looking for a puppy- lab type or mix.where to look - pounds, rescue, friends. how'd you get yours?

your looking to spend how much?

what's the dogs purpose or JOB ?

Call Habs for breeder listing on labs. The breeders all know who has litters presently or on the way.

your looking to spend how much?

what's the dogs purpose or JOB ?

not a lot.

to be a pal and member of family.

"Mans Best Friend" Exeter, RI
Exclusive lab breeder. Breed for temperment

I'd check some of your local animal rescue leagues and give a good deserving dog a home. My sister picked up a black lab mix several years ago from the Sterling Animal Rescue League and the dog is fantastic. It's been a great family dog.

But a puppy retriever (golden) a little over 5 years ago...
(Found her in Tiverton R.I., Good Breeder)
Lot of Commitment and Time in =
Well Behaved Best Friend you will ever have.

Good Luck in the Hunt Don.. & Enjoy :D

not a lot.

to be a pal and member of family.


reason i asked is because....a lab mix
or a hunting dog breed kinda is mental without
some kind of hobby / purpose and i've found
that if you make fetching a ball or 6-8 inch
rubber ring.... a daily thing.....
it's easy to both exercise them
and keep them happy...

ya take a pup that size ,,,,ok

you thread a closeline rope threw a tennis ball

with two razor blade slits in it...

one is 1/4 inch wide for knotted rope
the other is one inch wide (opposite side)
for stuffing it with
doggy beef jerky pieces - 1 inch wide

let dog smell tennis ball full of jerky on rope
then feed doggy pieces of jerky

til it wants ball , (play keep away)
then throw ball and reel in pup
feed pup jerky when she gets to you each time
with ball ...saying (emphasizing the word) "what"
"what a good dog..."

repeat until rope isnt needed....anymore

tennis balls=retriever crack..

that and "the walk".. mine gets amped, the minute I grab the leash.

potters animal shelter in middletown ri, may have to go there a couple of times also forever paws in fall river

I have a lab that we raised for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. She failed the last part of the traiing when she went back to New York. So we gladly took her back after raising her for 1 1/2 years we realllly wanted her. We also have a border collee that we adopted from my daughters animal shelter in Bangor Maine.

There is a great website for shelter animals called Petfinder.com. Try it the shelter dogs are the best and I will put any of the four I have had in my lifetime up against any and I mean any other dog.

Good luck with your search.

have had alot fun lately tossing the 6" rubber ring for my
dingo (CATTLEDOG) on the hard packed snow....
getting maximum distance per throw-> 100 yards of
roll down past the apple tree and up the trail...

the dogs lovin life.....http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/mini-Star.jpg

but, but, DAD. i wanna chase that fox :boots:

:hihi:

Can't beat a lab.Check out the Lab rescue league.Good luck Don.

thanks all!! the hunt begins, don.

tennis balls=retriever crack..



:hihi: Man, is that the truth.

I adopted my lab/mut from the pound. It's been 7 years, best dog I have ever owned. See avitar---for pic.

Get one from a shelter,any shelter.
I grew up with mutts from Angel Memorial/MSPCA.
Every last one of them.
Do you want a hunting dog?
The trendiest; most popular dog to have?
(English Bulldogs right now.)
$1600 to start. From a breeder.
Or just a family pet?
Mutts usually have much better personalities than purebreds.

Here is my take on dogs.
I LOVE Boxers, and have spent big $ on the ones I have had. pure bread, champion blood lines ect...
But for the most part, pure bread dogs live shorter lives, why I have no Idea, but they do end up getting things like cancer, heart problems ect...
more than mutts!
Getting a mutt from a pound can be a crap shoot !
Lots of times, you get a great dog that is great with kids/people, lives a long healthy life,ect...
but lots of dogs who end up in pounds have been neglected, abused and beaten by previous owners and could end up being problems with things like biting people !
Hope you find a good one Don !

If its a Lab Your Looking for I can Help. First decide what you want in a Dog and what you want out of a Dog. Good Luck. Getting another Lab in 5 weeks myself.

thanks guys!

Seadangles brought in a dog the other day . It is a "Barbet" nicest dog I have seen.Only gets to 50 lbs
It is a nonsheding Lab type. hair grows 1 centermeter a month. Anybody who has a lab knows about hair.

Seadangles brought in a dog the other day . It is a "Barbet" nicest dog I have seen.Only gets to 50 lbs
It is a nonsheding Lab type. hair grows 1 centermeter a month. Anybody who has a lab knows about hair.

Yeah.. my buddy's Lab.. shed factory.. I thought it was something with the Golden.. (Long Hair).. but, I think the Lab produces more!\

On a side note.. anybody uses Golden hair on bucktails.. I'm eyeing her "feathers" right now!

Keep Size of dog in mind too Don... those pics of Bailey as a puppy... she wa about 11 pounds.. full grown.. she's right about 70-75....

Let us know what ya get, and post pics!

hoping for a small female - 40-50 ish.

http://www.pawsafe.org/faqs.html

Try this.

I am looking as well. I want a lab MIX do not want a pure bred.

try petfinder.com

I've been getting the full court press:faga:

I'm on my second golden, 9 years old. If this dog wasn't so close to my wife I would have trained her to be a tracker. Every time she goes out the door her nose is to the ground. If you don't pay enough attention to her she sits and talks to you until she gets you to pat her.
I would spend some time and look into a pedigree Don. I know the pounds have lots of dog looking for a friend but even if you find a lab in the pound you just never know about the breeding. Go somewhere that you can see the parents and a whole litter. Make your pick and be happy.