Ash

I always say a black lab, only because when I say lab they almost ALWAYS ask what color. But if i was calling to make him an appt I'd just say lab.. lol. We do that around here because labs are the most common dogs!

Thats cute Kat :) Oh yeah Smokie's very growly during play time too. It's cute :lol:

Have your dog(s) ever growled at you? I cant' think of time in particular where Smoke has growled at me... but he did get mad at me once when I wouldn't let him in the camper. While he slept with my brother one night he was on his feet so my brother kept nudging him over to move with his feet. Smokie finally get fed up and growled and wraped his mouth around my brothers ankle. Ofcourse he didn't bite down. Guess he wanted to say stop it and i'm serious! My Grumpy dog! And then he had to sleep on the floor for doing that, if I remember correctly! He also growled at my mom once, when she tried to take him from the underneath the camper (he thought my dad was in there). My mom had to open the door and show him my dad wasn't in there and then he happily went with her. But she would not tolerate smokie growling, I'm sure he got in trouble for that! My parents send them to a room like a child when he gets in trouble lol.

Sorry! I just wanted to say that Smokie loves his dog bed!!! They couldn't get him out of this morning and he snored all night really loudly!!! I can't wait to see it {tonight}.. now I wish we would of got him one a long time ago! So to make this chattable, where do your dogs sleep?

LMAO! That's funny. Sometimes I'd knock on the wall to see what he'd do but he caught on.

Instead of having a crate how about a larger area where a gates guarded off for her? I have no idea about crate training. I never used them, sorry! I'm sure ppl here will have better suggestions.

Lets share stories! My brother and his friend were fishing down by the ferry boat, about 2-3 miles away. They rode their bikes up there. And they found a dog wondering around. I'm not sure if they asked around or not the owners, but they had the dog follow them home on their bikes. I know, Scary! So they basically stole him, instead of left him there. They were there a lot and nobody went looking for him :( Anyways the kid got to keep the dog for a couple days until his mom decided one dog was enough. I never met the dog but me and my bro begged my mom for him she said no..our last dog had just died. So we figured if we had any chance of getting this dog we had to go straight to bug my dad. And finally he agreed. And that's how we got Smokie. He was about 1 years old and we've been blessed to get such a great dog. I personally think he was left outside all the time and kind of abused, even though he knew basic commands. I assume that just by the way he acted. Anyways hope I don't get scorned too much. :lol: No matter how we got him, I think he was meant to be with us.

Does anybody check out the Dog Whisperer or K9 Karma? What do you think of them?? I just watched the dog whisperer for the first time yesterday. I really liked it. I really like k9 Karma as well.. Charlie is such a cute pup! It's cool to see how reserved the dogs are at her yoga class.

Poodles and Lab mixes just make me sick the thought of them mixing, and people making a profit of them. I'm against them. The only time I'd ever get one is if I heard about really bad cruelity, and I wanted to get the dog out of a better situation. Even then, I can't imagine not adopting a dog out of the shelter. I would think a lab and poodle mixed is not always hypoallergenic. I don't have a problem with mixed breeds, that is in shelters. Aren't there enough of them?

If I was for something like this I'd be for circumcision.. I totally disagree with altering bodies even if it is animals-- (other then spading, and neuturing). Just don't think it's necessary.

Smokie loves to walk outside and run around out there.. However he is scared of almost anything! My dad bought a telephone magnet that rung like a phone and he goes running when ever we press it lol. That sounds great if you can get your dogs to use it! I thought they were illegal in a lot of places for fighting pits though...see how much I know.

I looked, but I don't have great advice.. I wish I had greater knowledge of things in that situation!

I agree with R2. I had this open for a while and only posted when there were a couple replies.

I honestly think a puppy should be with its mom until it is 8 weeks old at a minimum. Call a local vet, your puppy shouldn't be fed a complete solid diet yet in my opinion.

I love that: That's great! This is my favorite If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them. I put Smokies treats in my pocket sometimes and he's always trying to look in the side of my pockets(i usually where hoodies). I'm defiently going to fwd that to some dog lovers I know.