ducks i am sure if you wanted to.
good luck in the search. in my case the pup kind of found us and it was a green light all the way, she ended up being the best of what all of us wanted. talk with your wife, kids everyone to see what they want in a dog and make the choice so everyone will be happy.
I hear poodles are smart as hell too... as Si on duck dynasty. LOL.
tight lines.
Bad Fish
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