Meet Bruce!

[Drago]

Remember the tiny little puppy? Now he's almost 21 months and a big proud boy.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Remember the tiny little puppy? Now he's almost 21 months and a big proud boy.

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What a handsome lad!

 

[Drago]

Thanks Spokey. I love ❤️ him to pieces, same way as I did - and still do - Lemmy. He loves us all in return, but Mrs D says he adores me, he's deffo his Daddy's boy.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Great looking dog

Clearly gets loads of exercise and is fed properly
I hate seeing fat Labs - I know they can be walking bins - but you have to keep them under control.

 

[Drago]

Aye, just like Lemmy before him I weigh his food portions and he is very well exercised. He's a joy off the lead, excellent obedience to recall, so he gets a daily 10 minutes chasing the Frisbee in addition to 5 or 6 miles of walks. He's 32kg so bang in the middle of the healthy range for a male lab, and a touch taller than old Lemmington Spud 2as.

 

[Hicky]

What is the hair situ like?
We have 3 cockers and I'm contemplating a lab next however I'm not sure I want all the hair and I've never had one....all the ones I know are gundogs and kennelled outside.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Aye, just like Lemmy before him I weigh his food portions and he is very well exercised. He's a joy off the lead, excellent obedience to recall, so he gets a daily 10 minutes chasing the Frisbee in addition to 5 or 6 miles of walks. He's 32kg so bang in the middle of the healthy range for a male lab, and a touch taller than old Lemmington Spud 2as.

Fetch is a great way to exercise them

Unfortunately when I had my Alsatian she never considered it worthy of her highly tuned hunting instincts
She would just sit there and watch the ball/Frisbee or whatever and look at me as if I was stupid

Now if I had got hold of a remote control squirrel then she would have been all for it!

(when I say "highly tuned hunting instincts" I mean she loved chasing squirrel and cats - never caught one except once - a squirral that was a bit to slow - she got to it them stopped looking confused as the squirrel shot up a tree
caught it but has no clue what to do next!!!
Every Alsatian I have ever known has a high opion of themselves - and are total wimps!)

 

[Drago]

What is the hair situ like?
We have 3 cockers and I'm contemplating a lab next however I'm not sure I want all the hair and I've never had one....all the ones I know are gundogs and kennelled outside.

Lemmy had the classic pine needles hair that stuck to everything. Bruce's hair malts just as vigorously but is softer and is easier to get off car interiors etc. We've hard floors throughout the house so it not an issue.

 

[Drago]

Wherever I am Bruce is never far away. An hours practice on the '69 precision and he's right there with his old Dad.

 

[DRM]

Fetch is a great way to exercise them

Unfortunately when I had my Alsatian she never considered it worthy of her highly tuned hunting instincts
She would just sit there and watch the ball/Frisbee or whatever and look at me as if I was stupid

Mrs DRM had a Yorkshire Terrier with the same attitude, she would look at you as if to say, you threw, you go fetch it!

 

[newts]

We've been looking after Luna for 3 weeks whilst our daughter & her partner were in Canada. We're going to miss her after she goes home later today.

 

[Drago]

Luna is a beautiful girl. I think Bruce would like her a lot!

 

[newts]

Luna is a beautiful girl. I think Bruce would like her a lot!

She's a very social dog, wants to be friends with everyone.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

We've been looking after Luna for 3 weeks whilst our daughter & her partner were in Canada. We're going to miss her after she goes home later today.

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Dog in a log.

 

[Drago]

Someone looking guilty for being in Dad"s armchair without permission!