<p>I guess it’d be a good time to look into getting him his own Toyota. Should be some deals around. </p>
<p>Might as well get him some matching Ugg boots. . .</p>
<p>How about getting the dog a Land Rover!!! Get it? Rover–dog??? Never mind.</p>
<p>Or maybe an Alpo Romeo.</p>
<p>If it’s chilly, maybe he’s up there enjoying the warm sun. I’ll bet he also enjoys the vantage point and being able to see what goes on in the neighborhood. Is there anything else he could use as a big perch?</p>
<p>This creates a very cute image but a blast with the super soaker w/ a touch of vinegar added to the water and a firm “no” may help you out. You may have to lay in wait for him but a couple of surprise shots from the SS will discourage him. Just be sure to put in only enough vinegar for the smell to bother him and not enough to sting his eyes. Also don’t aim for his head.</p>
<p>Caution:Since this is a goofy lab we are talking about he may decide he likes it.</p>
<p>I’m cracking up! I love how ingerp slipped in the bit about the baby fox in the BMW engine, and nobody even batted an eye :)</p>
<p>Oh I gotta believe other people’s labs have done more damage than one measly front bumper on a 528.</p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>A squirrel ate the distributor wires on a Jag I had back in 1989. Does that count? Must admit the squirrel was not a pet.</p>
<p>My lab ate my basement but never got to the car.</p>
<p>My GSD ate a Japanese maple as we sat with our realtor around the kitchen table trying to come up with the right asking price for the house! DH saw the pup running around the yard with the remnants of the maple in his mouth and said, “Well, it looks like the price has to be lowered by a hundred bucks!”</p>
<p>Haha this thread has made my day. </p>
<p>Hope the doggie learns to not go on the car, but I second the doggie shoes idea. </p>
<p>My black lab only ever went after toilet paper. She wouldn’t eat it, she would just take the end and run around the house until it was all rolled out. She thought it was a hoot… we did not -.-</p>
<p>This thread is TOO funny! Neighbor’s lab puppy chewed the bark off 5 newly planted (large, expensive) trees in one afternoon. They came home and noticed a 6" stripe on each trunk about a foot off the ground. Total bark removal. The trees, of course, died within days.</p>
<p>Labs need lots and lots and lots of exercise. If they don’t get it, they can be very destructive. They are definitely not the perfect dog for every household unless someone is home all day to go on romps with them. So many labs get hit by cars every year or get lost because they will make a run for it and exercise themselves if the owners don’t do it.</p>
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<p>How does that work, exactly?</p>
<p>I tried that with my cat during an unfortunate incident involving the pool table. All I got was a disdainful look in return.</p>
<p>Please advise.</p>
<p>ingerp- our black lab puppy is now 18 months old. He has destroyed all the drip irrigation in our yard. The first couple of times we fixed it but we eventually gave up. We live on almost 3 acres and our dogs spend much of their time outside. Not to mention all the dug up soil. Both our dogs love to hunt gophers. We have given up on flowers at this point. We figure we have at least another year before we can plant and replace the drip lines.
But the wanting a vantage point might be a good point. Our golden likes to lay at a point on our long driveway where he can see what is going on at the street level.</p>
<p>“But the wanting a vantage point might be a good point. Our golden likes to lay at a point on our long driveway where he can see what is going on at the street level.”</p>
<p>I had a little dog that used to sun himself on just the right step on the stairs to allow him to see out the front window.</p>
<p>My lab never stopped being destructive unless he got the right amount of exercise. For him, only swimming would do. He never tired from just romping around. After I started taking him to the lake to swim every day, rain or shine, cold or hot, he finally settled down. He would even swim in the ice. The only time I wouldn’t take him is when the lake was partially frozen and I was afraid he would go out on the ice and fall in.</p>
<p>I don’t have a dog, but the “Dog Whisperer” show makes lots of sense to me, and seems to be how my dad trained our dogs. You have to be leader of the pack. Exercise first, food second, reward/play third. Never let the dog perch higher than you. (Especially for those little yappy dogs that want to sit on the back of the couch…) Calm assertive control.</p>
<p>Hush- my dog, who is on the back of the couch right now, reading over my shoulder will get very upset if he knows I’m reading about Cesar the dog torturer (in my dog’s opinion.)</p>
<p>Edited to add - the dog on the couch is not a lab. I had the lab years ago. He never got on the couch - in front of me.</p>
<p>*My black lab only ever went after toilet paper. She wouldn’t eat it, she would just take the end and run around the house until it was all rolled out. *</p>
<p>My black lab used to get the bacon grease soaked paper towels out of the garbage and eat them ( I would zap them in the microwave, before pan frying)-
She thought they came like that- that must have explained how excited she got when I brought a flat home from Costco.
:D</p>
<p>She stayed puppy like till she was at least four years old. But now we are happy if she makes it all the way around the block. ( She is almost sixteen)</p>