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11/1/2013 6:32:33 PM EDT
I'm a first-time lab owner, and I felt like showing off my dag! This is Dixie.

She started out fat, tiny and cute:

http://adviceformysons.com/images/dixie-baby.jpg

http://adviceformysons.com/images/dixie-baby2.jpg

...and now she's skinny, tall, and lanky.

http://adviceformysons.com/images/dixie-big1.jpg

http://adviceformysons.com/images/dixie-big2.jpg

http://adviceformysons.com/images/dixie-big3.jpg

She's still a puppy - about 8 months old now.
11/1/2013 6:33:26 PM EDT
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11/1/2013 6:33:56 PM EDT
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Beautiful!
11/1/2013 6:35:58 PM EDT
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My brother just lost his at 14 years old.  He hunted her a lot.  Not to drag the thread down.  They are fantastic dogs.  Enjoy!

11/1/2013 6:47:45 PM EDT
[#4]
Cute.



I love labs.



And sorry dude.  In 16-18 mo you will understand.




11/1/2013 6:52:52 PM EDT
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Black labs rule.
11/1/2013 7:02:05 PM EDT
[#6]
Nice pup

Our Dixie in the foreground.

11/1/2013 7:08:24 PM EDT
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If anything like my GSD, at some point, maybe 2-3 years, expect her to put on weight.

Then she will constantly look at her behind, then up at you as if asking, "Does my butt look big?"

PS, take lots of pictures and video.
11/1/2013 7:09:25 PM EDT
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Love your lab, wish I could give her a big ole hug!
11/1/2013 7:09:57 PM EDT
[#9]
She been in the duck blind yet?
11/1/2013 7:10:19 PM EDT
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Yeah, is it just me or do yellow labs just look stupid? - as in "I'm not a smart dog."

Dixie is gorgeous!
11/1/2013 7:16:23 PM EDT
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11/1/2013 7:17:19 PM EDT
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She been in the duck blind yet?
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Nah, I don't hunt and don't know anyone who can teach me. I'd love to bring her though.
11/1/2013 7:18:08 PM EDT
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Any lab rules.  My bestest bud:



That's a great looking compadre, OP.
11/1/2013 7:32:00 PM EDT
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Nah, I don't hunt and don't know anyone who can teach me. I'd love to bring her though.
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She been in the duck blind yet?


Nah, I don't hunt and don't know anyone who can teach me. I'd love to bring her though.


Put on camo, go to the river before sun up, shoot ducks when they fly by.

11/1/2013 7:32:34 PM EDT
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She's a beautiful dog.  

If  you don't hunt at least find a place to have her swim to retrieve.  Labs live for that sort of thing.

A big field and a tennis ball thrower is a good substitute but Labs need to be hydrated from the outside in.
11/1/2013 7:35:38 PM EDT
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Yeah, is it just me or do yellow labs just look stupid? - as in "I'm not a smart dog."

Dixie is gorgeous!
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Black labs rule.


Yeah, is it just me or do yellow labs just look stupid? - as in "I'm not a smart dog."

Dixie is gorgeous!


The smartest lab I ever had was a yellow.  He was my first an I thought they were all going to be as smart.
11/1/2013 7:39:57 PM EDT
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The smartest lab I ever had was a yellow.  He was my first an I thought they were all going to be as smart.
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Black labs rule.


Yeah, is it just me or do yellow labs just look stupid? - as in "I'm not a smart dog."

Dixie is gorgeous!


The smartest lab I ever had was a yellow.  He was my first an I thought they were all going to be as smart.


When I was looking at pups I figured out why I don't like yellows and all it is is me being shallow. But it seemed like in half of them they didn't have a black nose, and a dog needs a black nose, it's the rules or something.

My bluetick has a black nose and he is all sorts of colors.
11/1/2013 7:41:43 PM EDT
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She's a very cute dog
11/1/2013 7:43:07 PM EDT
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Had a chocolate lab named Cody. He made it to 17, but his hearing went at about 15. Great dogs.
He loved swimming in the creek we lived near. He was a complete idiot until he was about 5 though lol.
Couldn't teach that dog a darn thing. :]
11/1/2013 7:46:22 PM EDT
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Blue eyes...
11/1/2013 7:48:56 PM EDT
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Had a chocolate lab named Cody. He made it to 17, but his hearing went at about 15. Great dogs.
He loved swimming in the creek we lived near. He was a complete idiot until he was about 5 though lol.
Couldn't teach that dog a darn thing. :]
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I love my coonhound, but if he makes it to 17 I will probably be ready to just strangle him myself.

The ones we had growing up usually lived 12-14 years, he is already getting that grouchy old man-ness about him now though, another 10 years of that would be a bit much. The new lab pup is really bringing out the grumpiness in him.
11/1/2013 7:57:02 PM EDT
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When I was looking at pups I figured out why I don't like yellows and all it is is me being shallow. But it seemed like in half of them they didn't have a black nose, and a dog needs a black nose, it's the rules or something.

My bluetick has a black nose and he is all sorts of colors.
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Black labs rule.


Yeah, is it just me or do yellow labs just look stupid? - as in "I'm not a smart dog."

Dixie is gorgeous!


The smartest lab I ever had was a yellow.  He was my first an I thought they were all going to be as smart.


When I was looking at pups I figured out why I don't like yellows and all it is is me being shallow. But it seemed like in half of them they didn't have a black nose, and a dog needs a black nose, it's the rules or something.

My bluetick has a black nose and he is all sorts of colors.


Time for some chocolate, no black nose here!

11/1/2013 7:58:23 PM EDT
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Cute.

I love labs.

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Yes indeed

ETA: You should build Dixie one of these:

11/1/2013 7:59:55 PM EDT
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Black Labs are the best dogs.  Period.

I'm biased.  My family had a black lab that we got when I was 2 that lived until I was 17.  He was just one of us kids.

Miss that ole feller.
11/1/2013 8:09:18 PM EDT
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I like labs.