Suzi! I've changed my mind re: Labradors

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by magnolia

One other thing to remember: if you look into a "guaranteed" lab, this is not a puppy you will get when he/she is 12 weeks old - you won't get him/her until they are more like 9 months old or so, so be prepared for that - unless you purchase one at 12 weeks of age then find someone else to train - then you're looking at sending your lab to "live" somewhere else for at least 3 months of training. Could you bear to part with him/her for that long, if not longer, after having him/her in your home for a couple months?

Oh, and I called hubby - MD was a year old when we sent him off - way too late for training but we learned and know what to do when we look for our next lab baby - we are getting one guaranteed instead of 10-12 weeks old then sending off to train - life happens and we may "miss" the time frame to send him/her off for training.

When are you getting another lab, Suzi?! Soon? What color will you get?? I can't wait to see pics!!!!

Thanks again for your help! I agree that it would be SO hard to bring that little bundle or joy home at 10 or 12 weeks and then have to give it up again and ship it off to be trained. I dunno....my hubby is so busy these days that he may not actually care anything about it being "guaranteed." At least it would save us some money! I just like getting puppies when they are young so they will bond to you, you know what I mean?? So, who knows what we'll end up doing! My hubby does hunt a lot, but mostly dear hunting. He rarely goes bird hunting. But he sure does LOVE hunting dogs and he has always said how he wants a dog that could hunt if he ever wanted it to. But I don't see any point in spending all that time and money on a guaranteed dog just to be able to say that it CAN hunt, but never take it hunting. WHO KNOWS! Since we are getting 2 labs, hubby wants 1 boy and 1 girl, we'll probably end up getting the boy guaranteed and have him for hunting, and get the little girl for ME and not have her guaranteed and have her as MY Dog! I would want the silver labrador to be MINE and my hubby can get the WHITE one trained as he wants and have him as his "hunting" dog. Men are so silly, I swear!

[magnolia]

Originally Posted by RLC12345678

When are you getting another lab, Suzi?! Soon? What color will you get?? I can't wait to see pics!!!!

I'm getting one as soon as you get yours and breed them J/K! Seriously though, we are getting one but like you, it won't be for a couple years, if not longer. We have a very active 13 year old on our hands, involved "heavily" in sports - baseball and football. We've done a lot of traveling with him as far as his select tournament team is concerned (been to Panama City the past 2 summers for tournaments) - traveling Mississippi and Louisiana to play - and Florida. We just don't feel it's fair to get a lab that we can't spend any time with from January to August until he finishes playing tournament ball - which next year should be his last year with them, but who knows! We aren't in a big hurry because we want to make sure the timing is right and we can devote the time and energy needed to raise them - they are one big bundle of energy the first 2 years of their life!! I used to wear myself out just letting MD out to exercise!!! But I loved it and sure miss it.