Wasn’t sure we could do it again….

As some you may or may not remember we lost our girl Kimba a little over a month ago. We debated whether to get another dog as losing this one was particularly painful. This is the first time since the early 90s that we have not had at least one dog in the house. What we discovered was the silence of there not being a dog present was almost unbearable. When cutting up an apple or a carrot there was no dog sitting there to get a piece. Our house was not a home without a Lab Retriever being in the house. Tomorrow we make a couple hour drive down to WV to pickup a breeder’s retired female English Lab. She is yellow and 6 years old. This is a departure for us as we have always gotten a rescue or shelter Lab. Considering she will probably be our last dog(famous last words) we wanted a dog where we knew what it’s entire history was, something we have never know with all our previous pups.
Say hello to Clover.

 

She's gorgeous - congrats to you guys and to Clover!

 

I know a good girl when I see one. The silence and the empty corners are unbearable. Congratulations.

 

She is precious. We have an English Mastiff that came from a breeder and was her pick of the litter and at 6 months old became ill and she had 2 litters of pups at the same time and asked us if we would take him as she did not think he was going to make it and needed lots of care. Long story short he made it after 3 weeks of pure hell getting him through it. He is now 228 pounds and is as loving as any rescue you could ever get, we always say we rescued him from the breeder.
You will be surprised how much love she will want and how attached she will become, You are both lucky to be getting each other

 

I don't know anything about breeders. What do they do if they "retire" a dog at the age of six and can't find it a good home?

 

I believe in the case of this breeder they would just keep her. A number of other breeder sites I have been on they keep their retirees.

 

Congrats on the new addition to the family! She’s a pretty girl, looks like lots of good energy there too. I love labs, not sure if I’ll ever own another breed.

 

My coworker and his wife breed chocolate labs. When they are retired from being bred, they first have them spayed.

Then they live a life of retired luxury as happy family dogs at their house.

They get almost $2k a puppy, so the Mom deserves at least that for doing all that work for them.

 

Depends on the breeder and what they have room to accomodate. Good for you though...glad you are giving another one a home.

 

My border collie "dealer" has many repeat customers, and the retired dogs usually find a home with one of those families.

 

She looks awesome.

In '93 my wife bought a dalmatian as a counter purchase to a Ducati that I bought without her permission.

These dogs are stupid, right? When I started our farm, I began to keep him with me at work. He had few spots, so I would paint a black 3 on his sides. He was very smart, and obedient. Vet told me that he was one of the most muscular, in shape dogs he'd ever seen.

So much for her plan, the dog became my best friend. After he died, I haven't had another. He's buried on the farm. Fucking dogs.

 

A good breeder doesn't have a issue finding a home for the dogs, most of the dogs are 2-6 and have only had a couple litters and there's normally a list of people waiting to take the dogs.
Bad breeders have insane amounts of litters until the dog is about to die honestly, and then they do God only knows what with them

 

Woof woof!

 

Pictures!!!!

 

If you give another dog a chance, he'll work his way into your heart. It's what dogs do.

 

I say get a second one and name him Crimson.

 

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What he said.

Stop being a bitch and get another dog. With all due respect….